Take Ecstasy with Me Lyrics
You used to slide down the carpeted stairs
Or down the banister
You stuttered like a kaleidoscope
'Cause you knew too many words
You used to make gingerbread houses
We used to have taffy pulls
[Chorus]
Take ecstasy
With me, baby
Take ecstasy
With me
[Verse 2]
You had a black snowmobile
We drove out under the northern lights
A vodka bottle gave you those raccoon eyes
We got beat up just for holding hands
[Chorus]
Take ecstasy
With me, baby
Take ecstasy
With me
With me, baby
Take ecstasy
With me
About
The final track of the Magnetic Fields' fourth album, Holiday, “Take Ecstasy with Me” is a bittersweet song about a homosexual relationship whose problems are temporarily solved by taking drugs. Many versions of the song exist: the original Holiday recording, an alternate version featuring the band’s original vocalist Susan Anway, and a cover by American dance-punk band !!!.
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In a 1999 interview with Daniel Handler, Stephin Merritt said, “‘Take Ecstasy With Me’ is about people whose lives have been shattered and the answer is drugs. I’m making a case for taking this drug. Not just, let’s take this drug, but it’s a moral imperative for you to take this drug.”
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