Ted Leo and The Pharmacists
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists
“The High Party,” released a year and a half after 9/11, is foremost a criticism leveled against reactionaries and sympathizers following the events of a tragedy that led to the most ineffective and deadly wars of our generations. This is a song about the political complacency of the general public...
[Verse 1]
I'm looking at another day
To find that I've got no-no-nothing to say
Or I'm looking for another way
To process what happened on, on, on that birthday
[Pre-Chorus 1]
And either way, if you're gonna call it art
Then there's a cup in front of you
And right away, if you're gonna play your part
You must drink it down, drink it down
[Verse 2]
Well, mine eyes have seen the glory of the
Fields of flowers and fac-fac-factory farms
And my mind's content to lie at rest
For hours behind my love-love-loved ones' doors
[Pre-Chorus 2]
And if there's a war
Another shitty war to fight for Ba-Ba-Babylon
It's the perfect storm in a teacup
But you must drink it down, drink it down, drink it down, drink it down
[Chorus]
And what do you make
Of nights when you thought you'd make much more
Than being too drunk to turn the lights out
And too tired to drink more?
And what does it take
To not hear the cynics at your door?
Saying, "It's time to turn the lights out"
And, "You want to keep it down, keep it down, keep it down?"
[Verse 3]
So I'm lifting up that poison cup
To drink a draught of pro-pro-propaganda
Or I'm giving up that other stuff
In hopes that it's gonna ma-ma-make me madder
[Pre-Chorus 2]
And either way, if you're gonna call it art
Then there's a cup in front of you
And right away, if you're gonna play your part
You must drink it down, drink it down, drink it down, drink it down
[Chorus]
And what do you make
Of nights when you thought you'd make much more
Than being too drunk to turn the lights out
And too tired to drink more?
And what does it take
To not hear the cynics at your door?
Saying, "It's time to turn the lights out"
And, "You want to keep it down, keep it down, keep it down?"
[Chorus 1]
And what do you make
Of nights when you thought you'd make much more
Than being too drunk to turn the lights out
And too tired to drink more?
And what does it take
To not hear the cynics at your door?
Saying, "It's time to turn the lights out"
And, "You want to keep it..."
[Chorus 2]
And what does it say
Of all of the things you've said before
When you're too tired to turn the lights out
And too drunk to drink more?
And what do you save
And what does it feel like to be saved?
And can you pull, two, three, four, pull, two, three
Can you drink it down, drink it down, drink it down, drink it down, drink it down?
The High Party was written by Ted Leo.
The High Party was produced by Nicolas Vernhes & Ted Leo.
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists released The High Party on Tue Feb 11 2003.