Novocaine, or procaine, is a local anaesthetic used to reduce pain in muscular injections and also during dental procedures. The narrator talks about the pain he is experiencing in his life, and he is pleading for someone, or something, to ease his suffering.
[Verse 1]
Life is hard
And so am I
You'd better give me something
So I don't die
[Chorus 1]
Novocaine for the soul
Before I sputter out
Before I sputter out
[Verse 2]
Life is white
And I am black
Jesus and his lawyer
Are coming back
[Chorus 2]
Oh, my darling
Will you be here
Before I sputter out?
Before I sputter out?
Before I sputter out?
[Bridge]
Guess who's living here with the great undead?
This paint by numbers life is fucking with my head, once again
[Verse 3]
Life is good
And I feel great
'Cause mother says I was
A great mistake
[Chorus 3]
Novocaine for the soul
You'd better give me something to fill the hole
Before I sputter out
Before I sputter out
Before I sputter out
Before I sputter out
Novocaine for the Soul was written by Mark Goldenberg & Mark Oliver Everett.
Novocaine for the Soul was produced by Mark Oliver Everett & E.Z. Mike & Mark Goldenberg.
Eels released Novocaine for the Soul on Tue Aug 13 1996.