12. Semi-Charmed Life, By Third Eye Blind
Semi-Charmed Life is one of the very catchiest songs of the 1990s. For lack of a better word, the song has “bounce”, a sort of upbeat rhythm that quickens and paces. It’s so easy to get lost in the “doo doo doo doos” and hard to really catch all the quickly sung lyrics. Chances are, you had no idea the song was about a meth binge. That’s right, the upbeat notes, desperate energy, and plea to find, “something else, to get me through this Semi-charmed kinda life” is a lot darker than maybe you originally thought. This revelation similarly brings to light the drug allusions of some of the lyrics like, “I was taking sips of it through my nose.” The drug references were not lost on some radio stations who edited some of the drug references out when they played it.
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