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Pain – Injected Paradise

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”How does it feel to get kicked when you’re down and out?
I said how does it feel to get pushed off the edge and just fall
fall to the ground?

the more that you do, the less you get
why can’t see you you’re going down

you’re on your knees, you’re begging me please
can’t get away from the needle’s chill
you’re taking a ride in endless time
injected paradise

silence rolls up like walls of noise
you’re getting numb and deaf
things are getting out of control
you’re out of control

the more that you do, the less you get
the poison rushing through your dying veins
the more that you take, the more you loose
time is taking its toll

you’re on your knees, you’re begging me please
can’t get away from the needle’s chill
you’re taking a ride in endless time
injected paradise

the more that you do, the less you get
the poison rushing through your dying veins
the more that you take, the more you loose
time is taking its toll

you’re on your knees, you’re begging me please
can’t get away from the needle’s chill
you’re taking a ride in endless time
injected paradise”

Chick Webb and His Orchestra – When I Get Low I Get High

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Tässä jazzrumpali Chick Webbin biisissä laulaa hyvin nuori Ella Fitzgerald.

”My fur coat’s sold
Oh Lord ain’t it cold
But I’m not gonna holler
Cause I’ve still got a dollar
And when I get low
Oh, I get high

My man walked out
Now you know that ain’t right
He better watch out
If I meet him tonight
I said when I get low
Oh, I get high

All this hard luck in this town has found me
Nobody knows but the troubles are all around me

Oh, I’m all alone
With no one to pet me
My old rocking chair
Ain’t never gonna get me
Cause when I get low
Oh, I get high”

Bullet for My Valentine – The Last Fight

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Bullet for My Valentinen Fever-albumin kakkossinglessa seurataan addiktin elämää vierestä ja päätetään yrittää vielä kerran kammeta kaveri ulos suosta.

”I don’t wanna stand beside you
I don’t wanna try and feel the pain you’re going through
Till the death you’ve seen is through.

Cold sweats, hallucinations
I wanna scream to show
The hell I’m going through,
The addiction’s taking you.

Can you see me through bloodshot eyes
Should I fight for what is right or let it die?
Now I’m choking on force fed lies
Do I fight or let it die?

I will fight, one more fight
Don’t break down in front of me.
I will fight, one more fight
I am not the enemy.
I will try one last time
Are you listening to me?
I will fight, the last fight
I am not your enemy.

Everyone is sick of caring
No silver lining on the cloud that covers you
Let it pour and soak you through.

No hope, just desperation,
So sit and wait for death
And pray it takes you soon.
The addiction’s taking you.

Can you see me through bloodshot eyes
Should I fight for what is right or let it die?
Now I’m choking on force fed lies
Do I fight or let it die?

I will fight, one more fight
Don’t break down in front of me.
I will fight, one more fight
I am not the enemy.
I will try one last time
Are you listening to me?
I will fight, the last fight
I am not your enemy.

Can you feel me through bloodshot eyes
Should I fight another night or let it die?
Now I’m choking on every lie.
Do I fight or let it die?

I will fight, one more fight
Don’t break down in front of me.
I will fight, one more fight
I am not the enemy.
I will try one last time
Are you listening to me?
I will fight, the last fight
I am not your enemy.

I am not your, not your enemy!
I am not your enemy.”

Electric Wizard – Dopethrone

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Brittiläisen Doom Metal yhtyeen Dopethrone albumin nimikkobiisistä on tullut jonkinmoinen ikonimainen tunnus bändille. Kymmenminuuttisessa biisissä viitataan kannabikseen, noituuteen ja musiikin kuunteluun. Mielenkiintoinen combo, sanoisin.

”Dope priest prophecy
Doomantra from beneath the sea
Green throne, raised to the black sun
Doom child, wake to planet song

Rise, black amps tear the sky
Feedback will free your mind and set you free
Rise, black amps tear the sky
Riff hewn altar wreathed in smoke and weed

Dopethrone, in this land of sorcery
Dopethrone, vision through T.H.C.
Dopethrone, feedback will free
Dopethrone, three wizards crowned with weed, yeah

Black monolith charged with unlight
Sacrifice to forever midnight
Towers, titan sonic wave
Sorcery, necromantic slaves

