masterbaker 2008-01-07 16:49:33    

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I have been in deep discussion with people about what this song really means, so here goes. To me this song is about being strung out. "a remedy is what Im seeking, what I want its what I've not got..." "reaching searching never stop..." Dope sick comes to mind. A jimi thing could be a joint to keep jonesing down "slides my way and keeps me swinging" The reference to him smoking makes it an obvious pot song, but really think about it, its really about what he needs/wants but does not have, and drinking and smoking are referenced as something to keep the withdraw away. So I could be completely wrong and that's ok, but I really think the meaning is something else not just smoking pot.

anonymous 2008-02-11 23:19:13    

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Ok so I usually don't post things but I was reading all this and I had to. Ok soo...Dave's sick! I think that's something we can all agree on and exactly what makes him sick is to have his lyrics relatable and the metaphors he uses. I think it is about sex and I think it is about pot, and hell yea I like both of them so I don't even wanna make myself pick one or the other. It's Dave..its meant to be openly interpreted. Awesome song too.

anonymous 2008-04-13 19:53:03    

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Ha this shit is funny, anyways this song is about pleasures in life, fuckin a one pleasure is smoking, another pleasure is sex..those are a few things that are important to me. He also talks about shit in his life like family which makes him feel good. but what the fuck, about a fetus? that's some bull shit

anonymous 2008-06-02 22:30:24    

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I think Dave is very smart, I think everyone has good input, I think it could all work it's about good CREATIVE music all put together the way you interpret it is your own thing. He and the band know what it means to them and that's all that matters....its my favorite dave song, I love it because I'm a stoner, but the sex and baby fetus ideas work too, why should we argue over something so pointless instead we should be thanking dave for his genius and this great song.

jojo 2008-06-17 21:58:38    

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I have to laugh too, when I read some of these remarks...I find it all very interesting,...Yes, I'm a Dave Matthews fan, and I think Dave is smart, complex, a great person, and has a side of craziness in him like so many of all of us, but I think all his lyrics can elude to a combination of thoughts and I tend to think that we all over-think the meanings of these songs and ironically, we spend more time doing it than Dave does, straight or high! The music...the beat, can speak more than the words. Everyone appreciates art in a different way and no one should be told that they are incorrect in their opinions. Let the music just make us feel good.

anonymous 2008-06-18 16:16:45    

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It's about pot. "jimi" is pot. maybe it's a condom too, I don't know bc they're not illegal so I don't speak about them in code. maybe it's about sex too. but it's about pot. and fetuses haha I liked that response too. but you people getting all flustered about this should "smoke your mind" and mellow out. and no I'm not a stoner, y'all are just annoyingly argumentative.

anonymous 2008-07-03 13:29:54    

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Take a taste of what's below, come my way. I believe it's a modified version of Jesus descending to hell. Sometimes I take a bus there, sometime I take a taxi. I believe he means how God comes in different forms/vessels throughout time. I really believe most of his songs are his interpretation of his Messiah complex. His inner struggle to save people or himself. Rhyme and Reason "he sees' heaven, yeahhhhhhhhhhhh"

anonymous 2008-07-25 16:32:13    

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Okay, first of all music is about interpretation. Tou listen to it, and take it in. That's what is so amazing about music...you never are going to know what it really is about unless you talk to Dave yourself and asked him.

I don't care how many years you have been listening to Dave.. music is about interpreting it as to how it comes to you. of course you can have your own opinion.

Now, I'm not saying I'm right, but the way I interpret it is about drugs.
--He talks about how he's been feeling "low" and he needs a "remedy" a remedy is some kind of treatment, medicine..ect. Well there's your first clue..drugs.
then he talks about he wants a "taste" of whats below. I don't think he means to construe that as a sexual reference...I think it's supposed to means what grows BELOW the ground...marijuana. Then he says he takes a test of whats below, and he goes away to something better..(his is state of mind). He wants some, but doesn't have any, but its ALL Around him. Those are his words.
"if you could keep me floating just for a while, just for a while"...
--floating is a feeling of being high.
"Until I get to the end of this tunnel"
--until he gets high enough to destroy the feeling of being "low" as he states that exact word in the beginning of the song.
"Sometimes a Jimi Thing slides my way and keeps me swinging
I'd like to show you what's inside
And I shouldn't care
If you don't like it"

--He wants to show his real self, his real state of mind where he can truely be himself with a peace of mind, and he shouldn't care if you don't like it..(now if that was talking about sex how would that make any sense at all unless I guess if your thinking on a very dirty level, and dave is much more deep than that.


+many references are obvious as to a drug/smoking reference.

But anyway, yes I agree as to what many others said.. a "Jimi thing" is what makes you feel good, takes your problems away, gets you through the day.


remember---Interpret how you want to, whatever makes you thing..use your imagination.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.

anonymous 2008-07-31 20:40:34    

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As every single one of his songs is it's about life. and how can "smoke my mind, make me feel better for a small time" be about sex, anyone who has ever smoked knows after about 30 min aka "a small time" you come down from your high.