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• Cm from LouisianaIt seems that the title is an antithesis. "Getting low" would be the opposite of getting high, so maybe the singer is saying to the girl that they would be better off staying clean
• Kaycee Arizona from ArkansasThis song is 100% about using drugs, from beginning to end. It’s about a heroin junkie proposing that the female to whom the lyrics are projected toward should “get low” with him.. which is another slang term for getting high on heroin.. or down as it’s sometimes referred to. As he says “take you down, let the river flow” is a reference for the rush of euphoria in your blood stream. He’s suggesting that being with this girl is comparable to using heroin. The lyrics “hey don’t you want to go down, like some junkie cosmonaut” is referring to the nod you get after injecting heroin. Anyone who has ever spent time in the Pacific Northwest and tried their world famous black tar knows that this song is self explanatory. They nailed it. This song sounds like heroin feels, sublime.
• Mig from Bidbee, AzI remember hearing this great song on the radio many times in Phoenix, Az. back in 1997 and I remember the version they played was not edited like the album I have, or the version itunes sells. I remember hearing "Hey, don't you want to go down with me" on the radio. My CD version has the two words "with me" edited. I have tried to find out more about this on the internet, but have not had much luck. Has any ones else out there noticed this too? I would like to find the unedited version.
• Elmer H from Westville, OkBack in 1993 I bought the CD "Kerosene Hat." This song "Low"was played a lot on area radio stations so I am surprised to learn that it only made it to #64 on some charts (Billboard?). It could be about drugs, but heard that some people thought it was about relationship "ups & downs." So I don't know. Could it be about both? I still love the technical skills displayed by the instrumentation & production-work. And I know for sure it is one funky-sounding dude & funky-sounding music I still love.
• Bubblesk from Memphis, TnI agree, it sure seems like it's about drug-taking. Still, I love the song's melody & haunting instrumental backing. It's still played on alternative rock radio in N.E. Oklahoma/N.W. Arkansas. I wasn't alive when it came out in '93, but first heard it on alternative rock radio in my area, especially when I began college in 2011.
• Mel from Boyds, MdThis song is definitely about doing drugs.

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