[Silence]
[Instrumental – Psychedelic Guitar Swirl, Warped Organ, Pulsing Bass, Loose Drums]
[Intro]
[Slurred Spoken Vocal, Echoed]
Pour more flow… don’t need to know…
Just drink it down…
(And, pass it ’round)
[Glass Clink, Reverse Cymbal Rise]
[Verse 1]
They lined it up in crooked rows
Nobody asks where it goes
Red in color, sweet in taste
But something’s off in mental waste
Eyes get heavy, thoughts get thin
Truth dissolves and slips right in
Smiles get stuck a little too wide
Like something else is on the inside
[Pre-Chorus]
Every sip takes something more
Than you ever bargained for
Til the world begins to sway
And logic slowly fades away
[Refrain]
I don’t know about you
But they’re drinking
(A strange brew)
Reality’s shrinking
(Drinkin’ a strange brew)
More red Kool-Aid
Watch sanity fade
(Strange, strange brew)
[Chorus]
Sip it down and don’t resist
Taste the edge of what exists
Every drop a new belief
Hiding deeper underneath
Strange brew in the air tonight
Blurring wrong and turning far-right
Nothing here is what it seems
It’s dissolving all your dreams
[Instrumental Break – Acid Guitar Solo, Swirling Synths, Reverse Echo Drums]
[Verse 2]
Now the room begins to tilt
Built on something poorly built
Words repeat but don’t align
Spinning out of space and time
Crowds are laughing just the same
But nobody recalls their name
Every story starts to blend
With a loop that won’t end
[Pre-Chorus]
What is real and what is sold?
Something warm but growing cold
Every thought begins to bend
Til it breaks or can’t defend
[Refrain]
I don’t know about you
But they’re drinking
(A strange brew)
Reality’s shrinking
(Drinkin’ a strange brew)
More red Kool-Aid
Watch sanity fade
(Strange, strange brew)
[Bridge]
Is it poison? Is it peace?
Is it just a false release?
Every answer starts to blur
In the taste of what they stir
[Breakdown – Minimal Groove, Whispered Vocals]
Drink it slow…
Don’t let go…
You won’t know…
Til it shows…
[Final Chorus – Full Psychedelic Explosion, Layered Vocals]
Sip it down and don’t resist
Nothing here is what exists
Strange brew in every vein
Riding down into the brain
Strange brew, don’t ask why
Watch the clear turn into lie
Strange brew, drink it deep
Til reality won’t keep
[Outro]
[Slow Fade – Warped Organ, Dripping Sound, Distant Laughter]
I don’t know about you…
(But I hope to make it through…)
[Silence]
From the album “Stranger Than Fiction“