A friend sent me the lyrics for the old song by the Who, *I Can See For Miles. *Whenever I think of this song I always get this picture of some strung out junkie saying the lines to his bewildered girlfriend
*I know you’ve deceived me, now here’s a surprise
I know that you have 'cause there’s magic in my eyes
If you think that I don’t know about the little tricks you’ve played
And never see you when deliberately you put things in my way
*
Your turn, post the title and lyric sample of a song that sounds like it was written when the author was in the clutches of drug induced paranoia.
Fate—monstrous and empty, you whirling wheel, you are malevolent, well-being is vain and always fades to nothing, shadowed and veiled you plague me too; now through the game I bring my bare back to your villainy.
Courtesy of Carl Orff. (Sounds more like Al Swearengen than Pete Townshend, but hey…)
It’s almost a feeling you can touch in the air,
You look all around you but nobody’s there.
It’s been a long time now since you’ve been aware
That someone is watching you…(he’s gonna get you)…
“Picture yourself in a boat on a river,
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly,
A girl with kaleidoscope eyes.”
Every night I turn the light out
waiting for the velvet blind
will the scaly armadillo
find me where I’m hiding?
Will the misty master break me
will the key unlock my mind
will the following footsteps catch me
am I really dying?
Pink Floyd-Julia Dream
Here are the complete lyrics from the 1970’s/80’s CDN Art Rock Band “Klaatu”. The name of the song is , of course “Paranoia” and I think it is from Their “Sir Army Suit” Album (1981?)
Paranoia
Oooh lately when I’m talking I’ve been talking to myself
My friends say they don’t notice but they do 'cause I can tell
I wake up mad every morning and I go to bed mad at night
My mind ain’t functioning poorly but it sure ain’t feeling right
No it sure ain’t feeling right
(chorus)
Paranoia
I feel you creeping through my soul yeah
Paranoia
I feel you taking complete control oh
Paranoia
You got me running all the time paranoia
Paranoia
Oh what a pitiful state of mind
I went to see my doctor I told him I’d been feeling blue
He shook his head and simply said ain’t nothing he could do
Well my head aches with apprehension 'til I can’t take any more pain
If I don’t get some attention soon I think I’ll go insane
Yes I think I’ll go insane
(chorus)
Don’t know how long I’ve been this way
My mind is so confused
It seems the whole world’s after me
No matter what I do
No I can’t remember when it’s ever been this bad
But lately I’ve had feelings that I never knew I had
Delusions of persecution haunt me
My one companion is fear
And there’s always someone behind me when I check my rear view mirror
I’d better check my rear view mirror
(chorus)
The perfect song for this thread, I think…
Regards
Warts loved my nipples because they are pink
Vomit on me, baby
Yeah Yeah Yeah.
A blind man’s penis is erect because he’s blind
It’s erect because he’s blind
A blind man’s penis is erect because he’s blind
It’s erect because he is blind
One pill makes you larger
And one pill makes you small
And the ones that mother gives you
Don’t do anything at all
Go ask Alice
When she’s ten feet tall
