Skills in Pills (song)

Skills in Pills
Song by Lindemann from the album Skills in Pills
GEMA database:	15691515-001
ISWC:	T-917.094.920-9
Composer:	Peter Tägtgren
Lyricist:	Peter Tägtgren Till Lindemann
Recorded:	2013-2014 Abyss Studio, Pärlby
Producer:	Peter Tägtgren
Mixed:	Stefan Glaumann Toytown Studios, Stockholm
Mastered:	Svante Forsbäck Chartmakers, Helsinki
Released:	19 June 2015
Length:	04:13
Live debut:	1 Dec 2018 (as Lindemann) 1 Jan 2022 (as Till Lindemann)
Last performed:	17 Mar 2020 (as Lindemann) 28 Nov 2023 (as Till Lindemann)
Live count:	28 (as Lindemann) 14 (as Till Lindemann)
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Skills in Pills tracklist
Skills in Pills Ladyboy Fat Fish On Children of the Sun Home Sweet Home Cowboy Golden Shower Yukon Praise Abort That's My Heart

Skills in Pills is the first song on the album Skills in Pills by Lindemann.

Background

• Till has said the following about this song: "It’s about hypocrisy in modern society. The use of drugs is still being rejected in broad sections of the population. While the same people are often addicted to all kinds of pills prescribed by doctors. The use of booze, how excessive it may be, is widely accepted"

Versions

Studio

Title	Release	Length	Recorded	Released	Notes
Skills in Pills	Skills in Pills	04:13	2013-2014	19.06.2015
Skills in Pills (Snippet)	YouTube	00:43	2013-2014	02.05.2015
Skills in Pills	Newsletter	04:14	2013-2014	12.06.2015	Instrumental version

Live

Title	Release	Type	Length	Recorded		Released
Skills in Pills	Live in Moscow	Audio	04:30	15 Mar 2020 #1 15 Mar 2020 #2	VTB Arena – Dynamo Central Stadium, Moscow	21 May 2021
		Video	04:24

Live

Variations

Type	Description	First played	Last played
Intro	Extended synth intro	04 February 2020	17 March 2020

Lyrics

Album version

If you want to die Or if you want to chill Even if you want to get high Whatever happens, take a pill The first I take against depression The second is pure energy A green one for my self-aggression Then a red one - Ecstasy, Ecstasy (-sy, -sy ,-sy) All the left is right All the black is white All the fast was slow All the loose is tight All the heat is snow All the high was low All the grief is fun All the, all the rain is sun Skills in pills If the jag gets really strong A pink one goes with booze and blow So I keep fucking all night long The orange is for, I don't know The grey one for my perfect sleep Yellow for my needful cure A blue one keeps my boner steep I take two, just to be sure All the left is right All the black is white All the fast was slow All the loose is tight All the heat is snow All the high was low All the grief is fun All the, all the the rain is sun Skills in pills Skills in pills Skills in pills Skills in pills All the left is right All the black is white All the fast was slow All the loose is tight All the heat is snow All the high was low All the grief is fun All the, all the rain is sun A white one for my whatever pain In the end I start to cry So I take the first again I have a last one and I hope to die