Low
Cracker/Cracker Lyrics


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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

Overall Meaning

The song "Low" by Cracker is a clever and elusive song that features lyrics that may be difficult to decipher for those listening to it for the first time. The song opens with the line "Sometimes I want to take you down, sometimes I want to get you low." The repetition of the phrase "sometimes I want to" suggests that the singer is experiencing indecision or uncertainty about the relationship they are in. The chorus, "I'll be with you girl, like being low, hey hey hey like being stoned," suggests a relationship that is thrilling and addictive but may not be entirely healthy.


The couplet "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" is a metaphor for feeling disconnected from society and the rest of the world. The line "Hey don't you want to go down like some junkie cosmonaut a million miles below their feet, a million miles, a million miles" continues this theme of feeling disconnected from the world and posits the idea of the relationship as a form of escapism.


The song's bridge "Blue blue is the sun, brown brown is the sky, green green of her eyes, a million miles a million miles," is a frenetic mixture of colors and images that capture the intensity of the relationship. Overall, "Low" is a song that captures both the thrilling highs and lows of a relationship that may not be sustainable.


Line by Line Meaning

Sometimes I want to take you down
Sometimes I feel like bringing you down to a level where we can connect better


Sometimes I want to get you low
Sometimes I want to bring you to the same level as me to better relate to you


Brush your hair back from your eyes
Move your hair out of your eyes so we can see each other clearly


Take you down let the river flow
Let us both flow freely and naturally like a river


Sometimes I go and walk the street
Sometimes I wander aimlessly down the street


Behind the green sheet of glass
Looking through a window made of green glass (possibly representing envy)


A million miles below their feet
I feel like I am so far away from other people and their lives


A million miles, a million miles
Emphasizing the distance and disconnection between the singer and others


I'll be with you girl
I will be by your side


Like being low
As if we are both down to earth and grounded


Hey, hey, hey like being stoned
Similar to the feeling of being under the influence of marijuana


A million poppies gonna make me sleep
A reference to opium and how it can be used to escape reality


Just one rose and knows your name
A single symbol (like a rose) can hold significance and meaning to one person


The fruit is rusting on the vine
Something good is going to waste and decaying


The fruit is calling from the trees
Representing the potential for something good to happen but requiring action to bring it to fruition


Hey don't you want to go down
Don't you want to come down to my level


Like some junkie cosmonaut
Like someone who is high and disconnected from the world


Blue blue is the sun
An inverted reality or a dream-like state


Brown brown is the sky
A reference to polluted skies or another inverted reality


Green green of her eyes
The color of her eyes being emphasized and possibly symbolizing new growth


I'll be with you girl
I will be there for you


Like being low
As if we are both down to earth and grounded


Hey hey hey like being stoned
Similar to the feeling of being under the influence of marijuana


I'll be with you girl
I will be there for you


Like being low
As if we are both down to earth and grounded


Hey hey hey like being stoned
Similar to the feeling of being under the influence of marijuana


I'll be with you girl
I will be there for you


Like being low
As if we are both down to earth and grounded


Hey hey hey like being stoned
Similar to the feeling of being under the influence of marijuana




Lyrics ยฉ Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: DAVID ALLEN FARAGHER, DAVID CHARLES LOWERY, DAVID CHARLS LOWERY, JOHN HICKMAN

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@waynehunt2427

30 years? Feels like yesterday. For real.

@SJ-oe5kp

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.

@leax6968

Damn...took u a while to find it.. better late than never tho!

@Brokeninc

I can relate. I just found it on Itunes and now I keep listening to it. I haven't heard the song since I was in middle school and it just came out.

@GoreGothSam

That's the best feeling ever. That was the same scenario for me with Soundgarden's "Pretty Noose."

@jc.1191

It was on MTV frequently. I caught it there.

@JuicyPricklePeach

If you ever remember words to a song put them in google. Or hit the mic while a song is playing and click listen to song it will tell you. ๐Ÿ’œ

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@nancydupuis8083

I was in my 40s in the 90s and I loved the music. It was so real and original . Made me feel like being a teenager again and still does

@WaspMedia3D

90's music kicks modern music's ass so hard it can't sit down, even though it should.

@hollyw9566

I was in my 30s and I too loved it. Took me right back to the 70s. Real rock, real hair, real clothes. Hey I had a great time in the 80s, don't get me wrong, was lucky to survive them though. LOL There's great music in every decade, though. My advice to people is to never get stuck, to never quit looking for cool stuff. But I do miss the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s.

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