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Riff: The Libertines – “Gunga Din”

Jul 6, 2015

Got to find a vein/It’s always the same/And a drink to ease/The panic and the suffering/I woke up again/Dreamt of Gunga Din

from Gunga Din lyrics by The Libertines

Prodigal UK indie-rock sons 11-year returneth, confronting their drug-fueled past w/ another Rudyard Kipling plug — “You’re a better man than I,” they tumble into The Clash-ish red-light-district cruiser, alluding to a line in Gunga Din the poem. A clever little stab at the demons that lurk. Stay sober dudes.

Riff by Gavin Paul

Gavin Paul is SONGLYRICS' Editor-in-Chief. Chicago-bred, New York-sculpted, his words and ideas have appeared in publications ranging from Spin and Rolling Stone to The Chicago Sun-Times and Arborist News.

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