Low
7. 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
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 about the highs and lows of life, and the different ways people try to escape or cope with their problems. The singer of the song has a desire to take someone down, either physically or emotionally, and to let go of their problems and let them flow away like a river. The reference to walking the streets behind a green sheet of glass suggests the singer is watching life from a distance, possibly through a window or from inside a car, and feeling disconnected from the world around them.
The singer is also contemplating the different ways they could escape their problems, including using drugs like poppies and being "stoned". However, they ultimately decide that being with someone they care about, like the girl in the song, is the best way to feel low and content. The closing line of the song, "Like being low, hey hey hey, like being stoned", suggests that being with someone you care about can provide a sense of relaxation and escape that rivals the effects of drugs.
Overall, "Low" is a song about the struggles people face in their lives and the different ways they can try to cope with those struggles. It showcases a character who is looking for an escape from their problems and finds solace in the simple act of being with someone they care about.
Line by Line Meaning
Sometimes I want to take you down
Occasionally, I have the desire to bring you to a lower state of being.
Sometimes I want to get you low
Occasionally, I want to lower your emotional state or self-esteem.
Brush your hair back from your eyes
Take you down let the river flow
Just as I would gently brush your hair out of your eyes, I also want to take you down and let your emotions flow like a river.
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 along the street shielded by a green stained-glass window, feeling a million miles away from everyone else.
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 be with you, and it will feel like being in a low emotional state, similar to the feeling of being high on drugs.
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
Even though a million poppies could possibly make me sleep, just having one rose with your name on it means more to me. However, the fruit on the vine is slowly wasting away, and the fruit on the trees is calling out to me.
Hey don't you want to go down
Like some junkie cosmonaut
A million miles below their feet
A million miles, a million miles
Won't you join me in reaching a lower emotional state, just like a drug-addicted astronaut floating a million miles below everyone else?
Blue blue is the sun
Brown brown is the sky
Green green of her eyes
A million miles a million miles
The colors of the sky and sun are opposite to what we expect, but the greenness of her eyes seems to stretch out 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
No matter what, I will be with you and it will feel like being in a state of emotional and mental vulnerability, almost like being under the influence of drugs.
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: DAVID ALLEN FARAGHER, DAVID CHARLES LOWERY, DAVID CHARLS LOWERY, JOHN HICKMAN
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Snoop Dougie Doug
You aren't too far off, but the context isn't "word"able...
If you are 51 in the handle because of birth year, we have a Hell of a crossover. I'm a 75 raised by a 5 and a 53 but preteen and up raised by some 6 and 62/64/65's, and by raised, I mean they lifted me so I could reach the bar and finish my teenage experience all boxes checked just about the time I completed the 14th year {I got a good head start}
The poppy influenced OH so much of everything we both hold in memories, sonically, from Muddy Waters era {I spent many hours at John Lee Hooker's house doing a wiring job after a fire there, just north of San Jose in Los Altos, close to where I'd be stationed later for the last 13 years flying Combat Rescue for the military till I retired in 2020. {Moffett Field, Mountain View, CA}
I got to pick at HIS axe, on his couch.
He asked to hear MY music, and I said I'd go get my mixtape rom the car {This was 98 or 99, and I was 24 or 25 y/o} and he followed me out and sat in the passenger seat. It was a bootleg my buddy Walkman'ed from Counting Crows, Cracker and the Spin Doctors, 93 or 94 at the Catalyst in Santa Cruz, CA. {post High School and pre-military for me}
He keyed hard on "Low"
He resonated and GOT it, and I knew it.
I "got it" differently in each era/chapter of my own life. It's a new and different re-read each time I let years between the pressing of PLAY |>
Andres Jaramillo
one of my favorites. This song can never get old
Michael Rosenfeldt
I've been lucky to see them 4 times, this song always rocks live!
Richard Scott
WOW!!!!
JJ smith
A timeless kickass song from the guitar band days!
FFLL2112
Shits hilarious
FFLL2112
Lol good one
crazy680195
This song, has one of the best bass lines of all time!
FFLL2112
Lol good one. Shits funny
Sam Elowitch
This song is an excellent example of a beguilingly simple song very artfully performed. It's extremely catchy the way only the very best four-chord songs can be. A real achievement.
Mr&Mrs Griego
Great song, never gets old.