Avant Gardener

Album: The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas (2013)
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  • I sleep in late
    Another day
    Oh what a wonder
    Oh what a waste
    It's a Monday
    It's so mundane
    What exciting things
    Will happen today?
    The yard is full of hard rubbish it's a mess and
    I guess the neighbors must think we run a meth lab
    We should amend that
    I pull the sheets back
    It's 40 degrees
    And i feel like I'm dying
    Life's getting hard in here
    So i do some gardening
    Anything to take my mind away from where it's supposed to be
    The nice lady next door talks of green beds
    And all the nice things that she wants to plant in them
    I wanna grow tomatoes on the front steps
    Sunflowers, bean sprouts, sweet corn and radishes
    I feel pro-active
    I pull out weeds
    All of a sudden
    I'm having trouble breathing in
    I'm having trouble breathing in
    I'm having trouble breathing in
    I'm having trouble breathing in

    My hands are shaky
    My knees are weak
    I can't seem to stand
    On my own two feet
    I'm breathing but I'm wheezing
    Feel like I'm emphysemin'
    My throat feels like a funnel
    Filled with weet bix and kerosene and
    Oh no, next thing i know
    They call up triple O
    I'd rather die than owe the hospital
    Till I get old
    I get adrenalin
    Straight to the heart
    I feel like Uma Thurman
    Post-overdosing kick start
    Reminds me of the time
    When i was really sick and I
    Had too much psuedoefedryn and I
    Couldn't sleep at night
    Halfway down high street, Andy looks ambivalent
    He's probably wondering what I'm doing getting in an ambulance
    The paramedic thinks I'm clever 'cause I play guitar
    I think she's clever cos she stops people dying
    Anaphylactic and super hypocondriactic
    Should've stayed in bed today
    I much prefer the mundane
    I take a hit from
    An asthma puffer
    I do it wrong
    I was never good at smoking bongs
    I'm not that good at breathing in
    I'm not that good at breathing in
    I'm not that good at breathing in Writer/s: Courtney Barnett
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Third Side Music Inc.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Slug from TaiwanIt's not about a panic attack, it's about a severe allergic reaction (anaphylactic shock) to something while gardening. Hence the reference to anaphylactic and adrenaline (which is used to treat Anaphylaxis). The song is based on a severe asthma attack the writer had experienced, not a panic attack.
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