Biisi vaikuttaa normaalilta rakkauslaululta, mutta sanojen on huhuttu kertovan bändin laulajan riippuvuudesta heroiiniin. Sanoitus ovat tavallaan rakkauskirje heroiinille.
Rock
Small Faces – Here Come the Nice
”Here come the nice (It’s understood)
Here come the nice (He makes me feel so good)
I’d be just like him (If only could)
You know you should”
Biisin on sanottu viittaavaan Howard Marksiin (aka. Mr. Nice), joka oli tunnettu kannabiksen puolestapuhuja ja myi pilveä monille bändeille, mukaanlukien Small Faces.
Lou Reed – Perfect Day
”Oh, it’s such a perfect day
I’m glad I spend it with you
Oh, such a perfect day
You just keep me hanging on
You just keep me hanging on”
Biisin on tulkittu mm. kuvaavan Lou Reedin heroiinin käyttöä.
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Warped
”My tendency
For dependency
Is offending me
It’s upending me
I’m pretending see
To be strong and free
From my dependency
It’s warping me”
Riippuvuus on mahdollisesti aiheena.
Pulp – Sorted for E’s & Wizz
”Oh yeah, the pirate radio told us what was going down
Got the tickets from some fucked up bloke in Camden Town
Oh and no-one seems to know exactly where it is
But that’s okay cos we’re all sorted out for E’s and wizz
At 4 o’clock the normal world seems very, very, very far away
Alright”
E viittaa ekstaasiin ja wizz amfetamiiniin.
Placebo – Special K
Special K:n on ajateltu tarkoittavan ketamiinia.
Paul Revere & The Raiders – Kicks
”Kicks just keep gettin’ harder to find
And all your kicks ain’t bringin’ you peace of mind
Before you find out it’s too late, girl
You better get straight”
Modest Mouse – Karma’s Payment
Biisi ei kokonaisuudessaan käsittele huumeita, mutta mainintoja löytyy.
K’s Choice – Not an Addict
”Breathe it in and breathe it out
And pass it on, it’s almost out
We’re so creative, so much more
We’re high above but on the floor
It’s not a habit, it’s cool, I feel alive
If you don’t have it you’re on the other side
The deeper you stick it in your vein
The deeper the thoughts, there’s no more pain
I’m in heaven, I’m a god
I’m everywhere, I feel so hot
It’s not a habit, it’s cool, I feel alive
If you don’t have it you’re on the other side
I’m not an addict (maybe that’s a lie)
It’s over now, I’m cold, alone
I’m just a person on my own
Nothing means a thing to me
(Nothing means a thing to me)
It’s not a habit, it’s cool, I feel alive
If you don’t have it you’re on the other side
I’m not an addict (maybe that’s a lie)
Free me, leave me
Watch me as I’m going down
Free me, see me
Look at me, I’m falling and I’m falling.
It is not a habit, it is cool I feel alive I feel…
It is not a habit, it is cool I feel alive
It’s not a habit, it’s cool, I feel alive
If you don’t have it you’re on the other side
I’m not an addict (maybe that’s a lie)
I’m not an addict…”
Ben Harper – Burn One Down
”Herb, the gift from the earth
And what’s from the earth is of the greatest worth
So before you knock it, try it first
You’ll see it’s a blessing and it’s not a curse
If you don’t like my fire, then don’t come around
’cause I’m gonna burn one down
Yes, I’m gonna burn one down ”
The Dandy Warhols – Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth
”I never thought you’d be a junkie
because heroin is so passe.
But today,
if you think that I don’t know
about depression and
emotional pain,
you’re insane, or you’re
a fool who hasn’t paid attention
to a word that I say.”
Ei kovin vakavamielinen biisi jonkun läheisen ihmisen addiktiosta.