Take Ecstasy with Me
The Magnetic Fields * Track #14 On Holiday
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Album Holiday
- #1BBC Radiophonic Workshop
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- #2Desert Island
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- #3Deep Sea Diving Suit
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- #4Strange Powers
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- #5Torn Green Velvet Eyes
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- #6The Flowers She Sent and the Flowers She Said She Sent
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- #7Swinging London
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- #8In My Secret Place
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- #9Sad Little Moon
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- #10The Trouble I’ve Been Looking For
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- #11Sugar World
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- #12All You Ever Do Is Walk Away
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- #13In My Car
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- #14Take Ecstasy with Me
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Take Ecstasy with Me by The Magnetic Fields
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Stephin MerrittWrited by
Stephin MerrittAbout
The final track of the Magnetic Fields' fourth album, Holiday, “Take Ecstasy with Me” is a bittersweet song about a homosexual relationship whose problems are temporarily solved by taking drugs. Many versions of the song exist: the original Holiday recording, an alternate version featuring the band’...
Take Ecstasy with Me Lyrics
[Verse 1]
You used to slide down the carpeted stairs
Or down the banister
You stuttered like a kaleidoscope
'Cause you knew too many words
You used to make gingerbread houses
We used to have taffy pulls
[Chorus]
Take ecstasy
With me, baby
Take ecstasy
With me
[Verse 2]
You had a black snowmobile
We drove out under the northern lights
A vodka bottle gave you those raccoon eyes
We got beat up just for holding hands
[Chorus]
Take ecstasy
With me, baby
Take ecstasy
With me
Take ecstasy
With me, baby
Take ecstasy
With me
Take Ecstasy with Me Q&A
Who wrote Take Ecstasy with Me's ?
Take Ecstasy with Me was written by Stephin Merritt.
Who produced Take Ecstasy with Me's ?
Take Ecstasy with Me was produced by Stephin Merritt.
When did The Magnetic Fields release Take Ecstasy with Me?
The Magnetic Fields released Take Ecstasy with Me on Tue Sep 27 1994.
What did The Magnetic Fields say about "Take Ecstasy with Me"?
In a 1999 interview with Daniel Handler, Stephin Merritt said, “‘Take Ecstasy With Me’ is about people whose lives have been shattered and the answer is drugs. I’m making a case for taking this drug. Not just, let’s take this drug, but it’s a moral imperative for you to take this drug.”