He actually succumbed to his addiction and every moment without it he feels cold and alone. HE is stoned and he shouldn't talk about how great it is.
Now I propose two possible interpretations: First the dark one The author metaphorically sings about the stuff he craves. Song MeaningAll of this can very well be about drug addiction. That is just my interpretation but it is exactly what I went through with my ex and he felt the same way. (Can't find his way out of the depression without her) (Suspense is killing him hoping she will come back because their relationship has been back and forth but they always got back together. (the "honeymoon" is over, they are back to reality and she has drifted away completely because of the confusion and pain family and friends put her through) (It's so amazing they just feel completely lost and stoned in the paradise they are in when it is just them) (they don't talk about all the troubles they are having) (They get away or remember back to a time where it was just them, no outside influence from anybody else and they danced like they had never danced before and were just completely and entirely happy being just the two of them)
(They have spent more and more time apart because of her friends and family pulling her away) (He knows she is a strong individual and her love for him is strong so he is hoping her heart is tough enough to withstand the criticism) (Family or friends have become unforgiving at things he has done or put her through and she is drifting because of the turmoil they put her under bc of being with him) (they have been drifting apart and he wants her back by his side bc the loneliness is terrible.) General CommentI may be biased since this situation happened to me, but it seems as if it's about a love that has drifted apart. Stoned in paradise, shouldn't talk about it ideally getting so blazed that he forgets about losing the woman he loves.īut all of that noted, there also appears to be a sentiment of probable redemption underlying it all. In other words, whereas the singer’s lover may be snubbing him at the moment, it doesn’t sound like he has completely thrown the possibility of reconciliation out the window.īut until then, his mind is totally not at peace. And evidently, as revealed in the pre-chorus, all of this has something to do with him being ‘jealous’, which in the context of the narrative we would presume is in relation to the prospect of his lady now dating other dudes.But now they've brought you away from here Or even more accurately, “Colorado” appears to be a breakup tune. The singer is coming to grips with the fact that the relationship between him and the addressee has dissolved. And he is in his feelings accordingly, as it seems that he is the one more or less getting dumped. Indeed with all of that in mind, apparently the reason he is compelled to “get high” is in an attempt to “push away the sorrow”, i.e. all-good. And said addressee would be his significant other. So yes folks, once you get past the titular reference what we’re actually dealing with her is more akin to a love song. But that said, “Colorado” is not to be confused with an actual weed song. In fact outside of that aforementioned line the vocalist seems to make only one other reference to herb, via yet another metaphor where he speaks inaccurately being under the impression that the relationship between him and the addressee was “evergreen”, i.e.