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I think Scott Weiland loves writing these kind of double meaning lyrics–“too much trippin and my soul/sole s worn thin”…” The name itself “Still Remains” has two completely different meanings… one is love still being there and the other is someone’s dead body. “I think a lot of it is about the person you loving dying. See more: Stone Temple Pilots Albums Ranked Who is Lady Picture Show and why is she hiding behind her bedroom door? Weiland explained in his memoir Not Dead & Not For Sale: “ is about the horrific gang rape of a dancer who winds up falling in love but can’t let go of the pain.” “Scott Weiland was in the throes of heroin addiction when he wrote the lyrics to this song, which is why the subject matter is so morose. Lady Picture Show ( Tiny Music… Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop, 1996) These words convey desperation to me, the lovely thing is, and this is what I love about Stone Temple Pilots, is that the music itself is very freeing and purposeful.”ġ2. I think that a lot of the lyrics that Scott writes are just words placed on the page with only half-a-mind given to some sort of story or meaning. “This song feels like the need to escape to me. He is also asking her if she loves him as much as he loves her and is in the will to do anything for him, “Will you follow me down now, down now”. He gives her very high regards and compares her to holy Sunday and been awaiting this day for a long time, “Ya, I’ve been waiting for my Sunday girl”. “This is song is about marriage proposal and the girl saying yes, “You’re all mine now”. It won’t get old, yet seems like it has always ‘been’ there once you’ve discovered it.” One of those timeless pieces that could have been either written 50 years ago or last week. Alternatively, it is believed that the name is a portmanteau of “Vaseline” and “Gasoline”, which may be an allusion to a chemical mixture that is popularly known to be the composition of a flammable compound similar to, if not that of, Napalm.“Absolutely beautiful song. The over-the-counter balm after which the song appears to be named is spelled Vaseline. The riff, however, is an alternating sixteenth and eighth note pattern as part of a 3-beat rhythmic figure played over a drum beat in 4/4 time, creating a rhythmic tension and release that is characteristic of such figures. By itself, the riff sounds something like swung eighth notes alternating between the musical notes F natural and G natural. Perhaps one of the strangest things about this song is the use of syncopation in the riff that the guitar and bass play. It’s about lying to Jannina and lying to the band about my heroin addiction.” In his autobiography Not Dead and Not For Sale, he adds that it “is about being stuck in the same situation over and over again. During Stone Temple Pilots performance of “Vasoline” on VH1 Storytellers, Weiland says that the song is about “feeling like an insect under a magnifying glass.” Vasoline – Stone Temple Pilots Composition and meaning of VasolineĪs with most other Stone Temple Pilots songs, the lyrics can be vague and hard to interpret, and many interpretations have been suggested by fans. A live version also appears on The Family Values 2001 Tour compilation. “Vasoline” also appears on the greatest hits compilation album Thank You. The song’s lyrics were written by vocalist Scott Weiland.

The song’s odd-sounding intro was created by Robert DeLeo, who ran his bass through a wah-wah pedal to get the said effect.

The song was the second single of the album (and also the second most successful, only behind “Interstate Love Song”), reaching #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for two weeks. Vasoline is a song by American rock band Stone Temple Pilots from their second album, Purple.