The Drugs Don't Work - The Verve

Su questa canzone c'è molto da dire, iniziamo dal termine "drug" che vuol dire sia "farmaco" quanto "droga".
La canzone è stata scritta dopo la morte del padre a causa del cancro e la fine di una relazione importante, infatti la frase "le droghe/i farmaci non funzionano, ti fanno solo essere peggiore" si riferisce sia agli effetti collaterali dei farmaci per il cancro sia all'assunzione di droghe per non sentire il dolore della perdita con le relative conseguenze ed in particolare è quest'ultimo aspetto quello di cui parla Richard Ashcroft verso la fine di questa intervista.





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All this talk of getting old
It's getting me down my love
Like a cat in a bag, waiting to drown
This time I'm comin' down

And I hope you're thinking of me
As you lay down on your side
Now the drugs don't work
They just make you worse
But I know I'll see your face again

Now the drugs don't work
They just make you worse
But I know I'll see your face again

But I know I'm on a losing streak
'Cause I passed down my old street
And if you wanna show, then just let me know
And I'll sing in your ear again

Now the drugs don't work
They just make you worse
But I know I'll see your face again

'Cause baby, ooh, if heaven calls, I'm coming, too
Just like you said, you leave my life, I'm better off dead

All this talk of getting old
It's getting me down my love
Like a cat in a bag, waiting to drown
This time I'm comin' down

Now the drugs don't work
They just make you worse
But I know I'll see your face again

'Cause baby, ooh, if heaven calls, I'm coming, too
Just like you said, you leave my life, I'm better off dead

But if you wanna show, just let me know
And I'll sing in your ear again

Now the drugs don't work
They just make you worse
But I know I'll see your face again

Yeah, I know I'll see your face again
Yeah, I know I'll see your face again
Yeah, I know I'll see your face again
Yeah, I know I'll see your face again

I'm never going down, I'm never coming down
No more, no more, no more, no more, no more
I'm never coming down, I'm never going down
No more, no more, no more, no more, no more