Is The Song “December” Actually About Oral Sex?
“Turn your head, now baby, just spit me out…” No it’s actually not. “December” is actually a song about “…being taken advantage of in a relationship, be it personal or business…” and is summed up in the opening line: “Why drink the water from my hand, contagious as you think I am?” In Ed’s case, it was a business relationship; “December” was the last track written for Collective Soul’s 2nd, self titled CD, when things began “getting weird” just prior to the band’s nasty split and lawsuit with their then-manager. According to Ed, the song could have easily fit in with the theme of their cabin-recorded 3rd album, Disciplined Breakdown. Is “Smashing Young Man” Actually A Song About Billy Corgan Of The Smashing Pumpkins? This has kinda been highly debated. Ed Roland has, when asked, consistently denied both the meaning behind the song and any animosity towards Corgan, stating that “Smashing Young Man” was actually inspired by Englanders’ use of the word “smashing” while Collective So
