🎵 Semi-Charmed Life // by Third Eye Blind

128 Contributors Semi-Charmed Life Lyrics Behind the catchy, upbeat “Semi-Charmed” melody that entranced many a tween when it was released in 1997 is a dark tale of a relationship’s descent into crystal meth addiction.… Read More  [Refrain] Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo Doo-doo-doo [Verse 1] I'm packed and I'm holdin' I'm smilin', she livin', she golden She lives for me, says she lives for me, ovation Her own motivation She comes 'round and she goes down on me And I'll make you smile like a drug for you Do ever what you want to do, comin' over you Keep on smilin' what we go through One stop to the rhythm that divides you [Pre-Chorus] And I speak to you like the chorus to the verse Chop another line like a coda with a curse Come on like a freak show takes the stage We give 'em the games she play, she say [Chorus] I want somethin' else To get me through this Semi-charmed kind of life, baby, baby I want somethin' else I'm not listenin' when you say Goodbye [Refrain] Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo Doo-doo-doo [Verse 2] The sky was gold, it was rose I was takin' sips up into my nose And I wish I could get back there, some place back there Smilin' in the pictures you would take Doin' crystal meth will lift you up until you break It won't stop, I won't come down, I keep stock With a tick-tock rhythm, a bump for the drop And then I bumped up, I took the hit that I was given Then I bumped again, then I bumped again, I said [Pre-Chorus] How do I get back there to The place where I fell asleep inside you? How do I get myself back to The place where you said [Chorus] I want somethin' else To get me through this Semi-charmed kind of life, baby, baby I want somethin' else I'm not listenin' when you say Goodbye [Bridge] I believe in the sand beneath my toes The beach gives a feelin', an earthy feelin' I believe in the faith that grows And the four right chords can make me cry When I'm with you, I feel like I could die And that would be alright, alright [Verse 3] And when the plane came in, she said she was crashin' The velvet, it rips in the city We tripped on the urge to feel alive But now, I'm strugglin' to survive Those days you were wearin' that velvet dress You're the priestess, I must confess Those little red panties, they pass the test Slides up around the belly, face down on the mattress One, and you hold me And we are broken Still, it's all that I want to do, just a little now Feel myself, head made of the ground I'm scared, I'm not comin' down No, no And I won't run for my life She's got her jaws now locked down in a smile But nothing is alright, alright [Chorus] And I want somethin' else To get me through this life, baby I want somethin' else Not listenin' when you say Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye [Refrain] Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo [Outro] The sky was gold, it was rose (Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo) I was takin' sips up into my nose (Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo) And I wish I could get back there, some place back there (Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo) In the place we used to start Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo (I want somethin' else)