The Byrds

Artificial Energy

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Sitting all alone now, I took my ticket to ride
Just a matter of time now till I´ll be up in the sky

Coming up on me now, I´m king for the night
What´s it gonna be now,
how hurtful things are brewing inside
Do you think it´s really the truth that you see?
I´ve got my doubts, it´s happened to me

Artificial energy is wrestling my mind
I´ve got a strange feeling
I´m going to die before my time
I´m coming down off amphetamine
and I´m in jail cause I killed a queen

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planetearth On Apr 12, 2004

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by scottjefferies

18y ago

this is obviously about acid. the ticket to ride his a tab, which explains why he took it. he just dropped some acid and is waiting for it to kick in(which can be quite terrifying on the come up if youre not ready). the rest is about his trip. the vocals on this are pretty fuckin awesome, and the ive got a strange feeling part his just plain badass. one of my favorites off of one of their top 2 albums(the other being younger than yesterday).

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by oliveroqa 9y ago

@scottjefferies you missed the ' I´m coming down off amphetamine ' line then? It's clearly about amphetamines/speed/crank/etc

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