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20 Dollar Nose Bleed Lyrics
Have you ever wanted to disappear
And join a monastery
Go out and preach on Manic Street?
Who will I be when I wake up next to a stranger
On a passenger plane?
(Passenger plane)
Oh,
Permanent jet lag
Please take me back (please take be back)
Please take be back
(Oh) I'm a stray dog sick
Please let me in (please let me in)
The mad keys tripping
Singing vows before we exchange smoke rings
Give me a pen
Call me Mr. Benzedrine
But don't let the doctor in
I wanna blow off steam and
Call me Mr. Benzedrine (Mr. Benzedrine)
But don't let the doctor, don't let the doctor in
It feels like fourteen karats but no clarity
When I look at the man who would be king
The man who would be king goes to the
Desert the same war his dad rehearsed
Came back with flags on coffins and said
We won, oh, we won
Permanent jet lag
Please take me back (please take be back)
Please take be back
(Oh) I'm a stray dog sick
Please let me in (please let me in)
The mad keys tripping
Singing vows before we exchange smoke rings
Give me a pen
Call me Mr. Benzedrine
But don't let the doctor in
I wanna blow off steam and
Call me Mr. Benzedrine (Mr. Benzedrine)
But don't let the doctor, don't let the doctor in
Benzedrine
My, my, my Benzedrine
My Benzedrine now
My Benzedrine now
Only one more thing and that is the rest of the proof
Is on the television, on the
Call me Mr. Benzedrine
But don't let the doctor in
I wanna blow off steam and
Call me Mr. Benzedrine (Mr. Benzedrine)
But don't let the doctor, don't let the doctor in
Have you ever wanted to disappear?
It's not me, it's you
Actually, it's the taxidermy of you and me
Untie the balloons from around my neck and ground me
I'm just a racehorse on the track
Send me back to the glue factory
Always thought I'd float away
And never come back
But I've got enough miles on my card
To fly the boys home on my own
But you know me: I like being all alone
And keeping you all alone
And the charts are boring
And the kids are snoring
And the eagles in a sling
You say you're not listening
And I said I'm wishing
And I said, I said
And join a monastery
Go out and preach on Manic Street?
Who will I be when I wake up next to a stranger
On a passenger plane?
(Passenger plane)
Please take me back (please take be back)
Please take be back
(Oh) I'm a stray dog sick
Please let me in (please let me in)
The mad keys tripping
Singing vows before we exchange smoke rings
Call me Mr. Benzedrine
But don't let the doctor in
I wanna blow off steam and
Call me Mr. Benzedrine (Mr. Benzedrine)
But don't let the doctor, don't let the doctor in
When I look at the man who would be king
The man who would be king goes to the
Desert the same war his dad rehearsed
Came back with flags on coffins and said
We won, oh, we won
Please take me back (please take be back)
Please take be back
(Oh) I'm a stray dog sick
Please let me in (please let me in)
The mad keys tripping
Singing vows before we exchange smoke rings
Call me Mr. Benzedrine
But don't let the doctor in
I wanna blow off steam and
Call me Mr. Benzedrine (Mr. Benzedrine)
But don't let the doctor, don't let the doctor in
My, my, my Benzedrine
My Benzedrine now
My Benzedrine now
Is on the television, on the
But don't let the doctor in
I wanna blow off steam and
Call me Mr. Benzedrine (Mr. Benzedrine)
But don't let the doctor, don't let the doctor in
Actually, it's the taxidermy of you and me
Untie the balloons from around my neck and ground me
I'm just a racehorse on the track
Send me back to the glue factory
Always thought I'd float away
And never come back
But I've got enough miles on my card
To fly the boys home on my own
But you know me: I like being all alone
And keeping you all alone
And the charts are boring
And the kids are snoring
And the eagles in a sling
You say you're not listening
And I said I'm wishing
And I said, I said
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I think this song is like a giant drug reference? Benzedrine is an amphetamine popular during World War 2, soldiars used to use it stay awake and active for long periods of time. It's similar to meth or coke. Coke is what the song title is referring to, as $20 is a cheap price for a few hits of bad coke at a party, and if you do too much your nose will bleed (this has happened to me and many of my friends) If you do that too often you can get a broken septum, which is why you shouldn't do coke until you can get something not cut with powdered suger or flour, like what is sold to the majority of teens. There's a more in-depth reference to that in another song, but I can't think of it at the moment, it's by third eye blind. Anyway, Benzedrine has since been sythesized differently and put into inhalers to prevent abuse, but you can still break the canisters open with a pen and eat the cotton rod inside the inhaler to get the high.
