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The title was a line from Emily Dickinson's poem 'Wild Nights - Wild Nights!' and adds a whole new dimension to the song in my opinion. Injection was originally called 'Done With The Compass" when the Sufferer and the Witness leaked. Interesting fact that I know you will enjoy OP based on your breakdown. Maybe one day he’ll be sober for more, than few days? The narrator asks this person to never leave him to always be with him to help with his problem. This seems to confirm my first theory - he has somebody who cares about him, the only person that can help him with addiction. Sometimes the temptation is just too big. He sometimes (once a few years) quits smoking for a good few months (half a year or more), but always comes back to it. I can even use my own father as an example. This is about being sober for some time, but always returning to the addiction. He’s been living his life, falling from “the sky”, forgetting the good memories and only wanting to fulfil his desire of injecting more drugs into himself.
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So it would most likely mean “bad memories are as important as the good ones”.Īnd yet I fall, through these clouds, reaching, screaming Once again, most of it is pretty self explanatory, “the sky” very likely means “heaven” - something positive. Something, that was leading him towards being sober doesn’t exist anymore. There either is one person, who still cares about him and helps him in tough times, or he’s descended into madness and thinks, that drugs are his friends. I’m not completely sure, but this might be the moment of relief, when he injects himself with the drug. Everyone has abandoned him, the addiction is the only thing he has. Same thing, that was said in the pre-chorus and at the end of the first verse. This, of course, shows the need to take drugs. Two options: either the narrator was describing himself this whole time (the version I’m going to roll with), or there are two narrators). This man doesn’t have any feelings, they are replaced with a constant desire to take drugs. This suggest, that the first option I spoke about is more likely to be true. Many people, who care and love the described person, tried to help him. When night covers the sky (the time when most of the people sleep) he smokes/drinks/etc once again. Somebody who is trying to quit his addiction might try counting the days, in which he hasn’t used a drug. Another interpretation would be thinking, that “being awake” means being sober. This describes the lack of purpose in lives many people, who are addicted, especially to hard drugs. I like to think, that songs have broader topics, so more people can relate to them. Not specifically drug addiction, even though the title “Injection” suggests that. In my opinion, this song is about addiction. In them I find the comfort to see through it all Your words are always there to break my fall We carry nothing but a name you will forsake If you never meant to leave then you only had to stayīut the memories that haunt us are cherished just the sameĪs the ones that bring us closer to the sky, no matter how greyĪnd yet I fall, through these clouds, reaching, screaming The trail of crumbs you left somehow got lost along the way Knees are weak, hands are shaking, I can't breathe There's a light turned off inside your heart There's a burden you've been bearing in spite of all your prayers Do you spend your days counting the hours you're awake?Īnd when night covers the sky you find yourself doing the same