Oasis – Cigarettes & Alcohol

”You could wait for a lifetime
To spend your days in the sunshine
You might as well do the white line
Cos when it comes on top . . .
You gotta make it happen!”

Röökistä ja alkoholista tässä enimmäkseen lauleskellaan, mutta kyllähän tuossa valkoisen viivatkin vilahtavat.

Mötley Crüe – Dr. Feelgood

Laulu kertoo diileristä nimeltä Jimmy, joka diilaa Hollywoodissa kokaiinia meksikolaisille.

”Rat-tailed Jimmy is a second hand hood
Deals out in Hollywood
Got a ’65 Chevy, primered flames
Traded for some powdered goods
Jigsaw Jimmy he’s the one in the game
But I hear he’s doin’ o.k.
Got a cozy little job selling the Mexican mob
Packages the candycaine

He’s the one they call Dr. Feel good
He’s the one that makes ya feel all right
He’s the one they call Dr. Feel good”

Muse – Time Is Running Out

”Bury it
I won’t let you bury it
I won’t let you smother it
I won’t let you murder it
Our time is running out
Our time is running out
You can’t push it underground
You can’t stop it screaming out

I wanted freedom
Bound and restricted
I tried to give you up
But I’m addicted”

Tämänkin voivat jotkut tulkita huumeaiheiseksi, mutta mitenköhän se oikeasti on? Taitaa olla kyse vallan jostain muusta addiktiosta.

Daniel Merriweather – Live by Night

”You live by night
And waste the day
You give yourself
You give yourself away

I know that when you started
You liked the way you felt
And yes I understand you
But to everybody else…

It’s black and white
To you it’s grey
You know I’ll love you anyway

But it seems to me you’re living on the run
But I hope you know you’re not the only one

Who lives by night
Lives by night
They’re only trying to chase away the sun”

Biisi voisi kertoa läheisen ihmisen huumeidenkäytöstä.