"There's a more in-depth reference to that in another song, but I can't think of it at the moment, it's by third eye blind"
"There's a more in-depth reference to that in another song, but I can't think of it at the moment, it's by third eye blind"
Semi-Charmed Life is about crystal meth. I don't know if that is what you were talking about, but that's the only 3eb song i can think of right now that's about drugs.
Semi-Charmed Life is about crystal meth. I don't know if that is what you were talking about, but that's the only 3eb song i can think of right now that's about drugs.
excellent. That is exactly what i was looking for. By the way is your name a scanner darkly reference?
excellent. That is exactly what i was looking for. By the way is your name a scanner darkly reference?
I think the song you're thinking of is Slow Motion by Third Eye Blind:
I think the song you're thinking of is Slow Motion by Third Eye Blind:
"Later bathing in the afterglow Two lines of coke I cut with Draino And her nose starts to bleed A most beautiful ruby red"
"Later bathing in the afterglow Two lines of coke I cut with Draino And her nose starts to bleed A most beautiful ruby red"
sounds like you're too smart to be sniffing crack. just my opinion.
sounds like you're too smart to be sniffing crack. just my opinion.
Lol when I first heard the ending of this I thought they were saying "My band's a dream" instead of "Benzedrine"
same haha
same haha
i think they do, yanoo
i think they do, yanoo
The Man Who Would Be King is a short story by Rudyard Kipling, I haven't read it and don't know if it's relevant to the song but he did also write the Jungle Book and the kid's named Mowgli, so perhaps?
@part3 i think he was referring to the 2nd Bush. 1st bush "rehearsed" war while he finished the 2nd one thinking it's a victory to bring home coffins
@part3 i think he was referring to the 2nd Bush. 1st bush "rehearsed" war while he finished the 2nd one thinking it's a victory to bring home coffins
am I the only one who caught the Fight Club refrence? "where will I be when I wake up next to a stranger on a passenger plane"- where the narrator meets Tyler for the first time...
yeah and the 'permanent jet lag' bit?
yeah and the 'permanent jet lag' bit?
@jax99 agree. Like the guy they're alluding to in this song is crazy. At worse, psychotic
@jax99 agree. Like the guy they're alluding to in this song is crazy. At worse, psychotic
"Have you ever wanted to disappear? and join a monestary Go out and preach on manic street" --Almost positive this refers to Richie Edwards of the Manic Street Preachers mysteriously disappearing in 1995.
"it feels like 14 carats but no clarity When I look at the man who would be king The man who would be king goes to the desert to sing war his dad rehearsed came back with flags on coffins and said we won, oh, we won" --I agree this has to do with Bush returning to iraq, which is where Bush sr. started desert storm.
"Give me a pen Call me Mr. Benzedrine But don't let the doctor in" --Benzedrine was a perscription drug which originally came in an inhaler but later came in a tablet. Tablets are usually crushed and snorted, sometimes through a pen. I think "don't let the doctor in" refers to a recreational use of the drug, instead of using it for what it's prescribed for.
