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Serving as the fourteenth song on, “Heroin” is The Faire’s favorite track on the record and also the longest one on the LP. It is a dark and dreamy pop ballad set in Topanga, California that finds The Faire singing about the decay caused both by literal heroin and using dope as a metaphor for societal’s pressure of dead-end success. The Faire mentioned the song means a lot to him and is very personal. The lyrics suggest he is recalling some moments of his life that “make it hard to dream”. Also the artist adresses somebody with “you” several times in the track which means it has to do something with one particular person. In the prechorus, quote, “Life rocked me, like Motley, grabbed me by the curls in my hair.” - The Faire namechecks the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe which had a member who struggled with heroin addiction. He facetiously describes the curveball life threw at him as “ultra-soft.” The statement is oxymoronic, since “heavy metal” intentionally contradicts it. The chorus sings, “I’m flying to the moon again, dreaming about Heroin.” - the term “Flying to the moon” is, in itself, a phrase said to describe the sensation of getting high. This line is also a tribute to one of his musical inspirations, the late singer Frank Sinatra’s 1964 record titled “Fly Me To The Moon”, released a decade after his starring role in the film “The Man With The Golden Arm”, where Sinatra played the role of a recovering heroin addict. In the second verse, he suggests Manson is in the air. Alluding to Charles Manson, the Manson Family and their murders, following his tendency to explore the dark corners of American pop culture history. In the bridge he sings, quote, “It’s hot, hot, a winter in the city. Something about this weather, made these kids go crazy.” In these lyrics, The Faire addresses the politics of climate change, continuing with, “It’s hot, even for February, something about the sun’s made these kids get scary,” addressing the rise in teen homicides and school shootings. He revisits the Manson theme with, quote, “writing in blood on my walls and shit.”