Chadwick Stokes – Insulin Lyrics

Chadwick Stokes · Simmerkane II (Bonus Version)

Rock

You fell hard
Are you sure you're okay?
I feel the stilts holdin' up the house
And hope the floorboards hold the weight

Would you help my thoughts as I
Go to work at the fair and come Wednesday
We on our dock you back yard to supper
In the evening

Don't you lose my picture when you're gone
Don't need no insulin, you're my angel
And if you have no antidote will you still then stay
And settle down for a year or so

I found a place where you can rest and be well
As a kid I used to go round and round
Sure don't seem like the same dirt road

Don't you need my picture when you're gone
Don't need no insulin, you're my angel
And if they reach for you then let me know
Just another year or so, ahh, ahh

I fell fast when you came on down my way
Down Stonewall Beach
Sit by the pond just awhile it away

Don't you need my picture when you're gone
Don't need no insulin, you're my angel
And if they reach for you then let me know
Just another year or so, ahh, ahh

Won't need my picture when you're gone
I'll use our star to just guide me home
And if they reach for you then let them know
Just another year or so, ahh, ahh

Comments (1)

Chris 2013-01-11 18:23:00

My guess is that this song is about loving and trying to take care of someone who is seriously ill. The references to falling hard (are you sure you're okay), insulin, a place to "rest and be well". The feeling I get when I listen to this song is that it's from the perspective of a young man who is working hard and doing everything within his power to care for a sick spouse/partner. I'm honestly not sure what the implications of the chorus are - if the suggestion is that she dies or is terminal and he uses their star to go home after the fact. Anyone else have ideas of what's happening here?