Do-do-do do-do-do-doo Doo-do-do do-do-doo-do Do-do-do do-do-do-doo Do-do-doo I'm packed and I'm holding, I'm smiling She's living, she's golden, she lives for me Says she lives for me ovation Her own motivation She comes round and she goes down on me And I make her smile like a drug for you Do ever what you wanna do Coming over you Keep on smiling what we go through One stop to the rhythm that divides you And I speak to you like the chorus to the verse Chop another line like a coda with a curse Come on like a freak show takes the stage We give them the games to play, she said I want something else To get me through this Semi-charmed kind of life, baby, baby I want something else I'm not listening when you say Good-bye Do-do-do do-do-do-doo Doo-do-do do-do-doo-do Do-do-do do-do-do-doo Do-do-doo The sky was gold, it was rose I was taking sips of it through it my nose And I wish it could get back there Some place back there Smiling in the pictures you would take Doing crystal meth will lift you up until you break It won't stop, I won't come down I keep stock with a tick-tock rhythm I bump for the drop And then I bumped up, I took the hit that I was given Then I bumped again Then I bumped again, I said How do I get back there To the place where I fell asleep inside you? How do I get myself back to the place Where you said I want something else To get me through this Semi-charmed kind of life, baby, baby I want something else I'm not listening when you say Good-bye I believe in the sand beneath my toes The beach gives a feeling an earthy feeling I believe in the faith that grows And the four right chords can make me cry When I'm with you I feel like I could die And that would be all right, all right And when the plane came in she said she was crashing The velvet it rips in the city We tripped on the urge to feel alive But now I'm struggling to survive Those days you were wearing that velvet dress You're the priestess I must confess Those little red panties they pass the test Slide up around the belly face down on the mattress One And you hold me And we are broken Still it's all that I want to do Just a little now Feel myself, heavy on the ground I'm scared I'm not coming down No, no And I won't run for my life She's got her jaws just locked now in a smile But nothing is all right, all right And I want something else To get me through this life, baby I want something else Not listening when you say Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, good-bye Do-do-do do-do-do-doo Doo-do-do do-do-doo-do Do-do-do do-do-do-doo Do-do-doo The sky was gold, it was rose I was taking sips of it through it my nose And I wish it could get back there Some place back there In the place we use to start Do-do-do do-do-do-doo do-do-do Do-do-do-doo do-do-doo I want something else
Do-do-do do-do-do-doo Doo-do-do do-do-doo-do Do-do-do do-do-do-doo Do-do-doo I'm packed and I'm holding, I'm smiling She's living, she's golden, she lives for me Says she lives for me ovation Her own motivation She comes round and she goes down on me And I make her smile like a drug for you Do ever what you wanna do Coming over you Keep on smiling what we go through One stop to the rhythm that divides you And I speak to you like the chorus to the verse Chop another line like a coda with a curse Come on like a freak show takes the stage We give them the games to play, she said I want something else To get me through this Semi-charmed kind of life, baby, baby I want something else I'm not listening when you say Good-bye Do-do-do do-do-do-doo Doo-do-do do-do-doo-do Do-do-do do-do-do-doo Do-do-doo The sky was gold, it was rose I was taking sips of it through it my nose And I wish it could get back there Some place back there Smiling in the pictures you would take Doing crystal meth will lift you up until you break It won't stop, I won't come down I keep stock with a tick-tock rhythm I bump for the drop And then I bumped up, I took the hit that I was given Then I bumped again Then I bumped again, I said How do I get back there To the place where I fell asleep inside you? How do I get myself back to the place Where you said I want something else To get me through this Semi-charmed kind of life, baby, baby I want something else I'm not listening when you say Good-bye I believe in the sand beneath my toes The beach gives a feeling an earthy feeling I believe in the faith that grows And the four right chords can make me cry When I'm with you I feel like I could die And that would be all right, all right And when the plane came in she said she was crashing The velvet it rips in the city We tripped on the urge to feel alive But now I'm struggling to survive Those days you were wearing that velvet dress You're the priestess I must confess Those little red panties they pass the test Slide up around the belly face down on the mattress One And you hold me And we are broken Still it's all that I want to do Just a little now Feel myself, heavy on the ground I'm scared I'm not coming down No, no And I won't run for my life She's got her jaws just locked now in a smile But nothing is all right, all right And I want something else To get me through this life, baby I want something else Not listening when you say Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, good-bye Do-do-do do-do-do-doo Doo-do-do do-do-doo-do Do-do-do do-do-do-doo Do-do-doo The sky was gold, it was rose I was taking sips of it through it my nose And I wish it could get back there Some place back there In the place we use to start Do-do-do do-do-do-doo do-do-do Do-do-do-doo do-do-doo I want something else
“Semi‑Charmed Life” passou por cinco versões antes da mistura final ser escolhida, sendo um dos primeiros demos gravados pelo Third Eye Blind.
O produtor Eric Valentine gravou e mixou a faixa em diversos estúdios de São Francisco, como Toast Studios, Skywalker Ranch, H.O.S. e The Site, usando guitarra, brushes e uma máquina de bateria.
A letra, que aborda o vício em crystal meth, foi inspirada nos testemunhos de amigos do vocalista Stephan Jenkins em um show de Primus, e o refrão foi pensado como “answer song” ao “Walk on the Wild Side” de Lou Reed.
O videoclipe, dirigido por Jamie Morgan, apresenta uma visão idealizada de São Francisco, reforçando a imagem icônica da cidade nas memórias de quem viu o vídeo.
No Brasil e em outros países, “Semi‑Charmed Life” alcançou o top 40, consolidando-se como um dos maiores sucessos internacionais da banda e sendo citado retrospectivamente como um dos melhores da década de 1990.
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