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  • For me it was always about the alcoholism i struggle with. It has less affect the more you use it, that sort of thing.

  • I love this song, its one of those ones you forget about and when you listen to it again its likee aahh!! that good feeling :-) x

  • Still 1 the very best songs ever written, draws so many emotions

  • best song they wrote,well done guys

  • this song is about his dad not about weed listen to the words

  • ...great tune

  • Mine do. Quite nicely too.

  • whata about the radiohead version?

  • <3 i love this song

  • i'm addicted to this song ♥

  • WOW! AWESOME SONG BUT SAD

  • ace always

  • i remember sitting in someone's flat 3 years ago 4 joints down and skinning the next when this song came on the stereo. i have never laughed harder in my life. the best thing was everyone just stared at me, they just didn't get the irony.

  • What does radiohead gots to do with this band?

  • One Of The Best Song's It's Sweet And Slow And Brings A Tear To My Eye. :'(

  • the best song of ever

  • It's the "make you cry" song for me. Works like charm.

  • 10/10

  • classic listern and enjoy

  • What a classic tune.... can't belive it's 12 years old......

    TIME WAITS FOR NO MAN!!!

  • i didn t understand the words, so i found the translation ( i m italian) i think it s a so sweet song... ans so sad.. and so real too. i love it

  • richards dad had cancer thats wat the words mean if u hear the music and not just lisening to it best tune 4 years ..

  • Thats what it ment for me, my mum had cancer, the chemo didnt work at first so she just lost her hair was in alot of pain without hope or much/any affect on the cancer. Shes alright now :)

  • Wish I Could Say The Same About My Auntie:'(

  • @1992jamo songs like this somehow make u realise things an i know wat u went thru with cancer my stepmoms goin ryt thru it chemo nearly killed her the otherday iv got everythin crossed shes ok !!!! 4 my dad mainly hes the main man ever !!!!!

  • amazing....

  • This song is so sad. Made me cry. This group has some wonderful works that just grasp all the pain and emotions in this cruel world we live in.

  • The song is about his father dying.....not about weed.

  • @enzytebob His father died, that's sad... guess he found his muse though.

  • @enzytebob You sure? Lead singer Richard Ashcroft wrote the song in early 1995. He briefly mentioned it in an interview at the time, relating it to his drug usage: "There's a new track I've just written [...] It goes 'the drugs don't work, they just make me worse, and I know I'll see your face again'. That's how I'm feeling at the moment. They make me worse, man. But I still take 'em. Out of boredom and frustration you turn to something else to escape."[1]

  • @canninmac87 From the same article: "The exact meaning of the song is unclear, but it is generally believed that composer Richard Ashcroft wrote the song in response to the death of his father, and is also thought to be influenced by his relationship with his wife. Ashcroft said in an interview, "to me, it's a lovesong".

  • @canninmac87 The lyrics of the original demo varied from the eventual album track, with the main line changing from "They just make me worse" to "They just make you worse", as Ashcroft attempted to lyrically put across different points of view in the song; "They make you/me worse" refer to the medication his father was taking (which prolonged his life, but inflicted suffering at the same time). So it really depends on how you interpret the song.

  • @enzytebob Richard Ashcroft wrote the song , relating it to his drug usage: "There's a new track I've just written. It goes 'the drugs don't work, they just make me worse, and I know I'll see your face again'. That's how I'm feeling at the moment. They make me worse, man. But I still take 'em. Out of boredom and frustration you turn to something else to escape.

  • @enzytebob yes but weeds yummy and less depressing 

  • @enzytebob <---- Bahahahahaa that made my day

  • wonderful song ..has to be on on my top 5 from The Verve.

  • drugs aren't for everyone. simple as that.

  • Legalize pot!??? No way! Someone might break into my house and steal my visine and eat my cookie dough. LOL

  • Damn strait man. I came home from work and some desperate criminal pot feend was walking out my front door with my cheetos.

  • i want to dedicate this song to everyone out there who has battled meth and won and to those who are still fighting the uphill battle.

  • dude screw u fucking haterz this song made me cry

  • Ya, when I first heard I couldn't move and I felt like my blood turned to lead; such a powerful song.

  • some fucking shitty comments about a great song...ashcroft is a great singer/ songwriter

  • I dont understand how this song only has 27,000 views!!!!

  • Holy crap. I smoke weed, and I would not want to have cancer without it....my uncle smoked with me when he had colon cancer, and it helped him so very much, he was able to laugh and eat a bit and reminisce...sometimes the (pharmaceutical) drugs DON'T work. ~shrug~ You get comfortable however you can at the point my uncle was at. Peace, all.

