Opiate For The Masses was a Phoenix, Arizona-based quartet whose sound has … Read Full Bio ↴Opiate For The Masses was a Phoenix, Arizona-based quartet whose sound has a combination of influences including Tool, Depeche Mode, SOAD, Guns 'N Roses, KMFDM, Cannibal Corpse, Metallica, Ministry, Nine Inch Nails and Ween. Twist and grind them all into a fresh, original package and you have Opiate For The Masses.

Opiate For The Masses split up in 2009.

Nothing Left
Opiate For The Masses Lyrics

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Kiss goodbye these final summer days
Through the panic and the haze
Or should I paraphrase
What you whispered yesterday?
We'll never be the same
Never taste that high again

Shut my eyes and shudde to regain

Any pleasure from the pain
Or should I just pretend
I don't remember yesterday?
We'll never be the same
Never taste that high again

If there's nothing left for me here
I just wanna make things clear
Yeah...

I have dreams we never fell away
Burning pills of disarray
We somehow found a better place
But that's not all I've come to say
Wish you would feel the same
I wanna taste that high again

If there's nothing left for me here
I just wanna make things clear 0
Yeah
If there's nothing left for me here

I just wanna make things clear
Yeah...

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "Nothing Left" by Opiate for the Masses talks about a desire to relive the experience of a previous high. The song speaks to the longing for the past and the pain of knowing that things will never be the same again. The call to "kiss goodbye these final summer days" suggests that the end of the season is symbolic of a greater end, perhaps the end of an era in life. The mention of panic and haze alludes to the chaos that may have been part of the high that the singer wishes to experience again.

The lines "Or should I just pretend/I don't remember yesterday?" shows a struggle between wanting to hold onto the memories and wanting to move on from them. The chorus of the song is perhaps the most poignant, with the singer saying that if there's nothing left for them in their current reality, they just want to make things clear. The ambiguity of the lyrics leaves the interpretation open, but it's possible that the situation is one of lost love or a sense of stagnancy in life.

Line by Line Meaning

Kiss goodbye these final summer days
Bid farewell to the last few days of summer

Through the panic and the haze
Despite the confusion and chaos

Or should I paraphrase
Do you want me to rephrase

What you whispered yesterday?
The words you spoke to me the day before

We'll never be the same
We can never go back to the way things were

Never taste that high again
Never feel that ecstasy again

Shut my eyes and shudder to regain
Close my eyes and tremble to feel again

Any pleasure from the pain
Any gratification from the suffering

Or should I just pretend
Should I simply act as if

I don't remember yesterday?
I have no recollection of yesterday

If there's nothing left for me here
If there is no reason for me to stay