Cough Syrup
Young the Giant
Album:
Young the Giant
Wiki:
The Cough Syrup Songfacts reports that the song was composed when the band was unsigned and originally appeared on their 2008 Shake My Hand EP.The song was written as a cry for help when the band was broke and didn't know what to do with themselves.
Lyrics:
[Verse 1] Life's too short to even care at all, whoa oh-oh I'm losing my mind, losing my mind, losing control These fishes in the sea, they're staring at me Whoa oh-oh, oh, whoa-oh, oh A wet world aches for a beat of a drum, oh-whoa oh, oh [Chorus 1] If I could find a way to see this straight I'd run away to some fortune that I, I should have found By now I'm waiting for this cough syrup To come down, come down [Verse 2] Life's too short to even care at all, oh-whoa, oh I'm coming up now, coming up now Out of the blue, oh-oh, oh-oh These zombies in the park, they're looking for my heart Oh-whoa, oh, whoa-oh, oh A dark world aches for a splash of the sun Oh-whoa oh, oh, oh [Chorus 2] If I could find a way to see this straight I'd run away, to some fortune that I, I should have found By now And so I run now to the things they said could restore me Restore life the way it should be I'm waiting for this cough syrup To come down [Bridge] Life's too short to even care at all, oh, whoa-oh I'm losing my mind, losing my mind, losing control [Instrumental] [Chorus 2] If I could find a way to see this straight I'd run away, to some fortune that I, I should have found By now So I run now to the things they said could restore me Restore life the way it should be I'm waiting for this cough syrup To come down [Outro] One more spoon of cough syrup now, oh, whoa-oh One more spoon of cough syrup now, whoa, oh, whoa