Rise, black amps tear the sky
Feedback will free your mind and set you free
Rise, black amps tear the sky
Riff hewn altar wreathed in smoke and weed, yeah

Dopethrone, in this land of sorcery
Dopethrone, vision through T.H.C., yeah
Dopethrone, feedback will free, yeah
Dopethrone, three wizards crowned with weed, yeah

In this land of sorcery
Vision through T.H.C.
Holy feedback, it will free
Three wizards crowned with weed

Rise

Smoke

Dopethrone”

Hurriganes – Mary Jane

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Richard Stanley tuotti Hurriganesin klassikkoalbumin Roadrunner ja jo tuolle albumille kyhäsi muutaman biisin. Tuota albumia seurannut Crazy Days olikin sitten lähes tyystin Stanleyn sanoittama. Näin myös tämä albumin kakkosraita on hänen käsialaansa. Ja sanathan eivät jätä juurikaan tulkinnanvaraa mistä lauletaan.

”I´m gonna take a plane to Acapulco
Blow some doe on sweet time smoke vacation
Flying high babe down to Acapulco
Don´t expect to se me round a while

Mary Jane , Mary Jane , i´m coming
Mary Jane , Mary Jane , hold on now
Mary Jane , J-J-J-J-Jane , i´m flying
Mary , Mary Take me to the moon

Hot rod stands my pilot cross the border
Mexicana fuzz don´t ever see his wings
Happy landings high up in the mountain
Up that peak you really feel a king

Mary Jane , Mary Jane , i´m coming
Mary Jane , Mary Jane , hold on now
Mary Jane , J-J-J-J-Jane , i´m flying
Mary , Mary take me to the moon

I´m gonna take a plane to Acapulco
Blow some doe on sweet time smoke vacation
Flying high baby down to Acapulco
Don´t expect to see me around a while

Mary Jane , Mary Jane , i´m coming
Mary Jane , Mary Jane , hold on now
Mary Jane , J-J-J-J-Jane , i´m flying
Mary , Mary , take me to the moon”

Joni Mitchell – Blue

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Joni Mitchell veistelee aika onnistuneesti hippikauden loppumisesta tässä vuoden 1971 Blue levyn nimikappaleessa. Rakkaus, pössis ja hyvä tahto on muuttunut muotoon: Acid, booze, and ass / Needles, guns, and grass / Lots of laughs, lots of laughs. Erinomaisen onnistuneet rivit minusta.

”Blue, songs are like tattoos
You know I’ve been to sea betore
Crown and anchor me
Or let me sail away
Hey Blue, here is a song for you
Ink on a pin
Underneath the skin
An empty space to fill in
Well there’re so many sinking now
You’ve got to keep thinking
You can make it through these waves
Acid, booze, and ass
Needles, guns, and grass
Lots of laughs, lots of laughs
Everybody’s saying that hell’s the hippest way to go
Well I don’t think so
But I’m gonna take a look around it though
Blue, I love you

Blue, here is a shell for you
Inside you’ll hear a sigh
A foggy lullaby
There is your song from me”

The Rolling Stones – Something Happened to Me Yesterday

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Ensimmäinen Rollareitten biisi, jolla Keith laulaa liidit. Kertoja on käynyt tripillä, eikä oikein tiedä kuinka siihen tulisi suhtautua.

”Something happened to me yesterday
Something I can’t speak of right away
Something happened to me
Something oh so groovy
Something happened to me yesterday

He don’t know if it’s right or wrong
Maybe he should tell someone
He’s not sure just what it was
Or if it’s against the law
Something

Something very strange I hear you say
You’re talking in a most peculiar way
But something really threw me
Something oh so groovy
Something happened to me yesterday
(Yesterday)

He don’t know just where it’s gone
He don’t really care at all
No one’s sure just what it was
Or the meaning and the cause
Something

(What kinda joint is this)

(Take your partners)

Me don’t know if it’s right or wrong
Maybe he should tell someone
He’s not sure just what it was
Or if it’s against the law
Something

Someone says there’s something more to pay
For sins that you committed yesterday
It’s really rather drippy
But something oh so trippy
Something happened to me yesterday

He don’t know just where it’s gone
He don’t really care at all
No one’s sure just what it was
Or the meaning and the cause
Something

Someone’s singing loud across the bay
Sittin on a mat about to pray
Isn’t half as looney
As something oh so groovy
Something happened to me yesterday

He don’t know if it’s right or wrong
Maybe he should tell someone
He’s not sure just what it was
Or if it’s against the law
Something

[spoken]
Well thank you very much and now I think it’s time for us
All to go. so from all of us to all of you not forgetting
The boys in the band and our producer, Reg Thorpe,
We’d like to say ”God Bless”. So, if you’re out tonight,
Don’t forget, if you’re on your bike, wear white…amen.”

