The band's website once noted Cracker as "The only band to ever open for both Grateful Dead and Ramones," a unique distinction which is also indicative of the band's sound and style. Cracker comfortably mixes influences and sounds ranging from classic country music Read Full BioCracker is an American alternative rock band fronted by Camper Van Beethoven singer David Lowery, with guitarist Johnny Hickman. They are best known for their hit songs "Low" and "Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)".
The band's website once noted Cracker as "The only band to ever open for both Grateful Dead and Ramones," a unique distinction which is also indicative of the band's sound and style. Cracker comfortably mixes influences and sounds ranging from classic country music, psychedelia, punk and folk into their brand of "Americana" style rock.
Lowery and Hickman are inalterable constants. The band continues to tour (as a full band, and also as the "Cracker acoustic duo").
Low
Cracker Lyrics
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Sometimes I want to get you low
Brush your hair back from your eyes
Take you down let the river flow
Sometimes I go and walk the street
Behind the green sheet of glass
A million miles below their feet
A million miles, a million miles
I'll be with you girl
Like being low
Hey, hey, hey like being stoned
I'll be with you girl
Like being low
Hey, hey, hey like being stoned
A million poppies gonna make me sleep
Just one rose and knows your name
The fruit is rusting on the vine
The fruit is calling from the trees
Hey don't you want to go down
Like some junkie cosmonaut
A million miles below their feet
A million miles, a million miles
I'll be with you girl
Like being low
Hey, hey, hey like being stoned
I'll be with you girl
Like being low
Hey, hey, hey like being stoned
Blue blue is the sun
Brown brown is the sky
Green green of her eyes
A million miles a million miles
Hey hey don't you want to go down
Like some disgraced cosmonaut
A million miles below their feet
A million miles, a million miles
I'll be with you girl
Like being low
Hey hey hey like being stoned
I'll be with you girl
Like being low
Hey hey hey like being stoned
I'll be with you girl
Like being low
Hey hey hey like being stoned
I'll be with you girl
Like being low
Hey hey hey like being stoned
The song "Low" by Cracker is a melancholic, dreamy tune with somewhat cryptic lyrics that leave much to interpretation. The song describes the desire to connect with someone else and escape the mundanity of life, even if that means getting into a state of intoxication. The opening lines "Sometimes I want to take you down, sometimes I want to get you low" could be interpreted as the protagonist wanting to bring his love interest down to his level, perhaps to indulge in some sort of hedonistic activity together or to escape the rigidness of society's norms.
Throughout the song, the protagonist contemplates walking the streets and being a million miles below everyone's feet, perhaps feeling a sense of detachment and isolation from the world around him. The chorus repeats the line "I'll be with you, girl, like being low, hey hey hey like being stoned," suggesting that he wants to be with his love interest in a state of mind similar to being under the influence of drugs.
Line by Line Meaning
Sometimes I want to take you down
Occasionally, I wish to bring you to a lower level than where you presently are.
Sometimes I want to get you low
Occasionally, I wish to lower your emotions and bring you to a darker place.
Brush your hair back from your eyes
Take you down let the river flow
I want to assist you with your hair and bring you to a calm, flowing body of water.
Sometimes I go and walk the street
Behind the green sheet of glass
A million miles below their feet
A million miles, a million miles
At times, I walk down the street and look up at the skyscrapers, realizing how small I am in comparison to the vastness of the world above me.
I'll be with you girl
Like being low
Hey, hey, hey like being stoned
I will be there with you in your darker moments, feeling a sense of relaxation as if in a state of drug-induced haze.
A million poppies gonna make me sleep
Just one rose and knows your name
The fruit is rusting on the vine
The fruit is calling from the trees
Many poppies can put me to sleep, but just one rose has meaning solely for you. The fruit is decaying on the vine and the trees are beckoning.
Hey don't you want to go down
Like some junkie cosmonaut
A million miles below their feet
A million miles, a million miles
Wouldn't you want to fall, like a reckless astronaut on drugs, a million miles down from the very top?
Blue blue is the sun
Brown brown is the sky
Green green of her eyes
A million miles a million miles
The sun is so blue, the sky brown, and her eyes green, while still feeling millions of miles away.
I'll be with you girl
Like being low
Hey hey hey like being stoned
I will be there with you when you are feeling down, experiencing a feeling of bliss resembling being under the influence.
