Three Sheets to Kishkiyya · Track 123 · middle
Drunken Noodles (Pad Kee Mao)
VOLUME V — the CURES, crawling back to life. The idiom and the song's title hook: "Drunken Noodles (Pad Kee Mao)". Its true history: Thailand — the fiery basil-and-chili stir-fried noodles, fittingly named; a spicy revival jolt. Render this beat of the night as the band's affectionate, funny, celebratory tribute — the idiom itself is the chorus hook.
Lyrics
[Intro] Code blue in the kitchen, flatline on the floor! Get the fire running, kick open the door! [Verse 1] My pulse is a ghost and my head is a drum I am poisoned by yesterday, totally numb We need a rescue mission, straight out of Thailand A desperate man on a kitchen island! [Chorus] Hit me with the Drunken Noodles, Pad Kee Mao! I need a culinary defibrillator, right here, right now! Holy basil and the bird's eye chili Shocking the system when I'm spinning dizzy It's the Drunken Noodles, Pad Kee Mao! Turn up the wok and save me! [Verse 2] Wide rice noodles soaking up the soy A fiery revival for a shattered boy It's an emergency of spice, a brilliant assault Sweating the venom right out of my pulse! [Chorus] Hit me with the Drunken Noodles, Pad Kee Mao! I need a culinary defibrillator, right here, right now! Holy basil and the bird's eye chili Shocking the system when I'm spinning dizzy It's the Drunken Noodles, Pad Kee Mao! Turn up the wok and save me! [Bridge] My eyes are watering, my sinuses burst This is the beautiful end to the worst The panic of the pepper fighting panic in my brain A glorious, sweating, magnificent flame! [Outro] Keep the pan hot, don't stop pouring the heat Crawling back to life on the Bangkok street Drunken Noodles... I can feel my toes again Pass the water... wait, maybe just one more bite.