This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
Now you tell me you like it
You tell me you want it
You're mine
And you don't need another one
Come on and tell me you like it
Tell me you want it
You're mine
And another one to me
What can you take from me
That which you cannot buy
Exhilaration
Laughing and turning away
What will you take from me
Now that you are inside
Intoxication
Now are you feeling
Enough, to vilify what I love
To sanctify all I hate
Endowed with the need
To carry over the life I lead
Intoxicating
You tell me you want it
You're mine
And you don't need another one
Come on and tell me you like it
Tell me you want it
You're mine
And another one to me
What can you take from me
That which you cannot buy
Exhilaration
Laughing and turning away
What will you take from me
Now that you are inside
Intoxication
Now are you feeling
Enough, to vilify what I love
To sanctify all I hate
Endowed with the need
To carry over the life I lead
Intoxicating
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how ironic is that? repetitive yet he repeats the same post, yeah, you can really learn something from that :)
i think this song is about...gee i dunno... INTOXICATION MAYBE??? gees... alot of u guys (and girls) take songs a little to seriously and think that some songs mean a hell of alot more than they actully do... but whatever
Wow....that's awesome!!
Using caps was pretty acurate, this song hits you over the head with its power.
Awesome song.
You guys are right, this is a kick ass song from Disturbed's new album Believe, i haven't had a bad rating for any of their new ones yet, jeez these guys are sooooo cool!
Ya, no doubt about, best song on the whole cd, I love the power in this song. I love this cd! Hopefully Disturbed stays this great!
shut up, didn't know that the first one went through. its not the same so don't compare it.
Hey to Krudeduse I happen to think Disturbed is a great band but I am a musician and I totally understand your point . Disturbed is repetitive but the lyrics are a show of intellegence Draiman who is considered a genious knows what he is doing. This is what im gonna leave it at if Distubed is so bad why do they have a tremendous following a thousands who see them as gods whereas Iced Earth, Opeth and those sorts whom are great aren't getting as much credit as disturbed.....
lol if you actually read what he said, and thought about it, he's right. instead of being so narrow-minded =P thought davids songs would have taught you something about narrow-mindedness =P so anyways, onto the song.
not too hard to decipher, in my mind at least. to me, its a fairly surface level song: its about alcohol, and how it consumes your life when you become an alcoholic. not that good of a song, imo...
wut r u talkin bout, the instrumentals are repetitive, if u listen closely dan changes up alot, and krud wutever, if the song sux y'd u vote 4 stars?