The Popped Hearts - You're Getting High, I'm Getting Down

from SpinTunes 21 Round 1 by Spintunes

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about

A song about that special annoyance of a night out with friends who are drunk/stoned/high/etc when you are not. A bit of reference unpacking from the second verse:
Exile In Guyville, a Liz Phair album including (my favorite of hers) Never Said
Never Meant, the ur-Midwest Emo song by American Football
Speedball, an upper + a downer drug cocktail

lyrics

Chronic case: affluenza
Doing lines off grandma’s credenza
Flew a bit too close to the sun
Had a bit too much of the wrong kinda fun

You’re getting high
I’m getting down

Guyville on the dancefloor, flip it run it back
I asked, what’s your favorite track
You said Never Meant
You meant Never Said
American Speedball got you messed up in the head

You’re getting high
I’m getting down

You try to tempt me
But I know the score
Cause you know that I don't do that shit anymore

You’re getting high
I’m getting down

credits

from SpinTunes 21 Round 1, released September 5, 2023

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