The Handshake Lyrics

Lyric discussion by jon96 

Cover art for The Handshake lyrics by MGMT

i think this song is about doing ecstasy.

"You toss all the mornings lost to the clouds and you watch it go"

  • you lose your mornings after doing ecstasy because you are up all night partying and sleep the next day.

"Your fair weather friends on a parachute binge get lost when the wind blows"

  • a Parachute is a type of way to take ecstasy where u grind up a pill in toilet paper and swallow it.

"The handshake's stuck on the tip of my tongue"

  • The parachute will stick on your tongue making it hard to swallow.

"It tastes like death but it looks like fun"

  • If u have ever done ecstasy u know that it is one of the worst tasting drugs out there and the point of doing a parachute is so that u grind the pill up so it gets in your system faster but you don't have to taste it as much because its in the toilet paper. and ecstasy is really fun.