Been Smokin' Too Long Lyrics

Lyric discussion by the green eyes 

Cover art for Been Smokin' Too Long lyrics by Nick Drake

no, its clearly NOT about weed. first off - weed is not addicting. thats just a fact. i've been to rehab, it isnt addicting. you can go to rehab for weed simply because they are willing to help anybody who wants help (they dont limit it to a certain drug) . they will tell you it isnt addicting. and i've smoked for 8 years, and i would hang out with people who would sell lbs and lbs of that stuff, and i would smoke all day every day for free, and i havent smoked in over a year.

"I got opium in my chimney"

hes got opium in his pipe

"Well when I'm smokin' Put my worries on a shelf Don't worry about nothin' Try not to see myself"

thats exactly what heroin does to you, and heroin is derived from opium.

Weed can be both psychologically and physiologically addicting. I know because I was both psychologically addicted (I couldn't imagine who I was/my future without it) and physiologically addicted (I couldn't eat breakfast without smoking first to get an appetite).

And sometimes people do smoke so they can put off reality.

That being said, I agree, he clearly talks about opium and hash in the song, not weed. Even though hash is a form of weed (resin), it's not the same kind of high.