Anti-D
The Wombats * Track #4 On This Modern Glitch
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Anti-D by The Wombats
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The 3rd single on the album This Modern Glitch by The Wombats.
The song outlines lead singer Matthew Murphy’s experiences with the drug ‘citalopram,’ to treat the depression and anxiety he suffered from since he was a teenager.
More information about this can be found here:
http://www.theguardian....
Anti-D Lyrics
[Chorus]
Please allow me
To be your anti-depressant
I, too, am prescribed as freely
As any decongestants
[Verse 1]
We kick back and let the pills do the talking
People hear a distinct rattle when we're walking
Then there's the extra two stone
That's our only guarantee
Our vivid dreams are just like big production movies
They get entangled well within our daily routines
So please rethink
Or use my trademark strategy
[Chorus]
And please allow me
To be your anti-depressant
I, too, am prescribed as freely
As any decongestants
[Refrain]
Ah-ah, ah-ah
Ah-ah, ah-ah
Ah-ah, ah-ah
Ah-ah, ah-ah
[Verse 2]
It's hard to smile when you're as flattened as a panc-c-cake
The only tears come from our heads when we concentrate
Perhaps I'm being unjust
Or perhaps you agree?
Still, I've thrown away my citalopram
I needed more than what was in those forty milligrams
So cast away with the doctor's plans
[Chorus]
And please allow me
To be your anti-depressant
I, too, am prescribed as freely
As any decongestants
[Refrain]
Ah-ah, ah-ah
Ah-ah, ah-ah
Ah-ah, ah-ah (Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah)
Ah-ah, ah-ah (Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah)
Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah (Ah-ah, ah-ah)
Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
[Outro]
Still, I've thrown away my citalopram
Although I felt as grim as the Reaper Man
So cast away with the doctor's plans like me
Anti-D Q&A
Who wrote Anti-D's ?
Anti-D was written by Matthew Murphy.
Who produced Anti-D's ?
Anti-D was produced by John Hill & Jacknife Lee & The Wombats.
When did The Wombats release Anti-D?
The Wombats released Anti-D on Fri Apr 22 2011.
Since the song engages depression, does Matthew struggle to sing this live?
Matthew Murphy opened up to The Guardian about this:
But you have to stay as strong as possible. No one wants to see someone singing a song about anti-depressants burst out crying.
What did The Wombats say about "Anti-D"?
Drummer Dan Haggis gave student-based magazine, Impact Magazine a statement:
Basically, as it gets to the end it gets more and more epic, and we’ve never had a song that goes epic, but we’re all big fans of Sigur Ros and that side of music, which is really intense and builds and builds: and we’ve m...