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Intro
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Verse 2 Intro
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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#1 by Dylan Johnson at Mar 24, 1976 at 5:27 AM EST |
| couldBanyone's right. The song deals with life and the escape from it through drugs. In western art, especially in the Vanitas (Vanity) still life paintings, the candle has always been representative our life as the flame is time burning away our life. When we die our life goes out like a flame. The album cover itself is even a painting by the artist Gerhard Richter, which I think is good evidence that they're using the same symbol of a candle in western art in their song. Although, I think it deals more with the escape from mortality than anything, mostly because of the lines: "I can't wait I can't stay, uh candle Gotta change my mind before it burns out" I maybe looking too deeply into it, but I interpret this as "I can't wait [until death/when my candle burns out]" because when we die, so does our mortality. "Gotta change my [mortal] mind before it [dies] out" probably a reference to drugs as an escape from harsh reality. To me, the song has a half-serious, half-sarcastic tone to it. It's very energetic. | |
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