Album: Sixteen Stone (1994)

Charted: 30

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• Love and hate, get it wrong
  She cut me right back down to size
  Sleep the day, let it fade
  Who was there to take your place
  No one knows, never will
  Mostly me, but mostly you
  What do you say, do you do
  When it all comes down
  
  'Cause I don't want to come back
  Down from this cloud
  It's taken me all this time to find out
  
  'Cause I don't want to come back
  Down from this cloud
  It's taken me all this time
  
  There is no blame only shame
  When you beg you just complain
  The more I come more I try
  All police are paranoid
  So am I, so's the future
  So are you, be a creature
  What do you say do you do when it all comes down
  
  'Cause I don't want to come back
  Down from this cloud
  It's taken me all this time to find out
  
  'Cause I don't want to come back
  Down from this cloud
  It's taken me all this time
  
  Love and hate, get it wrong
  She cut me right back down to size
  Sleep the day, let it fade
  Who was there to take your place
  No one knows, never will
  Mostly me, but mostly you
  What do you say, do you do
  When it all comes down
  
  'Cause I don't want to come back
  Down from this cloud
  It's taken me all this time to find out
  
  'Cause I don't want to come back
  Down from this cloud
  It's taken me all this time
  
  I don't wanna come back
  Down from this cloud, this cloud, this cloud Writer/s: Gavin Rossdale
  Publisher: BMG Rights Management
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Comments: 26

• Eddie from ChicagoAre YOU guys high?? It clearly states (on THIS site!) that he wrote it about his ex-girlfriend. Also: https://bit.ly/3VUgu02
• Wanda from PhillyThis is my all time favorite song.. I'm 50 now & it still gives me goosebumps.. not to mention he's Sexy AF singing it
• Mark this is my favorite song i an 13 and i have been lising to it ever since my dad died when i was seven
• Sean Hines from California It's obviously about heroin. Not only does the song describe an opiate high and 'comedown' in the lyrics, but it even says "shoot up" several times in the bridge. I don't care what Bush said about the song. Not to mention the toon just has that 'feel' to it. It is possible it has a double meaning, perhaps comparing smack to love, but the song is undoubtedly about shooting up smack and not wanting to come down from it. I can totally relate to the part where he says "took me so long to find out what need"; it's that feeling when you first try opioids and realize that's exactly the drug you were looking for. All that emotional pain is just irrelevant, covered my overwhelming waves of euphoria. Oh the nostalgia, brings back the memories....
• Zero from The Abyss, NjThis song reminds me of Bipolar disorder. (aka manic depression) When you're manic you never want to come back down from that natural high but you have to sometime, if you try to fight it, you'll just cause yourself anxiety.
• Tarah from Trinity, NcThis song is in the movie Fear starring Mark wahlberg and Reese witherspoon
• Candace from Long Beach, CaI agree with everyone who believes ppl should just go by their own interpretation of the song. I fell in love this year. And Comedown was the first song of my love story. This song meant Cloud 9 to me everytime I listened to it. I'm no longer with the person I'm in love with, but he's very much apart of my life still, and I'm still very much in love with him. "I don't wanna come back down from this cloud, it's taken me all this time to find out what i needed." Best part of the song. No matter what happens, Jesse has always made me feel like I was on Cloud 9, and I never wanna comedown.
• Brandon from Bainbridge, NyAbsolutely about getting high. This song is especially easy to understand when your high yourself. Theres a strong sense of happiness when your high, and the comedown is an expression used for saying comming back to the reality of whatever situation. And in this situation, he didnt wanna.
  Truly a happy/sad song. And one of my favorites.
• Haeley Hundley from Cincinnati, Ohomg this is my favorite song i have liked it since my dad used to play it and sing it to me when i was a little kid. im only 15 and this song just speaks to me and moves me in way you could never imagine. this is my theme song. im not even lying or anything. this song is truely ispiring. Bush is the best!
• Jon from Enumclaw , WaOne of my all time faverate songs. It's very soothing to me.
• Kayla from Oklahoma City, OkAwesome freaking song... one of my favorites. Probably the best Bush song, although "Glycerine" and "Mouth" are really good, too.
• Ashley from Sandy, OrIt is totally about doing heroin. Almost every line he sings in that song is describing syptoms of being high on heroin.
• Phoebe from Belchertown, MaThis song always makes me think of sex, for reasons of which I am almost unsure.
• Hayley from Melbourne, AustraliaIt was confirmed by Gavin Rossdale and other band member that its actually about falling inlove with GETTING HIGH! That is their own interpritation! But when will you guys learn that with most emotional music and metophorical writing should be interprated to your own experience... it doesnt matter what the writer is talking about as long as it helps you with your own issues, you shouldnt take a bands meaning of their own song as gospel
• Hayley from Melbourne, AustraliaIt was confirmed by Gavin Rossdale and other band member that its actually about falling inlove with GETTING HIGH! That is their own interpritation! But when will you guys learn that with most emotional music and metophorical writing should be interprated to your own experience... it doesnt matter what the writer is talking about as long as it helps you with your own issues, you shouldnt take a bands meaning of their own song as gospel
• Kane from Wytheville, VaI STILL DONT WANNA COME DOWN FROM THAT F###IN CLOUD
  THAT SONG PUTS MY MIND TO EASE
• Arron from Lafayette, InI love this song it is by far the best ever writen along with Everlong by the foo fighters but I thought this song was about something GREAT his g/f must have been wonderfull but now hes with Gwen Stuffainy cant get any better than that... awesome job describing the sex in the song, to Paul whom thinks this song is about finding yourself and knowing who you are???do you even listen to the song??? and nick the song isn't all about the course DO YOU LISTEN TO THE VERSE? HE IS ON CLOUD 9 FOR CRYING OUT LOUD CLOUD 9 MEANS YOUR HAPPY...love and hate, cut me right back down to size, then he says SLEEP GOOD DAY, when I have sex I sleep like a baby I love that part
• George from Jackson, NjHEY everyone, the actual lyrics are shoot up, shoot up, shoot up your high, im sorry but duh
• Malysah from Champaign, Ileven though this song is supposedly about his ex-girlfriend, it can still have different meanings to different people (lol well obviously, but anyways...). to me this song is about COCAINE. :/
• Terry from Houston, TxTo Nick In Paramus....The Lyrics you are refering to say, "cheer up, Cheer up, Cheer up, Don't Cry". Although, being a recovering addict, I see alot of lyrics in this song that can be interpreted as lyrics about being addicted and not wanting to crash.
• Nate from Aurora, Ilgood stuff...man, i wish they were still together
• Eric from Grande Prairie, Alberta, CanadaI feel that this song is about being a relationship that you know is failing, yet you don't want to not be in love. You kind of fool yourself into thinking things aren't as bad as they seem, even though part of you knows the truth.
• Anessa from Bremerton, WaI actually have put alot of thought into what I think this song means. I think that it is about the end of a relationship. "I don't want to come back down from this cloud" I interpret as like cloud 9; something that feels so good. "it's taken me all this time to find out what I need" to me is like finding yourself through a relationship, only to "come down" into a depression and not knowing what to do next. Just my 2 cents!
• Nick from Paramus, NjI always thought it was about getting high. "I don't wanna comedown" and what he sings during the solo "shoot up, shoot up, shoot up, you're high" at least that's what I heard he said.
• Paul from Toledo, OhTo me it is about finding yourself, and knowing who you are. It expresses happiness not often found in Bush songs.
• Rebekah from Prince George, VaTo me its about not wanting to leave something it took you so hard to find... Your so happy an if you leave its going to be screwed up.

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