Lyrics for If Only as interpreted by OwnPersonalDemon

If Only Lyrics
If it gets you down well then I'll take it
If it gets you up well I don't want it
It let you down so broken hearted
If it gets you down well then I want it

If only we're nothing at all

So blow our mind and make it lazy
Those long long days with no escaping
I hold the wheel to let it go
Don't wanna stop, don't wanna know
If it gets you down, well just don't blame me

If only we're nothing at all

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sean7711
08-28-2002

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i think its about the highs and lows of drugs

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BreakinGlass139
06-01-2004

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I think this song is about wanting to escape reality and just completely letting go (in Josh Homme's case that would be via drugs). The song also expresses the strange feeling of actually wanting to be a nobody and just having no connections, so you could exist in peace. One of my favorite by QOTSA.

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VelvetEyes
10-13-2004

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I've always felt that this song was specifically about the downers in the world of drugs... painkillers, valium, that sort of thing. It sounds like he prefers to have his mind blown and make him "lazy", rather than get "up" on something else, like speed or coke. For those long hard days where the boredom is overwhelming, it's the only way to do it. Who knows, I don't, it's just my interpretation. What a delicious song.

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If It Gets You Down
10-27-2004

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VelvetEyes is right. I can relate to this song a lot too, as I used to enjoy taking painkillers often. The line "blow our mind and make it lazy" is a clear reference to downers, as is the very straightforward "if it gets you down"

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Delicious Soy
05-15-2005

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Like others have said, I think this is about using downers as an escape valve. Instead of trying to get perked up on stimulants, just embracing whatever's bothering you and going with the flow of it.

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insane metal fan
02-16-2006

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best queens of the stone age song as of yet.

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feelin`dizzy
06-30-2006

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Yer i agree with Insane Metal Fan its their best yet

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Qotsa-in-my-blood
07-30-2006

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It is about the ups and downs of drugs....this song is totally fucking freakin fabulous!!!!
It was played on the movie Wrong turn...it went brill with that movie on that scene!

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hastalavictoria
01-04-2007

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I thought it was "If only 'only' were nothing at all", as in, he wished there were no downsides.

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Dominik
06-20-2007

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I hate this version. The best version of this song "If Only Everything" is on the split EP with Kyuss, It just sounded better,

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Black Mirror
07-15-2007

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can't help myself, but this song makes me freak out everytime i listen to it ... just imaging driving in a fucked-up car somewhere in the desert of texas ... watching the beautiful dawn ... yeah

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cowboykyle
01-28-2009

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Opiates..."if only" you could use them for "those long long days of no escaping"...but the truth is they "let you down so broken hearted"...and you "dont wanna stop, and ya dont wanna know"..the baggage that comes with such a blissful hi.."if only" thats all it was a hi... .perhaps he works hard with his band and life to hold it together just so he can get hi once and a while or as he puts it"blow your mind and make it lazy".. "hold the wheel just to let go"....anyways just what it sounds like to me..just my opinion

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