Codeine released their first album Frigid Stars on the German label Glitterhouse in 1990. The album was released on Sub Pop the following year.
Their second release, the Barely Real EP was issued in 1992. Immerwahr rejected several of the songs after the recording session. Some of these songs were re-recorded for the final album. The song w. is a solo performance on piano by David Grubbs (of Bastro, Squirrel Bait and Gastr del Sol). A somewhat different full-band version of the song appears on Codeine's next album, but titled Wird.
Brokaw left the band after the release of Barely Real to play full-time with his other band Come. He was replaced by Douglas Scharin of the band Rex.
Codeine's next and final release was the full-length album The White Birch, released in 1994. David Grubbs also participated on the album. After this release the band broke up. Stephen Immerwahr has since then been playing with the band Raymond, while Douglas Scharin continued in June of 44 and later HiM.
The band reformed in May 2012 for a Mogwai-curated ATP I'll Be Your Mirror in London. They played their final reunion show in July 2012 in New York.
Realize
Codeine Lyrics
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Staring out of your room
Feeling blue
What am I gonna do?
Look at me, just close your eyes
Try to realize
Look at me, just close your eyes
Coffee's there
On the floor
From the night before
Shades are drawn
Against the sun
Where is everyone?
Look at me, just close your eyes
Try to realize
Look at me, just close your eyes
Try to realize
The lyrics to Codeine's song "Realize" convey a sense of melancholy and loneliness, as the singer describes being alone and feeling blue in a quiet room. The lines "What am I gonna do?" and "Where is everyone?" suggest a sense of aimlessness and isolation. The image of the coffee spilled on the floor from the night before, and the shades drawn against the sun, also contribute to this feeling of disconnection and inertia.
The refrain, "Look at me, just close your eyes/Try to realize," suggests a glimmer of hope amid the despair. Perhaps the singer is urging himself to focus on the present moment and to try to find some meaning or purpose in his solitary existence. The repetition of the phrase emphasizes the urgency of this realization and the difficulty of achieving it.
Overall, the lyrics to "Realize" evoke a sense of emotional emptiness and introspection, as the singer struggles to come to terms with his feelings of loneliness and uncertainty.
Line by Line Meaning
On a quiet afternoon
In a peaceful moment of the day with little activity
Staring out of your room
Looking out from one's own room
Feeling blue
Feeling sad or depressed
What am I gonna do?
Feeling helpless and unsure about how to handle the situation
Look at me, just close your eyes
Directing attention to the artist and requesting the listener to close their eyes
Try to realize
Suggesting that the listener should try to understand or recognize something important
Coffee's there
Noticing that there is coffee present
On the floor
Observing that the coffee is on the ground
From the night before
Realizing that the coffee has been there since the previous night
Shades are drawn
Noticing that the window shades are down, blocking out sunlight
Against the sun
The shades are blocking the light from the sun
Where is everyone?
Questioning the absence of people around
Look at me, just close your eyes
Repeating the request for the listener to pay attention to the singer and close their eyes
Try to realize
Emphasizing the importance of understanding or recognizing something
Lyrics © DistroKid, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: JEFFREY LORBER, JEFFREY H LORBER, MORRIS RENTIE, CHARLIE WILSON
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Aspartamebraintumor
I want to play music like this, but it has already been done so perfectly
stefano venturini
Damn right!
Frog Mark
grab what you like, take ideas out and add new ideas and merge it with other inspirations to create something of your own
Takashi Mizutani
@Aspartamebraintumor putting a comment here to get notified once you do it
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@Aspartamebraintumor it’s been four years how are you not done
Aspartamebraintumor
@Zachariah I'll let you know when it is done
Tungsten Iwashiki
This song is like a car crash in slow motion. Perfect song.
Love Codeine.
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PoemsAboutStars
I LOVE his guitar tone... and such a great visual style, so very 90s
Matthias Gugelmann
Yes, want to know what Amp he used ???!!!