Six Blade Knife Lyrics
anything you want it to.
One blade breaking my heart; one blade tearing me apart,
well, your six blade knife do anything for you.
when you come up from behind and you lay it down cold on my skin.
You took a stone from my soul when I was lame
just so you could make me tame;
yes, you take away my mind like you take away the top of a tin.
I'd like to be free of it babe, I don't want it no more.
a needle, a wipe, or something that you just can't see;
Your six blade knife want to make you strong,
yes, I need to do me long;
Your six blade knife do anything for you.






I think this is about how anything can be a crutch and can become a burden, explicitly a six string guitar. Some of these references are about the magic of the guitar's ability to elicit emotion. I know personally that playing can carry me away, much like a drug. The connection to his guitar is double edged, it brought him wealth and fame, women, and also becomes a burden and escape from reality.

The six blade knife is his guitar. It tears him apart, opens his mind like a can, keeps him in "dire straits," but he'd still do anything for it. Any struggling musician can surely relate.

The demon of alcohol. Mark gave into that demon and was a heavy drinker in the early days.

Straight up heroin metaphor
Makes me wonder, did he dabble, or did he have friends get eaten alive on that path
Then he says we all have crutches, weather heroin, a woman or anything else we feel we can’t live without

Six Blade Knife is metaphor for the tools of manipulation a woman used on him.....I think... Dandy bass though. Pot smokin' music for sure!

Yup, I agree

oh yea this is definately a hell of a classic by the legendary mark knopfler! rock on people!!!

However when he wrote this song, the band's name "Dire Straits" reflected their real-life financial situation.

best bass ever.

Come on....... why cant it be everything all you people say? Not a metaphorical knife....... but a real 6bk that carves the soul. A manipulative 5thblade that actually open your mind and make your skull bleed.
Are you with me my beloved 6blades_pointofview people?
I love you all and share evey sound tick that guitar is making our souls and minds to creat.