Paneled down in the back door
All the while I'm riding
To auditions I'm not getting
Why do I keep on returning to you?
All American jawlines
One moment going over scene lines
Grind the scripts like teeth
Why do I keep on returning to you?
Cocaine, cocaine
Swarm TV cameras
Click and stumble at the Chateau
Later, I hear John's
Body got carried out
Ice cream was a code word
Told to me by a code man
These nice hotels
I don't know your clientele
Why do I keep on returning to you?
Cocaine, cocaine
Cocaine, cocaine
Why do I keep on returning to you?
Give me some ice cream
Give it to me now
Oh, now
I'm in the deepest end of an empty pool
(He's never gonna make it)
(He's never gonna make it in LA)
I'm in the deepest end of an empty pool
Cocaine, cocaine
I'm in the deepest end of an empty pool
(He's never gonna make it)
(He's never gonna make it in LA)
I'm in the deepest end of an empty pool
(He's never gonna make it)
Cocaine
(He's never gonna make it)
Cocaine
Alt-J (stylised as alt-J, real name Δ) are an English indie rock band formed in 2007 in Leeds. Their lineup includes Joe Newman (guitar/lead vocals), Thom Sonny Green (drums), Gus Unger-Hamilton (keyboards/vocals), and formerly Gwilym Sainsbury (guitar/bass).
Their debut album An Awesome Wave was released in May 2012 in Europe, and in September 2012 in the United States, and won the 2012 British Mercury Prize. Sainsbury left the band in early 2014. Their second album, This Is All Yours, was released on 22 September 2014 and went straight to number one in the United Kingdom. In February 2022 the band released their fourth studio album The Dream.
The band's actual name is the triangle-shaped symbol Δ (the capital Greek letter delta). The band often makes references to triangles. "Alt-J" comes from the key sequence used to generate the symbol Δ on an Apple Mac computer: Alt+J.
References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alt-J
https://www.altjband.com/
Can't believe they played this at my rehab facility.
Must have realized that it is most definitely not a pro-cocaine anthem. There's a radio edit that removes that "trigger" word, but it totally destroys the song's meaning.
Really digging this album. I really like Hard Drive Gold too, which I know Bill has added to our playlist, thankfully.
Bill seems to have this album on heavy rotation. it seems i hear songs from this album a couple times a day.
Cocaine, cocaine
Cocaine, cocaine Bear
Really drawn in to the arpeggiated synth on this. Love it.
Listen to the music. The truth is there.
i remain very confused by the cover art. can anyone help me out and let me know what you see or what is depicted?
A creature having a shower.
Gus from the band exlained it: "...you could say that the creature in the cover looks like something you might meet in a dream, or you could say it might be experiencing a dream itself. It’s enigmatic but it’s striking, it’s memorable, it’s intriguing, it’s a bit frightening, it’s a bit funny."
Can't believe they played this at my rehab facility.
"Why do I keep on returning to you?"
Cocaine, cocaine
Cocaine, cocaine Bear
Hahaha. As someone who lives where Cocaine Bear does, I appreciate the hell out of this comment.
A creature having a shower.
Gus from the band exlained it: "...you could say that the creature in the cover looks like something you might meet in a dream, or you could say it might be experiencing a dream itself. It’s enigmatic but it’s striking, it’s memorable, it’s intriguing, it’s a bit frightening, it’s a bit funny."
thank you for taking the time to help me out. i was very confused.
Great back story on this William, I used to really enjoy stuff back in the day.
Reference to John Belushi?
Cool sound.