Drawing Flies Lyrics
Wallowing in my own obscenities
I share a cigarette with negativity
Sitting here like wet ashes
With exes in my eyes and drawing flies
Used my inspiration for a guillotine
I fire a loaded mental cannon to the page
Firing the pistol that shoots my holy pride
Sitting here like wet ashes
With exes in my eyes, and drawing flies
About, conditions, permission, mirrored self affliction
Hey what you yellin' about sadists'
Co-addiction, perfect analogies
Hey what you yellin' about conditions
Permission mirrored self affliction
Firing the pistol that shoots my holy pride
Sitting here like wet ashes with exes in my eyes
And drawing flies
My brother read all about his favourite bands when he was in high school, including Soundgarden. He told me a while back that this song was written by Cornell when he was out in a cabin by himself trying to write songs, and ended up going almost insane. He said this was the last song he wrote. So you know, it is a crazy song, kinda sounds like he's just going insane and writing what he's doing and thinking about.
"Used my inspiration for a guillotine, I fire a loaded mental cannon to the page" Yep, seems like he just put his insanity on paper.
Truly an artist's burden.
wierd i always thought the song was about something along those lines i mean he is'sitting here' so i would think he is concetrating on something he has x's in his eyes so i am sure he tired i love it he is'drawing' so it really suggests he is busy writing down what he is thinking 'inspiration for a guillotine' etc'
how cool is the trumpet in the background
writers block, and he is feeling insecure "Leaning on the pedestal that holds my self denial" about his own lyrical ability... and i love the bit where it seems like he is attacking himself and what he does.
"Hey what you yellin' about Conditions, permission, mirrored self-affliction Hey what you yellin' about Sadists' co-addiction, perfect analogies Hey what you yellin' about Conditions, permission, mirrored self-affliction" etc i always hated the idea of writing a song about writers block until i realised that was what this is about,
Isn't it ironic that a song about having nothing to write about could be such a lyrical masterpiece? Genius.
sneaky... was definitely not the last song he wrote... Soungarden released numerous albums after badmotorfinger, chris cornell wrote a solo album, and now even after Soundgarden broke up he is still writing with the instrumentalists from rage against the machine (new band Audioslave), Chris Cornell is not hospitalized for mental instability. But yes it is a fantastic song and should be read to fit yourself, it shouldnt mean the same thing to two people. And it is a well written song relating a struggle of the mind
Maybe sneaky jellyfish meant The last song he wrote IN THE CABIN, not wrote period.
"Sitting here like wet ashes with X's in my eyes And drawing flies"
This part is clearly referring to death, wet ashes = gray skin, X's in the eyes = cartoon symbol for death, and drawing flies = the flies coming to lay their eggs, in his body.
"Sitting here like uninvited company Wallowing in my own obscenities I share a cigarette with negativity"
Uninvited company could mean he felt unwanted, in the way, and could be talking about how he felt as a part of the band?.
Wallowing is his own obscenities, fairly obvious, hes thinking about his flaws and such.
And sharing the third line, hes aware that he is being negative about his abbilities, and himself as a person.
I don't like to give a meaning for songs because I think everyone should interpret songs the way they want to, but to me this song is about the grunge movement in general: "Sitting here like uninvited company Wallowing in my own obscenities I share a cigarette with negativity Sitting here like wet ashes with X's in my eyes And drawing flies" I think that is about the way the grunge movement is kind of about being dirty and the line :drawing flies" means that he is so dirty that flies are attracted.
I also think that the chorus could be about writers' block.