Love – Signed D.C.

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Kipeä biisi. DC viittaa Don Conkaan, Loven alkuperäiseen rumpaliin, joka sai fudut jo ennen bändin ensimmäistä albumia huumesotkujensa vuoksi. Arthur Leen biisi löytyy Loven ensmäiseltä albumilta.

”Sometimes I feel so lonely
My comedown I’m scared to face
I’ve pierced my skin again, Lord
No one cares
For me

My soul belongs to the dealer
He keeps my mind as well
I play the part of the leecher
No one cares
For me, cares for me

Look out Joe, I’m fallin’
I can’t unfold my arms
I’ve got one foot in the graveyard
No one cares
For me, cares for me”

Temple of the Dog – Times of Trouble

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Temple of the Dog perustettiin Mother Love Bonen laulajan Andrew Woodin kunniaksi. Andrew Wood kuoli heroiinin yliannostukseen. Temple of the Dogin ainoalla levyllä useammatkin laulut käsittelevät Woodin poismenoa. Tämä Chris Cornellin kirjoittama laulu kertoo, että älkää tehkö kuin Wood vaan yrittäkää pysyä kasassa ja erossa aineista.

”When the spoon is hot
And the needle’s sharp
And you drift away
I can hear you say
That the world in black
Is upon your back
And your body shakes
So you ditch away
And you close the shades

Don’t try to do it
Don’t try to kill your time
You might do it
Then you can’t change your mind
You’ve got a hold on to your time
Till your break through these
Times of trouble

When you try to talk
And the words get hard
And they put you down
Don’t you stay
Don’t you ditch away

I saw you swinging
Swinging your mother’s sword
I know you’re playing but
Sometimes the rules get hard
But if somebody left you out on a ledge
If somebody pushed you over the edge
If somebody loved you and left you for dead
You got to hold on to your time till you break
Through these times of trouble”

Stereophonics – I’m Alright (You Gotta Go There to Come Back)

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Jonkun vuoksi tehdään tässä Stereophonicsien biisissä kovasti kaikenlaista… mm. käytetään huumeita.

”I’ll drink another drink for you
One, two, three, four, five, once I drank a fish alive
I’ll drop another pill for you
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten, did it before, I’ll do it again

I’ll tell another joke for you
Did you hear the one about the one that looks like you
I’ll sleep with sleep arounds for you
Why don’t you scratch my back and chew the tongue I chew

I’m alright
I’m alright

I’ll tell another lie for you
Tell you what you wanna hear, but that don’t make it true
I’ll wear another smile for you
That way you know I’m fine, and having fun with you

I’ll draw another line for you
That way you know I’m hip, that way you know I’m cool
I’ll smoke another smoke for you
I’ll blow back in your mouth and you can blow back too

I’m alright
I’m alright
You gotta go there to come back

I’ll take another punch for you
Tie my hands behind my back, that way you cannot lose
I’ll make another pound for you
So you can drive your motor car, and drive you to the moon

I’m alright
I’m alright

You. Me. Us. Free… we’re alright, alright

Love. Pain. Hate. Rain… we’re alright, alright

Give. Take. Time. Place… we’re alright, alright”

Procol Harum – Robert’s Box

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Tohtori Robertista on lauleltua useampaankiin otteeseen 60-luvulla. Kuuluisin biisi lienee The Beatlesin ”Doctor Robert”. Kyseessä on lontoolainen lääkäri, jolta monet muusikot ostivat 60-luvulla ”rohtoja”.

”Doctor where’s your remedy?
I’ve got enough to pay the fee
Can’t you see I’m awful sick?
I’ll pay you well to do the trick

Doctor where’s your magic box
There’s no one here to count the cost
Name your price and make the sale
There’s no-one here to tell the tale

Doctor please don’t lock your door
I’ve never troubled you before
Just a pinch to ease the pain
I’ll never trouble you again”