Lakini's Juice

This song is about the darker side of love: obsession. The lyrics have a very dark undertone and seem to speak of how, as humans, we have certain wants and needs that, sometimes in order to fulfill, we will go directly against what we have been taught. That's why in the video, there is a person shaping a piece of wet, chalk-type material. The chalk represents lard, which represents our human urges. It's like when you know what you're doing is wrong, but the urge is so great that you do it anyway. If this song is autobiographical, he's most likely talking about some sexual experience that he feels guilty about.

Lakini is the Hindu goddess of destruction. This relates to the video's odd depiction of lard... a symbol of overindulgence.

Prior to the Secret Samadhi album, Live released their breakthrough smash, Throwing Copper, which sold 8 million copies in America and made them superstars. According to lead singer Ed Kowalczyk, the fame and fortune kind of freaked them out and they weren't sure how to follow-up such monumental success. "Secret Samadhi is the sound of a band in retreat," he explained in a 2004 interview. "It's kind of like, Oh my God, look what happened. Let's go somewhere and get in a room, and maybe bring some therapy with us, and just figure out what the hell we're going to do now." The band decided to go to Jamaica and rent a house in Montego Bay, where they hung out around the pool and drank a lot of wine. Although their tropical surroundings didn't influence the sound of the album, they may have gotten some inspiration from the, uh, foliage. "The record does not sound anything like Jamaica," said Kowalczyk. "In fact it's so bizarre and lyrically so out there that I still don't really know what most of it's about. Let's just say we were very friendly with the gardener in Jamaica."