Soft As Chalk
Posted: 31 Jan 2016, 00:41
I know no ones really talking about HOOM lately on here.
But I just noticed the cocaine metaphor at the beginning of Soft As Chalk that went right over my head until now. I always wondered about why she chose chalk of all things as a metaphor here for soft whispering? With the opening stanza "time was just a line (as in a line of coke) that you fed me when you wanted to stay" the chalk part makes more sense.
Not that I think she is being literal here about drug use. I think the subtle cocaine reference is used as a metaphor for the endorphin rush or high of love/desire that can give you the energy to stay up all night. This also makes more sense of the "sanatorium" reference later that she uses to describe her current state of depression or withdrawel post-love affair, or (post-break up, separation, or whatever).
While the album is full of references to alcohol and drunkenness, including the mention of of the light as "dim as rum" in Soft As Chalk, I never noticed any other drug reference before this cocaine one. Did anyone else notice this before? Are there any other obvious drug references in her songs you've noticed?
But I just noticed the cocaine metaphor at the beginning of Soft As Chalk that went right over my head until now. I always wondered about why she chose chalk of all things as a metaphor here for soft whispering? With the opening stanza "time was just a line (as in a line of coke) that you fed me when you wanted to stay" the chalk part makes more sense.
Not that I think she is being literal here about drug use. I think the subtle cocaine reference is used as a metaphor for the endorphin rush or high of love/desire that can give you the energy to stay up all night. This also makes more sense of the "sanatorium" reference later that she uses to describe her current state of depression or withdrawel post-love affair, or (post-break up, separation, or whatever).
While the album is full of references to alcohol and drunkenness, including the mention of of the light as "dim as rum" in Soft As Chalk, I never noticed any other drug reference before this cocaine one. Did anyone else notice this before? Are there any other obvious drug references in her songs you've noticed?