In an interview with Pitchfork, Josh Carter and Sarah Barthel spoke of the inspiration behind “You Don’t Get Me High Anymore.”
“You Don’t Get Me High Anymore” is kind of about this feeling of everything being redundant and nothing being good enough. Metaphorically, it’s about addiction. It’s also a...
[Verse 1]
I don't like stayin' at home
When the moon is bleeding red
Woke up stoned in the backseat
From a dream where my teeth fell out of my head
Cut it up, cut it up, yeah
Everybody's on something here
My godsend chemical best friend
Skeleton whispering in my ear
[Pre-Chorus]
Walk with me to the end
Stare with me into the abyss
Do you feel like letting go?
I wonder how far down it is
[Chorus]
Nothing is fun
Not like before
You don't get me high anymore
Used to take one
Now it takes four
You don't get me high anymore
[Verse 2]
Runnin' through emergency rooms
Spinning wheels and ceiling fans
My handshake, cellophane, landscape
Mannequin fakin' it the best I can
Cadillac, Cadillac red
No hands on the steering wheel
I'm crashing this save-a-ho puppet show
UFO obliterate the way I feel
[Pre-Chorus]
Walk with me to the end
Stare with me into the abyss
Do you feel like letting go?
I wonder how far down it is
[Chorus]
Nothing is fun
Not like before
You don't get me high anymore
Used to take one
Now it takes four
You don't get me high anymore
You don't get me high anymore
You don't get me high anymore
[Pre-Chorus]
Walk with me to the end
Stare with me into the abyss
Do you feel like letting go?
I wonder how far down it is
[Chorus]
Nothing is fun
Not like before
You don't get me high anymore
Used to take one
Now it takes four
You don't get me high anymore
[Outro]
(High anymore)
(You don't get me, you don't get me high anymore)
You don't get me high anymore
(High anymore)
(You don't get me, you don't get me high anymore)
You don't get me high anymore
You Don’t Get Me High Anymore was written by Sarah Barthel & Josh Carter & Ricky Reed & Eddie Bo & Alfred Scramuzza.
You Don’t Get Me High Anymore was produced by Ricky Reed.
Phantogram released You Don’t Get Me High Anymore on Fri Jun 17 2016.
It’s less about drug use and more about trying to find that happiness that was once easy to find. When life was more simple and less complicated; growing up and dealing with tragedy, relationships, friendships, every day tasks that were once easier. It’s an easy metaphor to tie it to drug addiction,...