Bush: Glycerine Meaning
Song Released: 1995
Glycerine Lyrics
Must be for real cause now I can feel
and I didn't mind
it's not my kind
not my time to wonder why
everything's gone white
and everything's grey
now your here now you away
I don't want this
remember...
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It sounds like abortion and a never ending regret of that final decision. I reckon he plays this song to the fullest every time out of commemoration for "Phil."
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Well first off you can sit there and try to figure out the meaning of the song. That you will partly figure out but not as a whole.He writes his songs for the listener. He writes them so you can relate and put your own meaning behind the song.Thats one of the reasons why I love bush,
He did write this song about his relationship with his ex girlfriend. I can only give my opinion and interpretation of the song, I don't believe that it's a bipolar or back and forth with himself, I believe he writes the song on how he's feeling,and as if the TWO of them were talking in a converstation or singing the statements that were made between the two of them on the day they finaly ended the bitter-sweet relationship.I believe in the song he starts at the end of the relationship and remembers back in time.
At the begining of the song he says
"It must be your skin I'm sinking in,I believe he's stating he's finally walking in her shoes,and now knows how she had been feeling.The feeling of being in love.Like how she felt towards him.If you notice in that he also says YOU..thats part of the reason why it proves he was talking to her.
And I didn't mind, it's not my kind
Hes trying to say he didn't mind the feeling and he states its not my kind.Hes trying to say its not like him to fall in love.
When he states
Must be for real 'cause now I can feel"
I believe he's talking about being in love.He knows its true because he gets the feeling of being in love!
When he says
YOU DIDNT WANT THIS,REMEMBER THAT.
I believe he's stating the conversation she's saying HE was the one that didn't want the relationship,remember.She had finaly had enough.
I believe two of the lines in the song in diffrent verses tie together.They were talking to each other on the phone.When your arguing with someone you don't have collected thoughts and is all over the board.When he says
I'll never forget where you're at
and
Are you at one or do you lie
I believe in the first one he's saying he's not going to forget what she was doing and where she was at when she ended the relationship.I believe she was at a bar with another man.
When he says are you at one or do you lie.
He asking her are you going to tell the truth of where your at or are you going to lie to me.These lyrics also make me believe the song started from the end of the relationship because he's remembering where she was at when it eneded.The second lyrics in the other verse is him looking back on the times he would ask if she was at the bar and maybe cheating again,and maybe she was lieing now.
I believe he is blaming himself in the song for the reason why the relationship ended and was bad.The reason he feels this is because he was the one that was scared to fall in love even though he wanted to and was.Thats why he says it should have been easier by three he starts with
Our old friend FEAR.He was scared to fall in love and with out the fear it would have been easier on him and her
"I couldn't change though I wanted to
Should have been easier by three
Our old friend 'Fear' and you and me"
i also believe the reason he's blamming himself for the relationship ending and being so bad was because he states
It might just be me clear, simple and plain
and when he says
well, that's just fine, that's just one of my names
He saying to her that fine,she was the one in the relationship why can't we just be simple,plain and why can't you be clear with me!
thats why he says that's just one of my names he's recalling arguments!
Bad mood wine again
Bad mood wine again
As she falls around me
He's talking about if he was talking about getting drunk if something was ever wrong and him hitting her as you notice after he says
as she falls around me! -
Love. The love is so strong. He knows, they know, it's not working. All the pain and all the suffering. And yet they go back, love.
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This is pretty coy lyric poetry, but I'd say at least one part of the song is about him making soap out of someone and washing w/ it.. Soap is made from fat, glycerine and lye.. most fat is in or near the skin.. So,
must be your skin that I'm sinkin' in.. Think tub full of bubbles
are you at one, or do you lie (lye)
glycerine
could've been easier on you -
heroin is available as an elixir within a glycerine solution.
the following lyrics make this interpretation even more likely:
"If I treated you bad
you bruise my face
couldn't love you more
you got a beautiful taste"
and:
"when we rise it's like strawberry fields"
so this song is actually describing the complicated relationship with drugs that some people have to suffer through. -
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Many people like the reference to nitro-glycerine as a an explosive, but what most fail to recognize is that nitro-glycerin is also a medication for people with heart attacks. They take it to keep their heart pumping when they get attacks. Now that sounds more like a love song chorus.
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I am bipolar, or I have maniac depression. This song does share alot of similarities with my day. You go from happy to sad, from comfort to emptiness. This song really captures that. I can see the aspect of a relationship problem to. Like things are just going back an forth from good to bad. I think it means what ever you want it to. Its got alot of room for anyone to put it to a situation in their life.
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Glycerine is used as a comparison to Heroin...I'm sure you can figure out the rest :P
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Every one has a different feeling about this song heres mine
meaning glycerin is term used as an artificial tears.
It Must be your skin
(That)I'm sinking in
skin is term used as a sense for touch or feel
sinking in
meaning drowning in or thinking
It must be for real
'Cause now I can feel
he is confused about her identity and his feelings todwards her
(And)I didn't mind
It's not my kind
And it's not my time
To wonder why
he dosent care who she is .........
I can keep goin about this song but for short the key words are
Everything's gone white
Everything's grey
white for peace ie the singer has made peace with his relationship
grey meaning that the moment now he has is dull n dark
I'll never forget
Where you're at
meaning she is in heart
Don't let the days go by
Glycerine
Glycerine
dont waste your days by your fake tears for me
I'm never alone
I'm alone all the time
Are you at one,
Or do you lie?
he has company but feels alone
one refering to time 1 o clock or watching carefully side of you ie 12 is straight of you 1 is side
We live in a wheel
Where everyone steals
But when we rise
It's like strawberry fields
wheel goes round ie meaning earth
strawberry feilds ie red
colour of love blossons
watch the strawberry feilds....... (I)
Couldn't love you more,
You've got a beautiful taste
taste meaning taste of lips ie kiss
Could've been easier
On you
I couldn't change,
Though I wanted to
Could've been easier
By three:
Our old friend fear,
and you,
and me
it was easy for the girl to let go but the singer finds it hard
three meaning side 180 degree or horizon Bad moon, white again
As she falls around me
I needed you more
(As we) Wanted us less
I could not kiss
Just regress
It might just be
Clear, simple, and plain
Well, that's just fine
That's just one of my names
in some its bad moon wine again and in some lyrics its bad moon wine again
ne ways bad moon wite again meaning in darkness he sees a light ie moon . He is refering to moon as hope. and she falls around me meaning he sees her in dreams in night
she is not there for him now
and lastly
there is nothing clear simple and plane so
so as his name is anymous -
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Personally, i love bush, gavin's lyrics and attitude toward's his work inspire me to this day. Like other's have said, his lyrics are meant to be interpreted by your own opinions, from your own personal experiences. Yes glycerin is an highly explosive, when he sings "don't let the days go by.... glycerine." he could be asking it to go off and end all of his hurt, don't let the days go by... but also like the other opinion glycerin is also used to preserve flowers, he could be asking to let it go on, because he still feels love..
But I love the way Gavin puts his lyrics into perspective and describes things so beautifully but still leaves them mysterious to the listener, so even if like some critics say his lyrics make no sense, to me, his lyrics are perfect. -
The song is takes it's meaning from it's name. Glycerine, or glycerin is short for nitroglycerin, which is a highly unstable and explosive substance that can ignite without influence. It's about how a relationship can be fine and then when something gets added in ("Our old friend fear and you and me"), it becomes unstable and one day it falls apart in your hands.
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Ever been in a relationship that went from love love to hate love, and it's hard to let you, even though you want to. That's this song.
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