WRITTEN:
Conceived by Perry and Eric in late 1985. Then re-worked when Dave joined. "My Time" was originally very bass oriented and a bit faster. When Dave joined it was transformed into a lighter acoustic number.
LIVE:
* Played electrically in early '86. Then occasionally in late '86 and '87, acoustically.
* 1997: never played "My Time" on stage. But in the Three Days film, there
is some footage of them playing it outside acoustically.
* Porno For Pyros also played it a few times.
LYRICS:
yeah the rain came
i said hey buddy,
buddy the streets are a snake skin
i belong
out there walkin
nobody's stoppin to bother me
they hide
outside, the ceilings
cryin -
listen to the sound
of the gutters runnin
wash this dirty town
all fronts and no backs
give me my time
let me be
outside
under the ceiling
cryin'
yeah, all over me
cryin'
yeah, all over me
outside you know
i listen to the sounds
of the gutters runnin
wash this dirty town
all fronts and no backs
give me my time
let me be
outside
under the ceilings
cryin'
yeah, all over me
cryin'
yeah, all over me
FAN INTERPRETATIONS:
From John M--
"yeah, the rain came"
= i was doing heroin
"buddy the streets are a snake skin"
= society is dry (absent of rain... purity... god's 'feeling'...drugs...)
"i belong out there walkin nobody's stoppin to bother me"
= i should be able to do drugs with out getting in trouble
"they hide"
= ...people are afraid of heroin and (the godly
feeling it gives)
"outside, the ceiling is cryin"
= the heroin is kicking in... god's feeling is coming down.
"listen to the sound of the gutters runnin"
= i can hear the heroin in my veins...
"wash this dirty town all fronts and no backs"
= the heroin makes me forget how bad and stupid society is... forget those who think they know what god feels like but can't ('all fronts and no backs').
"give me my time..let me be outside... under the ceiling crying, yeah!, all over me"
= leave me alone and let me be under god's feeling...god's feeling (the heroin) is all over my body...