기타 대신 두 줄짜리 베이스와 색소폰, 드럼으로 구성, 독특한 음악으로 수많은 컬트 팬들을 양산했으며, 공연 도중 리더인 MARK SANDMAN의 급작스런 심장마비사라는 극적인 종막을 내려야 했던 비운의 얼터너티브 밴드 MORPHINE의 97년작. 90년대 중반 많은 공연과 평론가들의 호평, 그리고 미국과 유럽의 대학가 방송국의 전폭적인 지지에 힘입어 메이저인 DREAMWORKS에서 발매한 이들의 첫 앨범이며, 앨범의 커버처럼 조금씩 물속으로 침잠해들어가는 듯한 이들의 불길하면서도 나직한 속삭임과도 같은 매력이 여전히 유지되고 있는 수작.
Give me a potion to make me love you Give me a potion to make me care Give me a potion to make me love you Make it a double, make it a double
Below the ocean, I make my bed down there Below the ocean, I got to live somewhere Maybe the graveyard, and maybe I don't care
Why can't love be blind? Instead of just a blind man crying Why can't love be, why can't love be blind?
Thanks for the potion to make me love you Thanks for the potion to make me care Your charms are working on me Your charms are working hard Your charms are working on me Your charms are working hard
Thanks for the potion to make me love you Make it a double, make it a double
Give me a kiss hello goodbye what's the difference? Just end everything You say with a smile, wave goodbye, hello, with that look in your eye Forwards backwards back it down the drive, the curtains in the window Wave goodbye hello there's that look in your eye and your crazy smile
I know you and you know me too. I know everything that you're going through and You know everything that I'm gonna do. You know me and I know you
Give me an invitation and I'll be there unless of course I have to be somewhere Give me your wishlist, let's shake hands. If you don't like it you can Have your money back
Early to bed and early to rise Makes a man or woman Miss out on the nightlife Early to bed and early to rise Makes a man or woman Miss out on the nightlife
One drink, call it an early night Soon you're curled up beneath the reading light Or you bathe in the TV's blue tint On your pillow an after-dinner mint
Early to bed and early to rise Makes a man or woman Miss out on the nightlife Early to bed and early to rise Makes a man or woman Miss out on the nightlife
Early to bed so you can wait For three buses, a trolley and a train I think it's worth it for you to stay awake Maybe tomorrow you'll be a little late
But early to bed and early to rise Makes a man or woman Miss out on the nightlife Early to bed and early to rise Makes a man or woman Miss out on the nightlife
You'll miss out on the night life You'll miss out on the night life
First I learned to crawl And then some other strokes I can never remember any real good jokes
Do you feel like swimming? Do you feel like swimming? Yes, right now
I know a way to swim all the way downtown I know a way to swim all the way downtown
It's a lot like swimming the first time over your head It gets easier when you move your arms and legs And for air you lift your head, why don't we try it right now
Yes, right now Yes, right now
Well, I know a way to swim all the way downtown I know a way to swim all the way downtown Well, I know a way to swim all the way downtown I know a way to swim all the way downtown
We'll go by way of the garden Fat with tomatoes and beans on the vine Sweet like the way it was Like swimming for the very first time
Do you feel like swimming? Do you feel like swimming?
Well, I know a way to swim all the way downtown I know a way to swim all the way downtown I know a way to swim all the way downtown I know a way to swim all the way downtown
Do you feel like swimming? Do you feel like swimming?
Murder for the money Yeah murder everyday Murder every inch Of the goddamm way Murder in the morning Yeah murder in the night Murder every single moment Of your godforsaken live
Yeah it's murder for the money Yeah it's murder for the money
Murder for the money You got to cry sweat and bleed I've seen a grown man Have to get down on his knees Murder in the morning Yeah murder in the night Murder every single day Of your goddamm life
Yeah it's murder for the money Yeah it's murder for the money Murder for the money Murder for the money Murder for the money
Murder Murder Murder
Yeah it's murder for the money Yeah it's murder for the money Murder for the money Murder for the money
On six-six-six six, I was little, I didn't know Shit and on seven-seven-seven seven Eleven years later, still don't know any better By eight-eight-eight eight, it's way too late for me to change
And by nine-nine-nine nine I hope I'm sittin' on the back porch drinkin' red wine Singin', ohh, French fries with pepper Ohh, French fries with pepper
Tore open the package it was an empty box No meaning to me, just an empty box Sender was a woman Sender was a woman
She said, she's sending me everything that I, I I never gave her before She said, "Fill it up and send it back Fill it up and send it back"
So I sent her back an empty box A big mistake, sent back an empty box Half in the shadows, half in the husky moonlight And half insane just a sound
I cross them to a valley, a valley so dark That when I look back, I can't see where I began I can't see my hands, I don't even know if my eyes are open In the mornin' I was by the sea And I swam out as far as I could swim Until' I was too tired to swim anymore And then I floated And tried to get my strength back
And then an empty box came floatin' by An empty box and I crawled inside Half in the shadows, half in the husky moonlight And half insane just a sound in the night Half in the shadows, half in the husky moonlight And half insane just a sound Alright
Hanging on a curtain Swinging like a clock (Swinging like a clock) Big hand on the seven Little hand on top (Little hand on top)
You said you like to hear me talk You told me not to stop (Told me not to stop) You said you like to hear me talk You told me not to stop (Told me not to stop)
Little red feet with big blue toes Let me put my hand inside your clothes Little red feet with big blue toes Let me put my hand inside your clothes
Cute buttons like pointy little teeth, Woh! Don't bite please Cute buttons like pointy little teeth, Woh! Don't bite please
Little red feet with big blue toes Let me put my hand inside your clothes
Hanging on a curtain Swinging like a clock (Swinging like a clock) Big hand on the seven Little hand on top (Little hand on top)
You said you like to hear me talk You told me not to stop (Told me not to stop) You said you like to hear me talk You told me not to stop (Told me not to stop)
I got buttons bursting in the air I got apple orchards everywhere I got grapes swinging from the vine Swinging in a line, lined up in the sunshine
I'm on time, fresh, fast A sweetheart, I'll watch your back Come on swing, a swing from the shoestrings Right or wrong, to me it's the same thing
You especially you You especially you You especially you You have my loyalty
You in wartime Love peace I need to walk you down the street I'm right here, I'll watch your back In case the wind blows off your hat
You, you're on time Your eyes are like a diamond mine Deep and bright inside
I got buttons bursting in the air I got apple orchards everywhere I got grapes swinging from the vine Swinging in a line, lined up in the sunshine
I got buttons bursting in the air Ideas, run fingers through my hair [Incomprehensible] they are ready to move [Incomprehensible] they are ready to move
Swing it low, swing it low Swing it low, low, low Swing it low, swing it low Swing it low, low, low