9 Popular Songs With Disturbing Implications You Never Noticed
6. "Semi-Charmed Life" Is About Tragic Meth Addiction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyjTrwOMSO4 A massive hit in the 90s, Third Eye Blind's infection "Semi-Charmed Life" details the singer's on-going battle with meth, and their repeated failed attempts to kick the habit. How can a song with a tuneful "Doo doo doo, doo doo-doo doo!" be about meth addiction? I know, it's surprising, but it's barely even hidden. You'd be forgiven for interpreting the chorus as the singer merely describing someone he loves helping him through life, but it's actually a tragic cry for help:
I want something else, to get me through this Semi-charmed kinda life, baby, baby I want something else...
Despite the optimistic tune, the song's lyrics are explicit about the subject, but they're masked by singer Stephan Jenkins' swift delivery:
Doing crystal meth, will lift you up until you break It won't stop, I won't come down I keep stock with the tick-tock rhythm, I bump for the drop And then I bumped up, I took the hit that I was given
Fairly clear, right?
The sky was gold, it was rose I was taking sips of it through my nose