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The line "I dive deep when it's 10 feet overhead - Grab the reef underneath my bed" refers to Brad going back to heroin when the world above (a world above water being without heroin) is hectic, chaotic, and too hard to handle.
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Most opiate addicts know that you hide your gear in places that can't easily be found. Being underwater is a euphemism for being strung out or being on heroin. "Reef" is a direct moniker for heroin in this song. It's quite obviously about Brad's heroin addiction which was relatively new when Sublime recorded this song. I think most have hit this one on the head. Maybe he is starting to embrace his perceived truth that he is on his way to fast grave.Īdmitting again that he is weak and is in need of help
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It’s a parasite and usually crawls in at night (wake up from a hang over and say you’ll never drink again then you drink the next night) Alcohol grabs you and it’s hard to let go,
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He is literally talking about being an alcoholic…I say this cause I’m literally going through it. (he has made peace with god he's ready to die) (he shoots it when he can't take it anymore)Īint got no quarrels with God, aint got no time to grow old (swimming is slang for shooting He shoots and he regrets doing it)Īnd grab the reef, that's underneath my bed (Blue whale is heroin that swallows swimmers whole he'll use again when everything falls again)Īnd I can swim but I wish I had never learned I'll grab the reef when all duck diving fails (the high only lasts the night, addicts are broke) Tell me are you a badfish too? are you a badfish too? (Heroin addicts are called "parasites" because they steal and take) (How Heroin addiction grabs you and never lets go)