Nicotine is also the name of a Dutch hip-hop band, who released their first single in 1996.
It Is also the name of India Based Metal Band
and the name of a hardcore sick rapper
Tidal Wave
Nicotine Lyrics
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They are lost/No place to stay/
The wind blows to turn off the light
Of the fire from the torch/
Turn on the radio/I hear the voice of stereo/
It sounds like a metronome
Keeps striking on and on/
Hello, baby!/Where did you go?/
Hello, baby!/I wanna go/
You're gone one summer day with tidal wave
When I'm alone/I see the ghosts/
They are lost/No place to stay/The
Wind blows to turn off the light
Of the fire from the torch/
Turn on the radio/I hear the voice of stereo/
It sounds like a metronome
Keeps striking on and on/
Hello, baby!/Where did you go?/
My life had changed since you left/
Hello, baby!/I see the ghosts/
They try to take me there/I can not help
Yelling at the door/The bell is ringing in my head/
I feel the fire from the sky/
The wind across my face
Tidal Wave (You took all away)
Tidal Wave (You never show your smile. No way)
Tidal Wave (Why don't you give it back to me?)
Tidal Wave
In "Tidal Wave" by Nicotine, the lyrics depict a haunting sense of isolation and longing for a lost loved one. The singer is alone and sees ghosts, representative of memories or past relationships that continue to haunt them. The ghosts have no place to stay, insinuating a sense of displacement and loneliness. The wind blows to turn off the light of the torch's fire, perhaps symbolizing the end of a flame, like a relationship or hope.
The line "Turn on the radio/I hear the voice of stereo/It sounds like a metronome/Keeps striking on and on" shows the singer trying to fill the void left by the lost loved one. The voice on the radio, like a metronome, keeps going on and on, emphasizing the singer's inability to escape their pain. They call out to the lost loved one, asking where they went and reminiscing on how their life changed since they left. The lyrics "You're gone one summer day with a tidal wave" show that the loss was sudden and catastrophic like a tidal wave, taking everything away.
In the second verse, the ghosts continue to haunt the singer, even trying to take them there. The singer cannot help but be overwhelmed by emotion, yelling at the door with the bell ringing in their head. The last line "The wind across my face" shows the singer being carried away by their emotion, much like how wind can carry debris away in a storm.
Overall, "Tidal Wave" paints a heartbreaking picture of a person struggling to let go of a past love and move on from their pain.
Line by Line Meaning
When I'm alone/I see the ghosts/
When Nicotine is alone, he begins to see the ghosts of former experiences and memories.
They are lost/No place to stay/
These ghosts are lost and have no place to stay, likely representing feelings of nostalgia and longing.
The wind blows to turn off the light/Of the fire from the torch/
The wind symbolizes change, either causing or representing the extinguishing of a passionate flame in Nicotine's life.
Turn on the radio/I hear the voice of stereo/
Nicotine turns to music as a coping mechanism or source of comfort for the feelings he's experiencing.
It sounds like a metronome/Keeps striking on and on/
The constant, rhythmic pace of music acts as a reminder of the passage of time and life's cyclical nature.
Hello, baby!/Where did you go?/My life had changed since you left/
Nicotine is addressing a former love, expressing how empty and different his life has become without them.
Hello, baby!/I wanna go/You're gone one summer day with tidal wave
Nicotine desperately wishes to relive a past memory with this person, but they are long gone like a tidal wave, causing destruction and leaving him feeling lost.
Hello, baby!/I see the ghosts/They try to take me there/I can not help
The ghosts of past memories continue to haunt Nicotine, and he feels powerless to resist their hold on him.
Yelling at the door/The bell is ringing in my head/
Nicotine is overwhelmed by the memories and emotions he's experiencing, feeling a sense of urgency to either escape or confront them.
I feel the fire from the sky/The wind across my face
Nicotine feels both the danger and beauty of life, with the fire from the sky representing a sense of danger, while the wind on his face is a reminder of life's ever-changing nature.
Tidal Wave (You took all away)/Tidal Wave (You never show your smile. No way)/Tidal Wave (Why don't you give it back to me?)/Tidal Wave
The repeated chorus emphasizes the overwhelming nature of the emotions and memories Nicotine is experiencing, and how they seemingly took away everything from him. He pleads for a return to the past, wishing for things to be different and for a sense of closure to be brought to these feelings.
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