We Are All on Drugs

"We Are All on Drugs" is a song by American alternative rock band Weezer. It was released as the second single from the band's 2005 album, Make Believe. "We Are All on Drugs" was released to radio on July 12, 2005. The song is not specifically about drugs. Rather, Rivers Cuomo has said that it is more generally about the over-stimulated society addicted to the internet, gambling, drugs and relationships.

## Background

"We Are All on Drugs" is first known to have been demoed acoustically and recorded directly onto Rivers Cuomo's laptop at Weezer's rented office space on June 23, 2003. The song continued to be demoed throughout 2003 and was alternately on Cuomo's "A-List" during pre-production on Make Believe.

Initial pressings of Make Believe contained an incorrect mix of "We Are All on Drugs", featuring different lyrics during the bridge ("I want to confiscate your drugs / I don't think I can get enough"). Upon discovering the mistake, the band had the correct version included on later pressings of the album, and released it as the album's second single. There is also a censored version called "We Are All In Love", mainly used for airings of the video on stations that objected to the drug reference. Pat Wilson came up with the censored title and originally wanted to call it "We Are All on Hugs".

In a May 9, 2005 interview with Y100, Weezer lead singer Rivers Cuomo talked about the song: "Don't take it literally...I'm singing more about the fact [of] how addicted we all are to stimulating ourselves, and over-stimulating ourselves with music, or whatever it is in our lives. [It's] not necessarily about drugs."

When the song was serviced to radio, the band was not free to immediately film a video. In order to get a quick video made to promote the song, a hastenly-edited video was constructed using footage from a 1985 video for the song "Fear No Evil" by heavy metal band Grim Reaper. Eventually, a proper video - employing heavy use of green-screen effects - was shot and distributed.

The song was covered by the Los Angeles pop metal/rock band Baba Yaga (formerly Skinmask) and released as the band's debut single on July 2, 2020. Weezer members Scott Shriner and Brian Bell made guest appearences in the video.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

When you're out with your friends in your new Mercedes-Benz

And you're on drugs

And you show up late for school 'cause you think you're really cool

When you're on drugs

And you put on your headphones and you step into the zone

When you're on drugs

But the world don't care if you are or are not there

'Cause you're on drugs

[Chorus]

Give it to me, we are all on drugs, yeah

Never gettin' enough (Never gettin' enough)

We are all on drugs, yeah

Give me some of that stuff, whoo!

[Verse 2]

And you twitch in your seat 'cause you wanna hit the street

When you're on drugs

And you cause such a fuss, 'cause there's no one you can trust

When you're on drugs

And the best of your days will all vanish in the haze

When you're on drugs

And you wish you could quit 'cause you're really sick of it

But you're on drugs

[Chorus]

Give it to me, we are all on drugs, yeah

Never gettin' enough (Never gettin' enough)

We are all on drugs, yeah

Give me some of that stuff, whoo!

[Bridge]

I want to reach a higher place

Where things will never be the same

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]

Give it to me, we are all on drugs, yeah

Never gettin' enough (Never gettin' enough)

We are all on drugs, yeah

Give me some of that stuff, whoo!

[Outro]

We are all on drugs (We are all on drugs)

We are all on drugs (We are all on drugs)

We are all on drugs (We are all on drugs)

We are all on drugs (We are all on drugs)

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