Rolling Stones

Verse 1

I will keep breaking cups until my left hand looks wrong

[MYTAKE] KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK. What a great way to start the album, psychotic imagery establish the narrator's unstable mental state from the opening line.

Until my miracle drugs write the miracle song
I will keep rolling down until my best shirt rolls off
Until the conga line behind me is a thousand chickens long

Bridge 1

Like Brian Jones
I was born to swim towards a month ago

• Reference to Brian Jones' death by drowning - he died approximately one month after being fired from The Rolling Stones.

[MYTAKE] The narrator identifies with Brian Jones' tragic trajectory toward death - a symbol of musical talent destroyed by drugs and existential drift. Winter interprets Jones' drowning as a desperate attempt to reconnect with The Rolling Stones after being fired due to substance abuse. His death was ruled "death by misadventure," but here represents the artist's self-destructive pursuit of meaning through music.

Towards the Rolling Stones
Towards me and you
Swimming alone

Verse 2

And I will keep burning trash until the master comes around
And I would pound my masterpiece down flat between my hands
If it meant I could only roll again
You gotta let me roll down

Bridge 2

Like Hinckley's son
I was born to dance with a candy gun

• Reference to John Hinckley Jr.'s assassination attempt on President Reagan, connecting themes of violence and political rebellion.

Towards the president's ass
Towards me and you
Me and you
Me and you
I'm swimming alone

Verse 3

Send me the basslines of the future
My good sense doesn't win me any wars

• Ironic observation - the narrator's admitted lack of good judgment doesn't win his life "wars"

And crazy only left my brain here all over the goddamn floor
Clean over all me baby
Look over a little more
Look over there

Chorus

We will stand here
Where we can see the pianos
Are landing on me and you
Me and you
Me and you

Outro

Brian Jones Me and you
Me and you, mm