Head Cold
Navigating Troubles and Family Bonds: Spacey Jane's 'Head Cold' Meaning
Lyrics
Get in trouble and then get out of it
Engaging in trouble and subsequently finding a way out of it.
Babe you wouldn’t know the half of it
Addressing someone who lacks knowledge of a situation or circumstance.
Cut off the helping hand and eat it
Metaphorically suggesting a destructive act of severing help and consuming it.
If it’s bad for me I feed it
Having a tendency to indulge in things that may be harmful or negative.
Call up my sister she’s a way away
Attempting to reach out to a distant sister for support or connection.
Stand in the doorway in a heavy haze
Being in a state of confusion or haziness, potentially in a situation or mentally.
Family like a dose of penicillin
Describing family as a healing force similar to penicillin.
Gave me a rash when I was two and now I never miss them, I never miss them
Reflecting on negative childhood experiences with family, leading to a lack of attachment.
Well I’ll find time and I’ll stop drinking
Expressing intent to allocate time and overcome drinking habits.
I’m still sleeping at least that’s something
Finding solace in the fact of still being able to sleep despite difficulties.
Your head turns when I stop speaking
Noticing someone's reaction when ceasing communication.
Away, towards, it makes no difference
Suggesting that the direction of attention doesn't matter in a particular situation.
Stare at the ceiling with a steady gaze
Staring fixedly at the ceiling, potentially contemplating or lost in thought.
Tossing and turning while the shuffle plays
Experiencing restlessness while music plays in the background.
Thinking of you under a head cold
Associating thoughts of a person with being sick with a head cold.
I’ll be dreaming of you until I get old, ‘till I get old
Anticipating thoughts and dreams of the person until old age.
Well I’ll find time and I’ll stop drinking
Reiterating the intention to make time and cease drinking.
I’m still sleeping at least that’s something
Reiterating finding comfort in the ability to still sleep despite difficulties.
Your head turns when I stop speaking
Noticing a reaction to the absence of speech from someone.
Away, towards, it makes no difference
Emphasizing that the direction of attention or movement doesn't matter in a particular context.
Under I’m overgrown
Feeling overwhelmed or overpowered by circumstances.
I can’t fight it, I’m wired
Expressing a feeling of being unable to resist or fight against something due to inner wiring.
In a head wind gale of family history repeating, I mean it
Experiencing a strong, unrelenting force of familial history repeating itself.
Well I’ll find time and I’ll stop drinking
Reiterating the intention to find time and stop drinking.
I’m still sleeping at least that’s something
Stating the persistence of difficulties in sleeping, despite finding some solace.
Your head turns when I stop speaking
Noticing a reaction to one's silence or cessation of communication.
Away, towards, it makes no difference
Reiterating that the direction of attention or movement holds no significance in a specific situation.
I found time but I’m still drinking
Despite finding time, there's a continued habit of drinking.
I’m not sleeping but that means nothing
Being unable to find solace in sleep anymore.
Your head turns when I start leaving
Noticing a reaction when beginning to leave.
Away, towards, it makes no difference
Emphasizing that the direction of movement holds no significance in a particular context.
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