Mariska – Mari-Johanna

Pilven rauhoittavan voimasta laulaa Mariska.

”miten luoja voi luoda jotain niin kaunista
joka kerta meen yhtä sekaisin marista
sen seurassa unohdan kaikki mun huolet
sen seurassa löydän piilossaolevat puolet
mari-johanna mä tykkään susta
joskus kun silmäni täyttyvät itkusta
sä rauhoitat olon ja ravitset mielen
ja taas onnellisena ananasmehua nielen”

Gym Class Heroes – Pillmatic

Biisissä lauletaan lääkkeitten väärinkäytöstä, joka sai alkunsa äidin lääkevarastosta ja eteni kaiken ahmimiseen.

”Thinking back on when it all started
I found pink hearts in mommy’s little pocket book
And took ’em
Poppin when she wasn’t looking
I guess it runs in the family
I’m liable to eat any pill you randomly hand me
Save the greenery
I’m looking for them labels
Reading ”may cause drowsiness” ”be careful when operating machinery”
Beautiful pharmaceuticals
Residue in my cuticles
Sniffin’ them when it’s suitable
Wishin’ they made ’em chewable.”

System of a Down – She’s Like Heroin

”She’s like heroin
Sipping through a little glass
I’m looking for some help
I need someone to save her ass
Chinese tricks in rooms
With ghosts of hooker girly dudes

Me and heroin, maybe we can make some cash selling
Ass
Selling ass for heroin”

Eiköhän tässä jokin syvempikin merkitys ole kuin pelkkä itsensä myyminen heroiinista.

Silverstein – My Heroine

”The drugs begin to peak
A smile of joy arrives in me
But sedation changes to panic and nausea
And breath starts to shorten
And heartbeats pass softer

You won’t try to save me
You just want to break me, and leave me desperate!

Tässä biisissä taitaa olla taas nainen huumeena.

Ween – The Rift

”There’s a rift out in space, and it could be the door, but you know I’m not sure.
If you go through the rift to the palace of ice – might it be nice – is it, paradise.
I’m the commander of time in my vessel of God – I go through the rift to the palace of ice.
We may never come back from the palace of ice because the rift is a door.”

Melko hapokasta.

Mike Doughty – Looking at the World from the Bottom of a Well

Lyriikat voivat kuvata taistelua riippuvuutta vastaan.

”Oh all the days
That I have run
I sought to lose that cloud that’s blacking out the sun
My train will come
Some one day soon
And when it comes I’ll ride it bound from night to noon.

Aimless days,
Uncool ways
Of decathecting
Painless phase,
Blacked out thoughts
You be rejecting.”

The Darkness – One Way Ticket

Biise kertoo kokaiinin käytöstä ja riipppuvuudesta.

”It was a dusty old night
And I’m the first to admit it
I’m sure I upset someone
But my memory has chosen to omit it
A tiny voice telling me
I really should cool it
Chewing my face off
Talking absolute rubbish

The first line hit me like a kick in the face
But I better have another one just in case
Next thing I knew my heart was under attack
I’m on a one way ticket to hell… and back

One way ticket to hell and back
Bought a one way ticket to hell and back
One way ticket to hell and back
Bought a one way ticket to hell”