Coma kid taught me how
He'd come to follow you around
Wherever you go
Said I don't go where I'm supposed to go
And I don't go really anywhere you know
Told me how he's driven by a curse
'Til he kicked out into reverse
Said I don't go where I'm supposed to go
And I don't go really anywhere you know
I made up my mind and I don't mind saying so
I went to meet you at central square
And when I couldn't find you there
I went walking around the city some more
People watching with a cold blank stare
And I saw your face in everyone I swear
Seems I never get your kick quite right
I was walkin' slow to a dirty dive
I'm so sick and tired tryin' to change your mind
When its so easy to disconnect mine
High times
High times
High times
Yeah I feel fine
High times
High times
High times
Man I feel fine
Don't pick me up
I'm fine right where I am
I don't go where I'm supposed to go
Where I'm supposed to go
He'd come to follow you around
Wherever you go
Said I don't go where I'm supposed to go
And I don't go really anywhere you know
Told me how he's driven by a curse
'Til he kicked out into reverse
Said I don't go where I'm supposed to go
And I don't go really anywhere you know
I made up my mind and I don't mind saying so
I went to meet you at central square
And when I couldn't find you there
I went walking around the city some more
People watching with a cold blank stare
And I saw your face in everyone I swear
Seems I never get your kick quite right
I was walkin' slow to a dirty dive
I'm so sick and tired tryin' to change your mind
When its so easy to disconnect mine
High times
High times
High times
Yeah I feel fine
High times
High times
High times
Man I feel fine
Don't pick me up
I'm fine right where I am
I don't go where I'm supposed to go
Where I'm supposed to go
Lyrics submitted by RomanCandle
"High Times" as written by Steven P. Smith
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Much alike 2:45am it builds to somewhat of a crescendo but I think this is much more effective. Looking at the lyrics doesn't really give justice to how the song really is or how it makes me feel.
A feel a sense of desperation in the song. The line "yeah I feel fine" couldn't be sung in a less convincing way.
But the line that leaves me breathless everytime is:
"i was so sick and tired tryin to change your mind
when its so easy to disconnect mine"
God damn I love Elliot.
i like this line the most: "i made up my mind and i don't mind saying so" and the song really kicks in after this part.
and when i couldnt find you there
i went walking around the city some more
people watching with a cold blank stare
and i saw your face in everyone i swear
I love that part. This song is genuis, dripping with feeling.
Love, love, love
Ironically, this is a great song to listen to when high.
A really good friend of mine died of a Heroin overdose a couple years ago, and this song was and is, on my favorite song list.
This song completely connected to my friends death in my mind.
Here’s why...
‘Told me how he’s been driven by a curse
Til he kicked out into reverse”
Anyone who’s ever dealt with heroin addiction knows that it’s a curse
That you live with and most likely wrestle with the rest of your life.
And those lines make me think about the in and out of using
Kicking
“Said I don’t go where I’m supposed to go
And I don’t really go anywhere at all”
....Your life is stunted when using
You stop enjoying doing the things you used to
“And I made up my mind and I don’t mind”
Giving into to getting high
“‘I went to meet you at central square
And when I couldn’t find you there
I went walking round the city some more’”
‘People watching with a cold blank stare’”
“And I saw your face in everyone I swear”
...anyone not part of your world at this point is alien.
That entire verse haunted me because my friend who died
I kept expecting to see him just cruising around town
But he was gone
‘ I was walking slow to a dirty dive’
... describes the feeling of being really loaded..
...In your own world
‘I was so sick of trying to change your mind
When it’s so easy to disconnect mind’
I’ve never known one addict who wasn’t trying to get off of dope
And usually you have a buddy
You don’t want to quit alone
So you make little pacts that tomorrow you’ll both stop
But it’s just so much easier to go get high again
‘High times
Yeah I feel fine”
‘Don’t pick me up
Cause I’m fine right where I am”
If it weren’t a great feeling
It wouldn’t be so hard to quit
‘I don’t go where I’m supposed to go’
copping dope
There’s not an addict out there that does not wrestle with their addiction
In my opinion
So I could be wrong
But the beautiful thing about music is it speaks to us all right where we are in that moment
And this was my song for losing my friend
"i was so sick and tired tryin to change your mind"
sounds like it's in the present tense, i.e "i'm so sick and tired tryin'a (trying to) change your mind", especially when you look at the line after it.
but anyway this song is so amazing. this + georgia are my favourite ES songs