Pills
St. Vincent * Track #2 On MASSEDUCTION
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- #2Pills
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- #3Masseduction
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- #4Sugarboy
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- #5
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- #6Happy Birthday, Johnny
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- #7Savior
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- #9Fear the Future
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- #10Young Lover
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- #11Dancing with a Ghost
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- #12Slow Disco
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- #13Smoking Section
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- #14政権腐敗 (Power Corrupts)
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“Pills” is the 3rd single released from St. Vincent’s Masseduction. It was released on October 10, 2017.
The inspiration for the song came “when [Annie] was having trouble sleeping:”
I took like, an over the counter sleeping pill and I just started singing the song’s jingle. ‘Pills to eat / pills...
Pills Lyrics
[Intro: Cara Delevingne]
Pills to wake, pills to sleep
Pills, pills, pills every day of the week
Pills to work, pills to think
Pills, pills, pills for the family
[Verse 1]
I spent a year suspended in air
My mind on the gap, my head on the stairs
From healers to dealers and then back again
From guru to voodoo and voodoo to zen
[Chorus: Cara Delevingne]
Pills to wake, pills to sleep
Pills, pills, pills every day of the week
Pills to work, pills to think
Pills, pills, pills for the family
Pills to grow, pills to shrink
Pills, pills, pills and a good stiff drink
Pills to fuck, pills to eat
Pills, pills, pills down the kitchen sink
[Verse 2]
I'm behind the wheel, I'm leavin' your state
I can't even swim in these waves I made
From the bath to the drain, and the plane to the stage
To the bed, to give head, to the money I made
[Chorus: Cara Delevingne]
Pills to wake, pills to sleep
Pills, pills, pills every day of the week
Pills to work, pills to think
Pills, pills, pills for the family
Pills to grow, pills to shrink
Pills, pills, pills and a good stiff drink
Pills to fuck, pills to eat
Pills, pills, pills down the kitchen sink
[Verse 3]
I heard the tales, fortune and blame
Tigers and wolves defanged by fame
From the chains to the reigns to the vein to the brain
Anyway there's a day and I'll pay it in pain
[Chorus: Cara Delevingne]
Pills to wake, pills to sleep
Pills, pills, pills every day of the week
Pills to work, pills to think
Pills, pills, pills for the family
Pills to grow, pills to shrink
Pills, pills, pills and a good stiff drink
Pills to fuck, pills to eat
Pills, pills, pills down the kitchen sink
[Chorus: Cara Delevingne]
Pills to wake, pills to sleep
Pills, pills, pills every day of the week
Pills to work, pills to think
Pills, pills, pills for the family
Pills to grow, pills to shrink
Pills, pills, pills and a good stiff drink
Pills to fuck, pills to eat
Pills, pills, pills down the kitchen sink
[Chorus: Cara Delevingne]
Pills to wake, pills to sleep
Pills, pills, pills every day of the week
Pills to work, pills to think
Pills, pills, pills for the family
Pills to grow, pills to shrink
Pills, pills, pills and a good stiff drink
Pills to fuck, pills to eat
Pills, pills, pills down the kitchen sink
[Outro]
Come all you villains, come one and all
Come all you killers, come join the wall
Come all you wasted, wretched, and scorned
Come on and face it, come join the wall
Come climb the rafters, come out to space
Come for the answers, throw them away
Come kiss me stupid, come kiss me sore
Come find me standin' under the wall
Come all you killers, come out to play
Everyone you know will all go away
Come all you wasted, wretched, and scorned
Come watch me standin' under the wall
Come all you children, come out to play
Everyone you love will all go away
Pills Q&A
Who wrote Pills's ?
Pills was written by Sounwave & Jack Antonoff & St. Vincent.
Who produced Pills's ?
Pills was produced by St. Vincent & Jack Antonoff & Sounwave & John Congleton.
When did St. Vincent release Pills?
St. Vincent released Pills on Tue Oct 10 2017.
What did St. Vincent say about "Pills"?
Annie Clark shared some insights about the song in an interview with Pitchfork:
The song wasn’t intended as this moral indictment of the state of the pharmaceutical industry in the U.S. I don’t think it works to write finger-wagging songs, because it’s condescending to the audience and just a bumme...
Did Kendrick Lamar's frequent producer, Sounwave, program drums for the song?
He did indeed. Clark explained how she and Sounwave linked up in an interview with Pitchfork:
I’d worked with Sounwave on a cover of the Stones’ “Emotional Rescue” for a film called A Bigger Splash. We hit it off and worked on a couple of other tracks together. When Kendrick was making DAMN., Sounw...
What is the significance of supermodel/actress Cara Delevingne being featured?
St. Vincent and Cara Delevingne had been in a relationship for about a year and a half before breaking up in 2016. Not much is known as to why they split, but it seems to have been on good terms – Clark had told Vogue that they’ll, “always be really close. I’ll love her forever.”
As far as Delevingn...
What did St. Vincent say about working with Kamasi Washington?
Kamasi I am such a fan of; his record The Epic and I love the stuff he did on Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly. Also, I have a soft spot in my heart for jazz, because my aunt and uncle are jazz musicians. Not that I ever tried to have the chops to be a jazz player, but it’s a big part of the for...