NoFx - Pump Up The Valium

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12 by 12 foot room
Strapped down to the bed
Now pump up the valium

My mind is wide asleep
My conscience deep awake
The promises I keep
Are not the ones I make
I count the caustic causes
I lost count of regrets
A surplus of good intentions
Don't provide me with content
All I want is just a little content

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Still no breathing room
Pressure's building up
So pump up the valium

I choose the beaten path
I've been to where it leads
Why I keep coming back
A mystery to me
I found what I've been seeking
It's too late for me to care
My aspiration's leaking
From a hole I can't repair
Maybe I just don't want it repaired

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[edcliffb]

BEST SONG OF NoFX!!!! FUCKING GOOD GOOD RIFF! GOOD BASS! GOOD DRUMS! EXELLENT VOICE! FUCKING EXELLENT! NOFX RULES!

[xiORCHx]

PUMP UP THE DIAZEPAM!

[urantivirus]

@edcliffb Don't forget excellent lyrics! No other genera of rock, or most music in general, has a vocabulary like NOFX or even punk in general.

[Dert666]

Melvin kills this song, fuckin sick!!! "Thats Melvin on 6 string-SOME TELL ME I CANT SING!!" ....he should sing more

[Oldschoolismylife]

I had an addiction to Xanax for almost 4 years, which is similar to Valium, so I really get what they are saying here. This is one of my fav songs by NoFX altho Blasphemy and Cokie the Clown I appreciate also. These guys are so unique not only from other punk bands, but from any other music as a whole. I imagine i'll be listening to them for many years to come.

[FatMike8787]

@edcliffb drums just good?

[MungJuice123]

@rlukemoore i remember that shit! punkorama in 7th grade gave me all my music of that time.... 16 years later im just finging them all over agian! they fckin rock!

[rlukemoore]

For anyone who was wondering, this song was released originally on "Punk-O-Rama 5", and then later rereleased on "45 or 46 Songs That Weren't Good Enough to Go on Our Other Records"

[desiidenied]

@edcliffb I agree, this song makes me so fucking overwhelmed with happiness :D

[johnbesselievre]

xanax > valium, great song

[LadyGrendleFrost13]

@dickmharter I think it's similar to that, but not 100% having a drug problem due to mental illness, once you get medicated for something.... and it makes you feel better you can't stop....THAT SUCKS... so yeah it's related, but not entirely the same as a drug problem that you can 100% help. PUMP UP THE VALIUM to sustain this illness to help me keep tame so I don't wind up locked in the hospital again is what it speaks to me. I have more info on why.