Somebody To Love
You Produce Lyrics

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We had two bags of grass,
seventy-five pellets of mescaline,
five sheets of high powered blotter acid,
a salt shaker half full of cocaine,
and a whole galaxy of multi colored
uppers, downers, screamers, laughers...
and also a quart of tequila,
a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether

and two dozen amyls.
But once you get locked in a serious drug collection,
not that we needed all this for the trip, tendency is to push it as far as you can.

When the truth is found to be lies,
and all the joy within you dies.

Don't you (want) ... don't don't you (want . want) ...
don't you (want) ... don't you (want . want) ...
don't you (want) ... don't don't you (want . want) ...
don't you (want) ... don't you (want . want) ...

don't don't (want) ... don't you (want . want) ...
don't you (want) ... don't you (want . want) ...

Don't you want somebody to love,
don't you need somebody to love,
wouldn't you love somebody to love?
You better find somebody to love.

Don't you (want) ... don't you (want . want) ...
don't you (want) ... don't you (want . want) ...
don't you (want) ... don't don't you (want . want) ...
don't you (want) ... don't you (want . want) ...

Don't you want somebody to love,
don't you need somebody to love,
wouldn't you love somebody to love?
You better find somebody to love.

Don't you want somebody to love,
don't you need somebody to love,
wouldn't you love somebody to love?
You better find somebody to love.

We had two bags of grass,
seventy-five pellets of mescaline,
five sheets of high powered blotter acid,
a salt shaker half full of cocaine,
and a whole galaxy of multi colored
uppers, downers, screamers, laughers...
and also a quart of tequila,
a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether
and two dozen amyls.

But once you get locked in a serious drug collection,
not that we needed all this for the trip, tendency is to push it as far as you can.

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "Somebody to Love" by You Produce paint a vivid picture of a drug-fueled journey. The song's opening lines list an array of drugs and alcohol, suggesting that the singer is embarking on a wild trip, fueled by substances. However, as the journey progresses, the singer realizes that the truth he believed was a lie. He becomes disillusioned and is filled with despair as the joy within him dies. It is at this point that the song's refrain is introduced: "Don't you want somebody to love," implying that the singer realizes that what he needed all along was love, not drugs.

Line by Line Meaning

We had two bags of grass,
We had a great quantity of marijuana.

seventy-five pellets of mescaline,
We had a large amount of a psychoactive drug called mescaline.

five sheets of high powered blotter acid,
We had multiple LSD strips.

a salt shaker half full of cocaine,
We had a considerable quantity of cocaine.

and a whole galaxy of multi colored
And also was a vast quantity of miscellaneous and unidentified drugs—

uppers, downers, screamers, laughers...
...namely stimulants, sedatives, hallucinogens, and other drugs of various effects.

and also a quart of tequila,
We also had a large amount of tequila.

a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether
We also had multiple alcoholic liquors and raw ether, which was a popular anesthetic in the 1960s.

and two dozen amyls.
And finally, we had two dozen amyl nitrites, which gave intense but brief highs and was popular among gay subcultures.

But once you get locked in a serious drug collection,
Once you start collecting drugs, it can become addictive and hard to stop.

not that we needed all this for the trip,
Despite our ample drug collection, we did not need it all for our journey.

tendency is to push it as far as you can.
However, for those with a serious drug collection, it's common to indulge in their usage as much as they can.

When the truth is found to be lies,
When you discover that what you thought was true is actually not true,

and all the joy within you dies.
And your happiness and positivity are destroyed.

Don't you (want) ... don't don't you (want . want) ...
Don't you desire,

Don't you (want) ... don't you (want . want) ...
Don't you crave,

Don't you (want) ... don't don't you (want . want) ...
Don't you desire,

Don't you (want) ... don't you (want . want) ...
Don't you crave,

Don't you want somebody to love,
Don't you desire someone to love,

don't you need somebody to love,
Don't you lack someone to love,

wouldn't you love somebody to love?
Do you not yearn for someone to love?

You better find somebody to love.
It's in your best interest to find someone to love.

Don't you (want) ... don't you (want . want) ...
Don't you crave,

Don't you (want) ... don't you (want . want) ...
Don't you desire,