  • Actually, smoking is the worst thing you can do with colon cancer. Oh yeah, red processed meat is also bad for cancer. Also, Drugs actually alter the electrical neurons in your brain, i.e. They kill your brain.

  • wow. My mom died of cancer in 97'..the drugs didnt work..

  • This is about his dad who was dying of I think cancer, this isnt about pot or drugs like that, its about the medical drugs that where used on his dad.

  • so many people dont wanna legalize weed, like beer makers, tobacco giants, christians, republicans, pot dealers, the kkk, people who've never done drugs, and all the moraly "supieor". All I gotta say is fuck them all.

  • lol pot dealers dont want it legalized.. it would be bad for business

  • if it was legalized it would cost 10$ for a whole bale

  • Um...wait a minute. I thought this song was about a relative who was dying of cancer -- the cancer treatment drugs weren't working. Anyone else heard that?

  • I read somewhere that supposedly this is ranked as the saddest song in the world

  • I drink when I get the chance, and I smoke weed almost everyday. Every person goes through alot in life and drugs and alcohol is the scapegoat from your pains in life, to be free! We're not children anymore, adult life is a BIG responsibility you never knew will be so hard unless your filthy rich but even at that the most rich and famous has problems too. Its hard to enjoy life with the many crazy experiences one goes through. But just live on and do your best to love yourself.

  • I must say...I used to be a pot head... Driving is totally possible for an avid habitual pot smoker.. Its not even a problem its like driving sober. If driving for the first 10 times your smoking, I wouldnt recommend it.

  • every situation where someone gets hurt? say you get in a car wreak dose that make honda responsible for your recklessness? if you were to cut off a finger when you were cutting wood with a saw dose that make the saw company a mechant of death? if a baby was to drown in a bathtub is the water comapny evil? no poeple need to stop looking for scapegoats and start taking responibility for thier actions, its like the idea of obama, obama might provide hope but the one who will provide change is you.

  • thats the most true thing i have ever heard

  • honestly you cant blame a company for you being an alcoholic, thats whats wrong with the country these days lazy people always looking for a scapegoat to blame their problems on, the same rule applies for ciggerette companies and yes even drug dealers, if you took crack on your own free will its your fault for getting addicted to an addictive substance no the guy who sold it to you, if you can blame hurting yourself when your drunk on the alcohol companies than why wouldnt that rule apply in

  • ya hit the nail on the head!!

  • I've lost both parents to terminal illnesses and after a while the drugs did not work.

    I also have a 55 year old friend who has been suffering from alcohol addiction since she was 13. At times she can't walk, doesn't eat, doesn't wash, wets her pants, forgets to feed her animals. It is sad. Alcohol is a drug, a legal one, and they give you the stupid "suggestion" to drink responsibly, so they will be in the clear.

  • i've been saying that for awhile now, about the legal drugs. dont forget cigarettes. but alchohol is by far the most abused and dangerous

  • you don't see people driving the wrong way down the highway and killing 8 people because they're high... at least, not as often as drunks

  • cause alcohol is easier to get?

  • and because it fucks you alot more than weed will. even if you're stone dout of your mind, you're still functional. you can walk and think, you just can't see too well.

    when you're DRUNK, you are totally useless. can barely even stand up straight, your mind is gone.

  • Yeah and people should drink responsibly it's not the alcohol companies who should be held responsible but instead the consumer to know when to call it quits. I know people who are alcoholics but I dont blame the alcohol companies like you are "suggesting"

  • What else can companies do? Control how much alcohol you drink magically? Give me a break, it's the consumers responsibility so it's their fault if they become alcoholics.

  • i fucked up so bad, this song is amazing<3

  • you didn't f up too much because your able to realize you f'd up... that's called progress! Something many never make!

  • i feel ya man my older brother has striggled with coke has whole life. i watched it destroy him he has stole from me my other brothers my dad has dad our mom, all of my friends all of his friends just for a quick fix. shit i even know how to rock it up cause of him. i did it with him numerous times, but i never spent money on it but that doesnt make it any better. now he is in prison been there a year got two to go. he has been in the joint about half his life. and man it hurts i watched it all

  • Why does everyone think this is about recreational drug addiction? Song is about somebody dieing (apparently his father) of Cancer. "The drugs (Chemo) don't work, they just make you worse". Man is unresponsive to the medication and is weakening him.

    Beautiful song

  • The song is about his dieing father

  • This song is about addiction between friends or a relationship. "All this talk of getting old" probably threw you off. It's in the aspect of we're too old and past the point of change. Hope that clarifies it up a little for you.

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  • Amazing song, the words are wonderful.....

