she talks to angels



every now and then you hear that song on the radio.  that song that makes the hair on your arms stand up in attention. i love to debunk song lyrics, because a song is not just a good tune to tap your feet to on the dash board, its not all about the drum beats, the guitar breaks, and the sound of the bass. each song has a meaning behind each word.

black crowes song "she talks to angels" always takes my lyrical motor mind for a spin

its so powerful, yet so sad

its that kind of song that keeps you wondering thoughts like,

what is the meaning behind that line?

so take a minute and feel the lyrics for yourself

i will highlight my interpretations in RED

what are your interpretations of this song?

i would love to hear them!

she talks to angels

she never mentions the word addiction

in certain company

yes, she'll tell you she's an orphan

after you meet her family

its obvious that this woman is on a down hill spiral dealing with her heroin addiction. she feels alone and depressed and i feel like she lives in a dysfunctional family. it seems like she is a compulsive liar in an attempt to keep her world sane maybe. she hates her addiction.

she paints her eyes as black as night now

pulls those shades down tight

yeah, she gives a smile when the pain comes

the pain gonna make everything alright

the line she paints her eyes black to me signifies the private world she has created while using the drug and pulling the shades down signifies to me as a way to keep the world she has created to herself. she can be anyone she wants to be during this private time of hers and she wants no interruptions from the outside world. she hates that her addiction has enslaved her, but she knows the pain being the drug of course is going to make everything okay.

says she talks to angels

they call her out by name

oh yeah, she talks to angels

says they call her out by her name

drugs make you hallucinate, so of course she talks to angels..

she keeps a lock of hair in her pocket

she wears a cross around her neck

yes, the hair is from a little boy

and the cross is someone she has not met

not yet

i feel like the lock of hair she carries in her pocket is from her little boys being that he is her child. only a mother keeps a lock of hair, so maybe she lost her little boy because of her drug addiction or maybe her addiction is caused from losing her little boy in death? the cross she wears around her neck signifies her faith she has somewhat kept through it all and probably the only reason she has not ended her life. i believe she prays to relieve her pain and she may even pray for death but not by her own hand. she wants to be with the angels she talks to?

she don't know no lover

none that i ever seen

yeah, to her that ain't nothin'

but to me, yeah me

means everything

the line she don't know no lover, i feel like she has nothing else to give to the world or she feels unworthy of love. maybe she fears loving someone would only leave her in death, again. if noone understands her pain what good is love?

she paints her eyes as black as night now

she pulls those shades down tight

oh yeah, there's a smile when the pain comes

the pain gonna make everything alright

alright, yeah heah

she smiles as a release of pain

she talks to angels

says they call out by her name

oh, yeah, heah, angels

call her out by her name

oh, ooh, oh, oh, angels

they call her out by her name

don't you know that they

call her out by her name?

i feel like the angels she talks to could possibly be her little boy, but im still stuck on that one

this song is beautiful, yet so sad