politics | March 21, 2026

Stone Temple Pilots - Vasoline Lyrics Meaning

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Dec 12th 2018!⃝

Well, I believe that this song is about being stuck in a bad place. "Flies in the vasoline we are" represents being in that bad place and seeing terrible things happening, but not being able to do anything about it. "Going blind, out of reach" means that the good things one can achieve in life, maybe like a family, a house, kids, etc. are slowly becoming harder and harder to achieve. "Isn't you, Isn't me" possibly means that the narrator here is saying that it isn't anyone's fault, but actually the line "Punch drunk and without bail" makes me think otherwise. That line could possibly mean that this person made a mistake when they got really drunk. But, uh, y'know, that's just my humble opinion.