Project 365 Day #292

“Semi-Charmed Life” from the album Third Eye Blind, released in 1997

Sometimes I imagine the boys in Third Eye Blind sitting around trying to figure out a way to trick the censors into giving them airplay on a song about meth addiction and all of the travesties that come with that.

First, they come up with a doo-wop sounding beat.

Then they have the first couple of lines go like so: “I’m packed and I’m holding/I’m smiling, she’s living, she’s golden.” Romantic, right?

Then they sing pretty quickly, sliding their words together below the aforementioned swinging doo-wop beat.

Finally, be 90s cute.

See what I mean?

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