Caught_in_a_Coma Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 They'll be callin' in the morning They'll be hanging on the phone They'll be waitin' for an answer But you know nobody's home And when the bells stop ringing It was nobody's fault but your own There were always ample warning There were always subtle signs I mean, that final verse almost feels like a threat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Len Cnut Posted April 2, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted April 2, 2017 OR...perhaps its just a song! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxlsFavoriteRose Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 nooo that can't be right, EVERY song has to have deep meaning. i mean look at Spice Girls Wannabe or Hanson's MMMbop! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Słash Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Well @Nikki_Sixx has released some great songs with Sixx Am and its basically what he went through. Some of the lyrics are great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxlsFavoriteRose Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 songs can be true to life or they can just be SONGS as @Len Cnut pointed out. i don't feel Coma is abut Axl thinking about suicide or his untimely death but that's JMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 24 minutes ago, AxlsFavoriteRose said: nooo that can't be right, EVERY song has to have deep meaning. i mean look at Spice Girls Wannabe or Hanson's MMMbop! Wannabe has a clear meaning 'if you wannabe my lover you gotta get with my friends', thats a clear invitation to an orgy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxlsFavoriteRose Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Just now, Len Cnut said: Wannabe has a clear meaning 'if you wannabe my lover you gotta get with my friends', thats a clear invitation to an orgy! oh silly me! i completely missed that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modano09 Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 I always took those lines to mean depression and shutting yourself off from everyone until they give up on you and you have nobody to blame but yourself. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caught_in_a_Coma Posted April 2, 2017 Author Share Posted April 2, 2017 (edited) I take it as the way the world of the early 90s would react to the news of Axl being discovered dead. They want information, they want answers to questions. But no one is home and there was always signs pointing to this happening Edited April 2, 2017 by Caught_in_a_Coma 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soon Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 (edited) One thing I dont get if this is autobiographical is Axl referring to "subtle signs" that he's unwell. Not so subtle there Axl! Axl wrote the lyrics after an intentional over dose. Was in a domestic dispute and wanted that situation to end, so he gobbled a bottle of pills. He doesn't call it an attempted suicide, but a dr would record it as such. So, yes there is every reason to believe these lyrics are about suicide. This particular lyric "nobody's home" always struck me as more like a term for being mentally unwell. Also, this is when some phones had bells as ringers. So I thought it was about letting success go to waste because of not being able to handle the situation. Being badgered into silence by all the invasive media demands and then forgotten about because you aren't able to respond? Thats how Ive understood the section of lyric. But, yes the song is inspired by a real life attempted suicide/intentional overdose. He doesnt wanna come back to this word again! EDIT: forgot the question being asked by OP: I think theres a Beatles or John Lennon lyric the people feel eerily describes his murder. Edited April 2, 2017 by soon forgot the question Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gracii Guns Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Don't folks like to reference Jeff Buckley at this point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexC Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 (edited) The entirety of Alice in Chains' Dirt. The whole album is pretty much about impending doom from addiction. And Nutshell from Jar of Flies. Damn Alice in Chains were so fucking good. Edited April 2, 2017 by AlexC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caught_in_a_Coma Posted April 2, 2017 Author Share Posted April 2, 2017 19 minutes ago, AlexC said: The entirety of Alice in Chains' Dirt. The whole album is pretty much about impending doom from addiction. And Nutshell from Jar of Flies. Damn Alice in Chains were so fucking good. I'll check these out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liqddynamite Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Biggie Smalls comes to mind as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caught_in_a_Coma Posted April 3, 2017 Author Share Posted April 3, 2017 38 minutes ago, liqddynamite said: Biggie Smalls comes to mind as well. Suicidal thoughts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 I always thought that Coma was Axl's message to Slash in part? Or he's talking to himself. It seems like the fear of what will happen. Axl survived his Coma but when he came back he wrote a warming. Or is he blaming someone else for his death? I remember something about Joy Division's songs being all predictions about Ian Curtis' future and he made them come true. Whether his lyrics were as overt as "Bells stop ringing" not sure. I guess In Utero even Nevermind have lyrics and imagery that forebodes. But depending on how you intrepret Coma, there's more I feel like dying. To me the "they gave you too much time" line made me think it was directed at someone, rather than about himself or what another will think of his death. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sosso Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Carry Me Home by AC/DC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 And I wish that I could help you with what youhope to find but I'm still out here watching reruns of my life To me that's Axl talking to someone else who's an addict. The outro rant is a warming or plea to that person. Imo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverburst80 Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 3 hours ago, wasted said: And I wish that I could help you with what youhope to find but I'm still out here watching reruns of my life To me that's Axl talking to someone else who's an addict. The outro rant is a warming or plea to that person. Imo I always thought the last part was about Adler, particularly as how it all begins with "maybe we'd be better off without you anyway". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 2 hours ago, Silverburst80 said: I always thought the last part was about Adler, particularly as how it all begins with "maybe we'd be better off without you anyway". It could be anyone they'd be better off without. Or just said out of frustration. It's one for Axl's question time. And you said that no one's listening when your best friend dropped their dime? Slash/Todd Crew? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stella Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 "Close My Eyes Forever" by Ozzy Osbourne and Lita Ford comes to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverburst80 Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 41 minutes ago, wasted said: It could be anyone they'd be better off without. Or just said out of frustration. It's one for Axl's question time. And you said that no one's listening when your best friend dropped their dime? Slash/Todd Crew? It could be a about many people all at once perhaps, Axl had moved on from hard drug use by then but of course many of the people he associated closely with had not. Maybe the "It's so easy to be social, It's so easy to be cool" was a nod to West Arkeen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wasted Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 1 hour ago, Silverburst80 said: It could be a about many people all at once perhaps, Axl had moved on from hard drug use by then but of course many of the people he associated closely with had not. Maybe the "It's so easy to be social, It's so easy to be cool" was a nod to West Arkeen. Yeah it could have been about all of them. Axl seems self aware, self conscious. Axl has penchant for adding different perspectives to songs like One in a Million or Catcher, Rocket Queen in the outro. 1 hour ago, Słash said: "Give me Leonard Cohen afterworld, so I can sigh eternally" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Słash Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 4 minutes ago, wasted said: "Give me Leonard Cohen afterworld, so I can sigh eternally" But In The End it doesn't even matter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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