Heroin

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"Heroin"
Cover by Brian Bell and Patrick Wilson
Recorded 2006
Writer(s) Lou Reed
Status unreleased

"Heroin" is a song by the Velvet Underground, released in 1967 for their debut album The Velvet Underground & Nico.

Cover version

Weezer members Brian Bell and Patrick Wilson recorded a cover of the song for the 2006 film Factory Girl [1]. Bell and Wilson also have minor cameo roles in the film as Velvet Underground members Lou Reed and John Cale, respectively. The song was, ultimately, not used and has not been heard by fans.

Gallery

Lyrics

I don't know just where I'm going
But I'm gonna try for the kingdom, if I can
Cause it makes me feel like I'm a man
When I put a spike into my vein
And I tell you things aren't quite the same
When I'm rushing on my run
And I feel just like Jesus' son

And I guess that I just don't know
And I guess that I just don't know

I have made big decision
I'm gonna try to nullify my life
Cause when the blood begins to flow
When it shoots up the dropper's neck
When I'm closing in on death
You can't help me, not you guys
Or all you sweet girls with all your sweet talk
You can all go take a walk

And I guess I just don't know
And I guess that I just don't know

I wish that I was born a thousand years ago
I wish that I'd sailed the darkened seas
On a great big clipper ship
Going from this land here to that
On a sailor's suit and cap
Away from the big city
Where a man cannot be free
Of all the evils of this town
And of himself and those around

Oh, and I guess that I just don't know
Oh, and I guess that I just don't know

Heroin, be the death of me
Heroin, it's my wife and it's my life, haha
Because a mainline into my vein
Leads to a center in my head
And then I'm better off than dead
Because when the smack begins to flow
I really don't care anymore
About all the Jim-Jims in this town
And all the politicians making crazy sounds
And everybody putting everybody else down
And all the dead bodies piled up in mounds
Cause when the smack begins to flow
And I really don't care anymore
Ah, when that heroin is in my blood
Heh, and that blood is in my head
Then thank God that I'm as good as dead
And thank your God that I'm not aware
And thank God that I just don't care

And I guess I just don't know
Oh, and I guess I just don't know

See also