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Semi-Charmed Life

by Third Eye Blindon Third Eye Blind (20th Anniversary Edition)

Behind the catchy, upbeat “Semi-Charmed” melody that entranced many a tween when it was released in 1997 is a dark tale of a relationship’s descent into crystal meth addiction.

The song was released as the… Read More [Refrain]

Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo

Doo-doo-doo

[Verse 1]

I'm packed and I'm holding

I'm smiling, she living, she golden

She lives for me, says she lives for the ovation

Her own motivation

She comes 'round and she goes down on me

And I'll make you smile like a drug for you

Do ever what you want to do, coming over you

Keep on smiling what we go through

One stop to the rhythm that divides you

[Pre-Chorus]

And I speak to you like the chorus to the verse

Chop another line like a coda with a curse

Come on like a freak show, takes the stage

We give 'em the games she play, she say

[Chorus]

I want something else

To get me through this

Semi-charmed kind of life, baby, baby

I want something else

I'm not listening when you say

Goodbye

[Refrain]

Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo

Doo-doo-doo

[Verse 2]

The sky was gold, it was rose

I was taking sips up into my nose

And I wish I could get back there, some place back there

Smiling in the pictures you would take

Doing crystal meth will lift you up until you break

It won't stop, I won't come down, I keep stock

With a tick-tock rhythm, a bump for the drop

And then I bumped up, I took the hit that I was given

Then I bumped again, then I bumped again, I said

[Pre-Chorus]

How do I get back there to

The place where I fell asleep inside you?

How do I get myself back to

The place where you said

[Chorus]

I want something else

To get me through this

Semi-charmed kind of life, baby, baby

I want something else

I'm not listening when you say

Goodbye

[Bridge]

I believe in the sand beneath my toes

The beach gives a feeling, an earthy feeling

I believe in the faith that grows

And the four right chords can make me cry

When I'm with you I feel like I could die

And that would be alright, alright

[Verse 3]

And when the plane came in, she said she was crashing

The velvet, it rips in the city

We tripped on the urge to feel alive

But now, I'm struggling to survive

Those days you were wearing that velvet dress

You're the priestess, I must confess

Those little red panties, they pass the test

Slides up around the belly face down on the mattress

One, and you hold me

And we are broken

Still, it's all that I want to do, just a little now

Feel myself, heavy on the ground

I'm scared, I'm not coming down

No, no

And I won't run for my life

She's got her jaws now locked down in a smile

But nothing is alright, alright

[Chorus]

And I want something else

To get me through this life, baby

I want something else

Not listening when you say

Goodbye

[Refrain]

Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo

[Outro]

The sky was gold, it was rose (Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo)

I was taking sips up into my nose (Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo)

And I wish I could get back there, some place back there (Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo)

In the place we used to start

Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo

Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo (I want something else)