@chewenoe agree with the Bush interpretation which could mean, they're wanting him to disappear or something along those lines
@chewenoe agree with the Bush interpretation which could mean, they're wanting him to disappear or something along those lines
I think it's
"Permanent jetlag"
It feels like 14 carats but no clarity When I look at the man who would be king The man who would be king goes to the desert to sing war his dad rehearsed came back with flags on coffins and said we won, oh, we won
Thats seems like a pretty obvious Bush reference. The man who would be King (Bush Jr) goes to the desert aka Iraq and the middle east in general for war. His dad (Bush Sr) rehearsed it because the US had the whole Persian Gulf War when he was President.
i agree completely with this! i was just coming to post the exact same thing about that verse.
i agree completely with this! i was just coming to post the exact same thing about that verse.
me 2!! came back with flags on coffins and said we won, oh, we won
me 2!! came back with flags on coffins and said we won, oh, we won
if people die i dont think we won
if people die i dont think we won
this is right; anyone who pays attention to the FOB interviews knows that they like political references. i was actually going to post that about that verse too(:
this is right; anyone who pays attention to the FOB interviews knows that they like political references. i was actually going to post that about that verse too(:
wow, i think your pretty right but i percieved it totally different! I thought it was a reference to young Prince Harry fighting in the Iraq war hence the "Man who would be king".
wow, i think your pretty right but i percieved it totally different! I thought it was a reference to young Prince Harry fighting in the Iraq war hence the "Man who would be king".
its whose same war his dad rehearsed
its whose same war his dad rehearsed
@MusiccMann88 Man who would be king: The year before this song was written, Prince Harry returns from a ten year tour of Afghanistan where he killed but lost many men, but he came back saying they won, despite the fact they had sent back more coffins then men in that time. In addition, they fought in the war to gain the faith of the locals but over 22% of the casualties were civilians. They ended up leaving with more hostilities than they came with.
@MusiccMann88 Man who would be king: The year before this song was written, Prince Harry returns from a ten year tour of Afghanistan where he killed but lost many men, but he came back saying they won, despite the fact they had sent back more coffins then men in that time. In addition, they fought in the war to gain the faith of the locals but over 22% of the casualties were civilians. They ended up leaving with more hostilities than they came with.
Notably, his father Prince Charles was in the military, flying bombers practicing for a war with possibly...
Notably, his father Prince Charles was in the military, flying bombers practicing for a war with possibly many enemies (tensions were high with afghanistan too at that time) that never ended up happening in his time. His son would later drop bombs in the very war his father prepared for. What did prince harry do when he came back? Rather than being a diplomat he complained about how his father wanted him to act more like a prince, but instead he came after being forcibly denied another go and complained, Multiple interviews led up to that and after that where he was described as "never having a bigger smile than when he was shooting at enemies"
Amphetamines played key rolls in the war, as the soldiers were suffering amphetamine addictions (such as benzadrine)
14 Carats but no clarity The 14K Triad, originally known for, you guessed it, 14 Carat gold, is a hong kong group associated with afghanistan. Back in the 1970s they owned tons of land in afghanistan and fought in a horrific and dishonorable manner, in fact if youre thinking about some of the worst tactics of the afghan war, well you guessed it, those tactics came from them.
A lot of these same tactics came up during Prince Harrys term, and there we suspicions but no proof (clarity) that it was the 14K
So i very highly believe that the fact all this came to light in an interview given less than a full year before this songs release, it was about Prince Harry.
@MusiccMann88 this sure takes away my Bush pov
@MusiccMann88 this sure takes away my Bush pov
Pretty positive that "Have you ever wanted to disappear and join a monastery, go out and preach on manic street?" is a reference to Richey Edwards of Manic Street Preachers, like other people have said. He disappeared in 1995 and is presumed dead as of 2008. Also, it's definitely not "preach young addicts straight." Listen CLOSELY, it doesn't sound a damn thing like that. I often think some of the people on this site don't have ears at all. Jesus christ.
i'm hearing "permanent jetlag" not "born in a jetlag".
@aaron_kaump agree. I think they're referring to that kind of headache akin to a trippin high
@aaron_kaump agree. I think they're referring to that kind of headache akin to a trippin high
(...) Please take me back, please take be back
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Permanent jetlag Please take me back, please take me back