I'll be with you girl
Like being low
Hey hey hey like being stoned
I'll be with you girl
Like being low
Hey hey hey like being stoned
I will join you in your low moments, providing a sensation akin to being in an inebriated state of mind.
Lyrics © Spirit Music Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: DAVID ALLEN FARAGHER, DAVID CHARLES LOWERY, DAVID CHARLS LOWERY, JOHN HICKMAN
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Mr. Noone
Sometimes I want to take you down
Sometimes I want to get you low
Brush your hair back from your eyes
Take you down let the river flow
Sometimes I go and walk the street
Behind the green sheet of glass
A million miles below their feet
A million miles, a million miles
I'll be with you girl
Like being low
Hey, hey, hey like being stoned
I'll be with you girl
Like being low
Hey, hey, hey like being stoned
A million poppies gonna make me sleep
Just one rose and knows your name
The fruit is rusting on the vine
The fruit is calling from the trees
Hey don't you want to go down
Like some junkie cosmonaut
A million miles below their feet
A million miles, a million miles
I'll be with you girl
Like being low
Hey, hey, hey like being stoned
I'll be with you girl
Like being low
Hey, hey, hey like being stoned
Blue blue is the sun
Brown brown is the sky
Green green of her eyes
A million miles a million miles
Hey hey don't you want to go down
Like some disgraced cosmonaut
A million miles below their feet
A million miles, a million miles
I'll be with you girl
Like being low
Hey hey hey like being stoned
I'll be with you girl
Like being low
Hey hey hey like being stoned
I'll be with you girl
Like being low
Hey hey hey like being stoned
I'll be with you girl
Like being low
Hey hey hey like being stoned
Gregaslay
Lyrics:
Sometimes I wanna take you down
Sometime I wanna get you low
Brush your hair back from your eyes
Take you down, let the river flow
Sometimes I go and walk the street
Behind the green sheet of glass
A million miles below their feet
A million miles, a million miles
I'll be with you girl, like being low
Hey, hey, hey, like being stone
I'll be with you girl, like being low
Hey, hey, hey, like being stone
A million poppies' gonna make me sleep
Just one rose and knows your name
The fruit is rusting on the vine
The fruit is calling from the trees
Hey, don't you wanna go down
Like some junkie cosmonaut?
A million miles below their feet
A million miles, a million miles
I'll be with you girl, like being low
Hey, hey, hey, like being stone
I'll be with you girl, like being low
Hey, hey, hey, like being stone
Blue, blue is the sun
A brown, brown is the sky
A green, green are her eyes
A million miles, a million miles
Hey, don't you wanna go down
Like some disgraced cosmonaut?
A million miles below their feet
A million miles, a million miles
I'll be with you girl, like being low
Hey, hey, hey, like being stone
I'll be with you girl, like being low
Hey, hey, hey, like being stone
I'll be with you girl, like being low
Hey, hey, hey, like being stone
I'll be with you girl, like being low
Hey, hey, hey, like being stone
SJ
I've just by accident re-discovered this after 27 yrs. 1993. 13 yrs old. I caught the tail end of this track on the radio. I frantically tried to write down who it was but wasn't in time. I've thought about it many times throughout the 26 years. Now here it is. As soon as it started to play my eyes lit up like a startled cat in head lights. Once again just like that, 27 years was gone and I was 13 again. In that bedroom, discovering my place in the world through music. I'm 40 now. Still figuring things out but one thing that's constant is Music and always will be.
Barry Pope
Good music , like wine, gets better with time. I'm 62, and have enjoyed the music evolution/revolution.
S B
❤
Not Rian's Luke
I had this album on CASSETTE. Better times.
an0therDimensi0n
was 13 in '93 as well. i always heard this song as a teen and brushed it off because you know, back then fast and hard was cool. this slow and melodic stuff got skipped. but, i think i just "heard" it for the first time at 43.
elba carrillo
Music is always our bestest of friends, the forever constant ❤️🙏🏼🎶
Tommy Wit Da Tone
I remember listening to this song at my dad's band practice as a kid cause his bands always covered this song. I still remember being in the garage in the winter and smelling the stale cigarette smoke on the couch and alcohol in the air as they just jammed away. 23 years old now and have been very reflective on my life recently. Strange how music can just be so timeless yet take you back to an exact point in time.
Joe Mengele
Always takes me back too bro. 🥇
Kay.20 k
Preaxh the nostalgia trip wild on this one🤧
Dngrh1ghv0ltag3
Music is like that, when you resonate with something that makes you feel a certain way there’s nothing like it.