The 90s were a time of our teenage angst and (ugh) puberty. There were songs that we used to jam out to that we didn't even know were about real life issues/fucked up shit that we'd never heard of.
Case in point:
Third-Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Life
I remember when my brother was like six or seven he used to rock the fuck out to this song. I don't blame him one bit, catchy beat and lyrics that go pretty fast so you can pull off not fully knowing what they are. A few years ago, we were listening to it and he said "did you know this song is about crystal meth?" I started looking up the lyrics and realized it talked about wayyyy too many things that a 7 year old should not be singing.
"She comes round and she goes down on me" - A nice way of saying "she comes over and sucks my dick."
"Doing crystal meth will lift you up until you break" - I mean this doesn't even try to sugar coat talking about crystal meth. My only knowledge of crystal meth is that Walter White cooked it and that usually people pick their faces off when they're on it. Not really something I'd like to mess around with.
"And then I bumped up/I took the hit that I was given/then I bumped again/And then I bumped again/How do I get back to the place where I fell asleep inside you?" - So we got two things going on here. Cocaine and falling asleep inside of a girl. Bumps, sex, and sleep-sex... Sounds like a typical Saturday night after Royale.
Doo doo doo doo da doo doo
Ben Folds Five - Brick
I used to listen to this song when I was sad. It reminded me of a cold, rainy day for whatever reason. Oh ya know probably because it's about a freezing day after Christmas & a guy driving his girlfriend to get an abortion!
"They call her name at 7:30
I pace around the parking lot
Then I walk down, to buy her flowers
And sell some gifts that I got"
So so depressing. The guy had to sell his Christmas presents to fund his girlfriend's abortion. What's even more depressing? They both kind of hate each other afterwards.
"Driving back to her apartment
And for the moment we're alone
But she's alone
And I'm alone
And now we know it"
This song is indirect but Ben of Ben Folds Five has been pretty open and honest on what it's about.
Verve Pipe - The Freshmen
Another song that I used to always listen to and still love. Similar to "Brick," Verve Pipe's "The Freshmen" is about abortion... but this song takes it one step further.
"Now I'm guilt-stricken, sobbing with my head on the floor
Stoppin' baby's breath and a shoe full of rice, no"
This is much less indirect than "Brick." Stopping a baby's breath is just straight up mentioning the abortion. Alas, it gets worse/sadder.
"My best friend took a week's worth vacation to forget her
His girl took a week's worth of Valium and slept
And now he's guilt-stricken, sobbing with his head on the floor
Thinks about her now and how he never really wept, he says"
Again, an abortion tearing a couple apart, but in a much more drastic way. Instead of being able to deal with getting an abortion, the boy goes on vacation and the girl kills herself. Now he feels even more guilt and she's gone. Nothing light about this.
While we were dealing with how to sort our AIM buddy lists, it would appear that 90s rockers were dealing with drugs, abortions, and suicides. Happy Friday!!
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