Mysterious Lyric

 

Out of the hundreds of thousands of songs ever written, for a song to make it onto Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time it has to reach an incredible level of melodic resonance and lyrical superiority.

For example, consider the words of Number 446 on the list, "Pressure Drop" by Toots and the Maytals:

Hmm, hmm, hmm, yeah
Hmm, hmm, hmm, yeah
Hmm, hmm, hmm, yeah

It is you (Oh yeah)
It is you, you (Oh yeah)
It is you (Oh yeah)

I say, pressure drop, oh, pressure
Oh yeah, pressure going to drop on you
I say, a pressure drop, oh, pressure
Oh yeah, pressure going to drop on you

I say, when it drops, oh, you gonna feel it
Know that you were doing wrong
I say, when it drops, oh, you gonna feel it
Know that you were doing wrong

Hmm, hmm, hmm, yeah
Hmm, hmm, hmm, yeah
Hmm, hmm, hmm, yeah

I say, a pressure drop, oh, pressure
Oh yeah, pressure going to drop on you
I say, a pressure drop, oh, pressure
Oh yeah, pressure going to drop on you

It is you (Oh yeah)
It is you, you (Oh yeah)
It is you, you (Oh yeah)

I say, pressure drop, oh, pressure
Oh yeah, pressure going to drop on you
I say, a pressure drop, oh, pressure
Oh yeah, pressure going to drop on you

I say, when it drops, oh, you gonna feel it
Pressure, pressure, pressure, pressure
Pressure drop, oh, pressure, pressure
Pressure, pressure, pressure
I say, a pressure drop, oh, pre'
Oh, pressure, pressure
Pressure, pressure, pressure, pressure
Pressure going to drop on you, you, you
The pressure, pressure, oh yeah
Pressure going to drop on you

I must admit to a bit of confusion, though. I'm not sure if Toots is singing about a medical condition or the vital statistics of a submarine.