Grace Slick's parents read Alice in Wonderland to her as a child. The fairy tale remained vivid in her consciousness as she grew up. When Slick went into music, she brought that memory with her and compared the story to the effects of hallucinatory drugs her generation experimented with. As such, "White Rabbit" is laced with drug references in the guise of the original Alice in Wonderland adventures. To me, the song indicates a loss of innocence that sometimes occurs when people try to hold on to their childhood and grow up at the same time.
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