MOST OF THE TIME 1989 Most of the time I'm clear focused all around, Most of the time I can keep both feet on the ground I can follow the path, I can read the signs, Stay right with it, when the road unwinds, I can handle whatever I stumble upon, I don't even notice she's gone Most of the time
“Most of the time / I'm clear focused all around” sometimes I am the focus, a central point and locus, of an infection “Most of the time / I can keep both feet on the ground” sometimes I cannot get back to normal “I can follow the path” sometimes I cannot follow the doctor’s orders “path” a way especially designed for a particular use “I can read the signs” and sometimes I cannot detect the tell tale signs of illness “Stay right with it” sometimes I cannot continue taking medication “when the road unwinds” when my course in life begins to unravel, disintegrate “I can handle whatever I stumble upon” sometimes I cannot manage an opportunistic infection that I come upon accidentally or unexpectedly “I don't even notice she's gone” sarcastic, sometimes I don’t even notice that my health, my immunity system, is gone “Most of the time.”
“Both feet on the ground” as return to normal, Rag Time Willie “I can hear something calling on me” my desire for heroin has returned “And you know where I want to be / Oh Willie don't you hear that sound / I just want to get my feet back on the ground” I just want enough heroin so that I will not experience withdrawal symptoms, I don’t even have to get high.
Most of the time It's well understood, Most of the time I wouldn't change it if I could, I can't make it all match up, I can hold my own, I can deal with the situation right down to the bone, I can survive, I can endure And I don't even think about her Most of the time.
“Most of the time / It's well understood” sometimes I do not understand what has happened to me and why? “Most of the time I wouldn't change it if I could” sometimes I would give anything in the world to change my status “I can't make it all match-up” sometimes I cannot equal the virulence of the virus “I can hold my own” and I cannot get my white blood cell count up “I can deal with the situation” I cannot deal with a critical, problematic, and striking set of circumstances “right down to the bone” right down to its roots, its core, the bone marrow where blood cells are produced “I can survive, I can endure” sometimes I don’t think I am going to