  • Great song just wanna say the song is good

  • Wait...uh WHAT?? 9 nine Nyne of your friends died from the exact same thing?? LOL I find that a bit hard to believe.

  • Such a Requim for a Dream song

  • I would have to disagree.

    Depression is aw medical condition and maybe your own experience would put you in the right, but thousands say that tehy have became happy due to anti depressants.

  • Attention Everyone: Testicles that is all.

  • Just so you know...

  • U are obviusly a crybaby and shuld not cry especially if peeple are eating. I hate it when stupid peeple cry in the restaurant when I'm trying to eat.

  • can relate to this

  • It is very rare that I ever shed a tear, very rare. But when I listened to this song for the first time two days ago, I flat out cried, and now everytime I listen to this I can't help but shed a tear.

    It's such a depressing song, but I can't help but listen to it because it's also a very good song

  • i understand that

  • da verve is the new beatles :D! this song rocks

  • not even 13,000 views thats a discrace

  • I need some good drugs.............. :) :P :(

  • Stocktown, please share? I live in Sacramento and I hope you mean Stockton...

  • yeah i mean stockton. And i get a kick out of people downing my comment. I always post humorous metaphors.

  • Amazing talent all around here

  • BEST SONG EVER WRITTEN AND SUNG!!!!!

  • I'm being Paxilated, I don't care about shit now!

  • this song is fucking depressing!

  • i love the idiots on here.. "D00d idk bout him, but my drugs r workin lololol..."

    He's not even talking about pot or cocaine or anything...

  • He's talking about antidepressants, mood stabilizers, sedatives and the like. They just don't work; in fact make you worse. I know this from first-hand experience. My life was perfect, I'd never been suicidal until I became dependent on Psychiatric medication.

  • It could be any addictive drug, really. at some point drugs stop being fun, they stop doing what they once did for you, they take hold and what once made you feel good and took away your problems (covered them up) now becomes the problem.

  • Actually, he said (10 years ago, mind you, when MTV was still THE way to get such info) this was more about life-sustaining medicines for terminal illness... antidepressants vary a huge deal. SNRIs are life SAVING for some people who otherwise would die of poverty, the kinds who DO need them, who otherwise would be in bed all day crying until they got the eviction slip. For the last 10 years, I've been treating neurological and psychological illnesses. Drugs are my VERY last resort, mind you.

  • (and before someone flames me, my first lines of treatment involve BIOFEEDBACK to help people COPE by CONTROLLING THEIR OWN CONDITIONS NATURALLY. It's expensive and time consuming-half of major insurers don't cover it for anything but ADHD-so there IS the REAL problem with overuse of drugs. I'm also PRO-CHOICE on euthanasia and do NOT wish to prolong life when the patient is ready to go, as was the case for this song;I find it cruel to fear death so much as to force life upon the helplessly sick

  • If your life was so perfect why did you start taking medication? Why try to fix something that didn't require to be fixed?

    There are people that do require and need some type of medication.

  • This song helped me get off Christ too.

    I didn't know how to quit, until I heard this.

  • err.. i really dont think that's what the guy said.

  • in certain parts of the video, the singer looks a lot like mick jagger

  • I always thought Ben Harper wrote this song but just found out he actually covered it from the Verve.

  • FANTASTIC SONG

  • *tear*

    it's sad, but so beautiful

  • well then you neeed some of my drugs ahaha

  • Yes, they do.

  • a scientist measured heart rate, breathing, and other body functions to determine the happiest and saddest songs in the world. this was determined to be the saddest song in the world

  • what was the happiest? what were some other sad songs?

  • happiest were 1.LDN by Lilly Allen 2.Dancing Queen by Abba 3.Happy Shiny People by R.E.M. saddest 2.Angels by Robbie Williams 3.Sorry seems to be the hardest word by Elton John most exhilerating 1.blur's song 2(won by extraordinary lead) 2.love machine by girls aloud 3.somebody told me by the killers (i think they placed for other catagories but i am not sure)
  • What was Wish you Were Here ranked at?

  • i don't know, Dr. Harry Witchel only talked about the top songs. although i haven't looked into it that deeply and it is possible that he has a bigger list that i just never saw

  • such a sad song

  • lol well maybe his drugs rnt working...

  • I Thought it was radiohead too, then I was listening to it yesterday and I thought it doesn't sound like Thom Yorke, but it's on my ipod as Radiohead loll

  • i thought this was radiohead

  • he kind of looks like ayoung Mick Jagger. to me anyways.

  • I really like this song! Well done.

  • Legends in thier own right......just epic

  • Thanks, beautiful song.

    Sad that some people just don't care...

  • its tru, the drugs arent working n e more.

  • i am in love with this.

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