Opiates Songtext
von Throwing Muses

In spite of everything
Life redoubled efforts to glide backward
To go in both directions
This dumb boat still doesn′t fly
And that's no way to let a body down
I believe in ballads sang
After a month of midnights in hot water
Scalded under holy water
Punctuated with a punch of opiates
And that′s no way to bring a body down
That's no way to bring a body down
That's no way to bring a body down
That′s no way to bring a body down


Standing with a bulging fist
Of nickels for the parking meter
That′s the art and science part
Of your eccentric sleight of hand
And that's no way to cool a body down
I believe in violence sang
After a feast of fasting on hot water
Scalded within by holy sin
Punctuated with a punch of opiates
And that′s no way to bring a body down
That's no way to bring a body down
That′s no way to bring a body down
That's no way to bring a body down