Hey you know comfort kills the spirit
And life will choke you slowly if you fear it

And we don't care
We never feel as good as when we make believe
And we don't dare
We tell ourselves there's nothing to achieve
And we don't care
Just wanna have some fun before we leave

We got koka-kola veins - we don't know our names
Bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla
We got koka-kola veins - we don't use our brains
Bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla
We got koka-kola pumpin' through our veins

We never messed around with discipline
We got our own jihad if you know what I mean

And we don't care
We never feel as good as when we make believe
And we don't dare
We tell ourselves there's nothing to achieve
And we don't care
Just wanna have some fun before we leave

We got koka-kola veins - we don't know our names
Bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla
We got koka-kola veins - we don't use our brains
Bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla
We got koka-kola pumpin' through our veins

Hey you know baby we smile to keep from cryin'
You know it's way too late to start tryin'

And we don't care
We never feel as good as when we make believe
And we don't dare
We tell ourselves there's nothing to achieve
And we don't care
Just wanna have some fun before we leave

We got koka-kola veins - we don't know our names
We got koka-kola veins - we don't use our brains

And we don't care
We never feel as good as when we make believe
And we don't dare
We tell ourselves there's nothing to achieve
And we don't care
Just wanna have some fun before we leave

We got koka-kola veins - we don't know our names
Bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla
We got koka-kola veins - we don't use our brains
Bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla
We got koka-kola pumpin' through our veins


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Koka Kola Veins Lyrics as written by Henning Furst Eric Berglund

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    Love this song!!! you can't help but jump around the room :P

    abeloneon August 27, 2006   Link
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    I agree. I can't help myself.

    a town like parison September 12, 2006   Link
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    this song is obviously about drugs.

    T-Ton September 29, 2006   Link
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    Absolutley wonderful song. First one of theirs I loved.

    Obviously not about drugs, tough. The french voce in the intro is that of famous 1960's freethinker/anti-capitalist Guy Debord, and what he is saying translates as: "The spectacle in general, as the concrete inversion of life, is the autonomous movement of the non-living. " His asserted that life in the current society is nothing but a spectacle,that the means of production infests the very "souls" of the contemporary man; every action. I see "koka-kola veins" as a reference to this, with all the brands and commoditities in today's world.

    AApathyon October 10, 2006   Link
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    I agree with AApathy.

    a town like parison October 20, 2006   Link
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    But there are two versions; one with the french voice and one without it. And without the french voice the song could be about drugs as well.

    steakforchickenon January 09, 2007   Link
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    This song is wonderful!! really get me going... I totally buy AApathy's comment - if it's true.. though another interpretation would be the vietnam war... there was this one year (don't remeber the exact but around 1970s) where 5,000 American men were taken care of for injuries caused during the war. Furthermore, that same year 20,000 were treated for drug addiction or damages due to it. As the video illusrate army men - I would say that this song is a social critique of Vietnam made by the singers!

    Hannannahon May 12, 2007   Link
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    very nice commenting AApathy

    myfriendbrennon September 29, 2007   Link
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    The french line AApathy is talking about is:

    "Le spectacle en général, comme inversion concrète de la vie, est le mouvement autonome du non-vivant."

    sicvoxon September 04, 2009   Link
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    This song is about what happens if you drink a lot of soft-drinks.

    Matsebondon December 09, 2012   Link

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