Nick Cave – Opium Tea

”Here I sleep the morning through
Until the call to prayer awakes me
And there is nothing to do but rise
And follow the day wherever it takes me
I stand at the window and look at the sea
Then I make me a pot of opium tea
Down at the port I watch the boats come in
Watching boats come in can do something to you
And the kids gather round with outstretched hand
And I toss them a diram or two
And I wonder if my children are thinking of me
For I am what I am and what will be will be
I wonder if my kids are thinking of me
And I smile and I sip my opium tea
At night the sea lashes the rust red ramparts
And the shapes of hooded men move past me
And the mad moaning wind, it laughs and it laughs
At the strange lot that fate has cast me
And the cats on the rampart sing merrily
That I am what I am and what will be will be
The cats on the rampart sing merrily
And I sit and I drink my opium tea
I’m a prisoner here, I can never go home
There is nothing here to win or to lose
There are no choices needing to be made at all
Not even the choice of having to choose
I am a prisoner, yes, but I am also free
’Cause I am what I am and what will be will be
I’m a prisoner here, yes, but I’m also free
And I smile and I sip my opium tea”

The Wildhearts – Sick of Drugs

”Waking up with an 8.2
When it seemed like the easiest thing to do
When someone said ’Here’s one for you!’
Mouth’s so dried and I just spit ash
In a hole in my pocket full of wasted cash
But it’s alright, it was just bad stash

’Jump inside’ he said, I tried
’I never met a junkie that I didn’t like’ said he
And who am I to disagree?

Oh, how can you stay when you’re 60 million miles away?
How can you fly when your home free?
And how can you feel when your mind’s made up like a will of steel?
How can you deal in your tree?
Sick of ecstacy

Kicked in bad and you got too low
To be down in a company you didn’t know
Said ’Come on in, got a right good blow’
Yeah, talking, talking, the whole world’s clear
Until a guy with a goatee got a touch of fear
Which went round the room like diarrhoea

Bored with this
I’m bored with that
I’m stuck in bed alone with a you-know-what
No rest
With a heart beating out of your chest

Oh, how can you stay when you’re 60 million miles away?
How can you fly when your home free?
And how can you feel when your mind’s made up like a will of steel?
How can you deal in your tree?
Sick of LSD

Oh, how can you stay when you’re 60 million miles away?
How can you fly when your home free?
And how can you feel when your mind’s made up like a will of steel?
How can you deal in your tree?
Oh, how can you stay when you’re 60 million miles away?
How can you fly when your home free?
And how can you feel when your mind’s made up like a will of steel?
How can you deal in your tree?
Sick of drugs are we”

Samael – Liquid Soul Dimension

Far From My Kingdom
Golden Dreams, Tranquil Peace
Far From Me, Pornographic Smiles
Far Is Your World
Lost In A Sea Of Nothingness
A Passed Utopia, A Banished Lie

Land, Of Infinite Spaces
Suns, Of Interior Lights
Dances Of The Absurd And The Real
Liquid Soul Dimension

The Force Is Around
And The Force Is Inside
I Swallow The Light
And The Light Swallows Me
I Don’t Exist Anymore
But I Feel As I Am
But I Feel As I Am…

Far Into The Inner Universe
Detached, Free And Submissive
From Up On My Throne
I Command, I Obey

Modest Mouse – Dramamine

Dramamine lienee jokin lääkeaine. Hieman trippailulta vaikuttais nämä sanat.

”Traveling, swallowing Dramamine
Feeling spaced, breathing out Listerine
I’d said what I’d said that I’d tell you
And that you’d killed the better part of me
If you could just milk it for everything
I’ve said what I’d said and you know what I mean
But I still can’t focus on anything
We kiss on the mouth but still cough down our sleeves
Traveling, swallowing Dramamine
Look at your face like you’re killed in a dream
And you think you’ve figured out everything
I think I know my geometry pretty damn well
You say what you need so you’ll get more
If you could just milk it for everything
I’ve said what I said and you know what I mean
But I can’t still focus on anything”

Pantera – Suicide Note, Pt. 1

”Cheap cocaine, a dry inhale, the pills that kill and take
the pain away
Diet of life, shelter without, the face that cannot
see inside yours and mine

(Pre)
When I’m hiding, when I need it, it lets me
breathe, for our handle on this life, I don’t believe
this time

(Chorus)
Would you look at me now?
Can you tell I’m a man?
With these scars on my wrists
To prove I’ll try again
Try to die again, try to live through this night
Try to die again…..

Forever fooling, free and using, sliding down the
slide that breaks a will
Mothers angel, getting smarter, how smart are
you to regress unfulfilled? It’s a damn shame,
but who’s to blame?”

Rasmus – Shame

Talking about life, what it was ’n’ what its gonna be.
Get ready for the best time.

He’s a friend of mine born in the ’79
’n’ there will be a day when he hears me
When I say: hey, you better be thinking about your future.
There will be a day when he hears me
When I say: you’re spoiling your life, you won’t have another.
You ain’ thinking about your friends, do you hear me brother?
I have just one thing to say to you:

SHAME! (SHAME!) You can’t fool me,
Let me show you that the whole thing sucks!
SHAME! (SHAME!) You can’t rule me,
I’m saying no to the drugs!

Living is hard, sure I know
But yet if you listen to my rule number one,
I bet positive attitude will carry you thru your life.
Think it thru before you take your first high.
One day you are a winner, next day you’re a loser.
Don’t spoil your chances by being a user.
I have just one thing to say to you:

You can’t fool me! You can’t fool me!

I’m the king of the new generation?

Steve Earle – Feel Alright

Earlen I feel alright albumin nimikkobiisi. Kuvaa irtipääsyä heroiinista ja vankilasta, jossa keikka pidettiin osana yhteiskuntapalvelua, jota Earle joutui suorittamaan. Joutui lusimaan heroiinin hallussapidosta ja poliisin kuristamisesta. Palasi heti vankilasta ja heroiinista päästyään musiikin pariin ja aloitti tällä statementillä (mm. The Wire sarjan neloskauden loppukappale, sarja joss Earle näyttelee entistä heroinistia – siis itseään:

I was born my papa’s son
A wanderin’ eye and a smokin’ gun
Now some of you would live through me
Lock me up and throw away the key
Or just find a place to hide away
Hope that I’ll just go away
I feel alright – I feel alright tonight