One time a thing occured to me
What's real and whats for sale?
Blew a kiss and tried to take it home
It isn't you, isn't me
Search for things that you cant see
Going blind, out of reach
Somewhere in the vasoline
Two times and it has rendered me
Punch drunk and without bail
Think I'd be safer all alone
Flies in the vasoline we are
Sometimes it blows my mind
Keep getting stuck here all the time
Isn't you, isn't me
Search for things that you can't see
Going blind, out of reach
Somewhere in the vasoline
You'll see the look, and you'll see the lies
You'll eat the lies, and you will
Flies in the vasoline we are
Sometimes it blows my mind
Keep getting stuck here all the time
Isn't you, isn't me
Search for things that you can't see
Going blind, out of reach
Somewhere in the vasoline
What's real and whats for sale?
Blew a kiss and tried to take it home
It isn't you, isn't me
Search for things that you cant see
Going blind, out of reach
Somewhere in the vasoline
Two times and it has rendered me
Punch drunk and without bail
Think I'd be safer all alone
Flies in the vasoline we are
Sometimes it blows my mind
Keep getting stuck here all the time
Isn't you, isn't me
Search for things that you can't see
Going blind, out of reach
Somewhere in the vasoline
You'll see the look, and you'll see the lies
You'll eat the lies, and you will
Flies in the vasoline we are
Sometimes it blows my mind
Keep getting stuck here all the time
Isn't you, isn't me
Search for things that you can't see
Going blind, out of reach
Somewhere in the vasoline
song info:
Verified yes
LanguageEnglish
GenreAlternative, Rock
Rank−
Duration00:02:35
Charts
Copyright ©Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music
WriterDean Deleo, Eric Kretz, Robert Emile Deleo, Scott Richard Weiland
Lyrics licensed byLyricFind
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Last updatedMarch 7th, 2022
About"Vasoline" is a song by American rock band Stone Temple Pilots from their second album, Purple. The song was the second single of the album (and also the second most successful, only behind "Interstate Love Song"), reaching #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for two weeks. The song's odd-sounding intro was created by Robert DeLeo, who ran his bass through a wah-wah pedal to get the said effect. The song's lyrics were written by vocalist Scott Weiland. "Vasoline" also appears on the greatest hits compilation album Thank You. A live version also appears on The Family Values 2001 Tour compilation.
During STP's performance of "Vasoline" on VH1 Storytellers, Weiland says that the song is about "feeling like an insect under a magnifying glass."
In his autobiography Not Dead and Not For Sale, he adds that it "is about being stuck in the same situation over and over again. It's about me becoming a junkie. It's about lying to Jannina [Castaneda, first wife] and lying to the band about my heroin addiction."
Perhaps one of the strangest things about this song is the use of syncopation in the riff that the guitar and bass play. By itself, the riff sounds something like swung eighth notes alternating between the musical notes F natural and G natural. The riff, however, is an alternating sixteenth and eighth note pattern as part of a 3-beat rhythmic figure played over a drum beat in 4/4 time, creating a rhythmic tension and release that is characteristic of such figures.
The over-the-counter balm after which the song appears[citation needed] to be named is spelled Vaseline. Alternatively, it is believed that the name is a portmanteau of "Vaseline" and "Gasoline", which may be an allusion to a chemical mixture that is popularly known to be the composition of a flammable compound similar to, if not that of, Napalm.
The music videos (directed by Kevin Kerslake) were in heavy rotation on MTV when the single was released in 1994. There are at least three different versions of the video, labeled "X Version", "Y Version", and "Z Version". All versions are similar, using parts of the same footage with some minor differences and shown in different orders. The single album art is taken directly from the music video.
During STP's performance of "Vasoline" on VH1 Storytellers, Weiland says that the song is about "feeling like an insect under a magnifying glass."
In his autobiography Not Dead and Not For Sale, he adds that it "is about being stuck in the same situation over and over again. It's about me becoming a junkie. It's about lying to Jannina [Castaneda, first wife] and lying to the band about my heroin addiction."
Perhaps one of the strangest things about this song is the use of syncopation in the riff that the guitar and bass play. By itself, the riff sounds something like swung eighth notes alternating between the musical notes F natural and G natural. The riff, however, is an alternating sixteenth and eighth note pattern as part of a 3-beat rhythmic figure played over a drum beat in 4/4 time, creating a rhythmic tension and release that is characteristic of such figures.
The over-the-counter balm after which the song appears[citation needed] to be named is spelled Vaseline. Alternatively, it is believed that the name is a portmanteau of "Vaseline" and "Gasoline", which may be an allusion to a chemical mixture that is popularly known to be the composition of a flammable compound similar to, if not that of, Napalm.
The music videos (directed by Kevin Kerslake) were in heavy rotation on MTV when the single was released in 1994. There are at least three different versions of the video, labeled "X Version", "Y Version", and "Z Version". All versions are similar, using parts of the same footage with some minor differences and shown in different orders. The single album art is taken directly from the music video.