Dopesmoker Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Noises 

Cover art for Dopesmoker lyrics by Sleep

it isn't about anything you people have mentioned earlier!!! And to say it is just about marijuana isn't right either. All this song is, is a story about a pot smoking caravan of stoners in biblical times. i am positive about this too. i love the song, even though i dont do drugs. i have nothing against pot smokers, but seriously the song isn't this metaphorical. Use your brain.

Sleep did smoke copious amounts of reefer while making this record. Matt Pike has even said that they probably blew the advance on drugs and alcohol. The song itself isn't a metaphor for smoking grass, it is a biblical story about the great cannabis which I mean, to be able to appreciate this song to it's maximum I believe you need to be blitzed, preferably something really dank.

Proceeds the Weedian - Nazareth!

@liquidprimus: that story of blowing their advance on weed is untrue; at least almost entirely. Matt Pike said they spent a lot of money on weed, but $75k of their $100k advance went to equipment. Did you know their amps were so loud they had to put them plus the mics in a different room?