Increase delete escape defeat
It's all that matters to you
Cotton case for an iron pill
Distorted eyes
when everything is clearly dying

Burn my knees and
Burn my knees and
Burn my knees and
E-motion sickness
Addict with no heroine
E-motion sickness
Distorted eyes
when everything is clearly dying

Burn my knees and
Burn my knees and pray
Burn my knees and
Burn my knees and pray
[All my friends say]
Get up get up get up get up
Get up get up get up
Won't you stop my pain

E-motion sickness
[To idle with an idol]
Addict with no heroine
Good things will pass
It helps with excess access
Lessons learnt

E-motion sickness
[Lost no friendship]
[Corrosive head pollution]
Lessons learnt

Music and lyrics by Daniel Johns
©1999 Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia/Big Fat Llama Music
All rights on behalf of Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia
Big Fat Llama Music admin. by Sony/ATV
Songs LLC (BMI), 8 Music Square West, Nashville, TN
All rights reserved
Used by permission

Emotion Sickness
(RealAudio clip, 30 sec.)

Daniel Johns talks about
Emotion Sickness

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Ben Gillies & Chris Joannou
with pianist David Helfgott

"distorted eyes..."

David Helfgott & Nick Launay

Daniel explains 'legato' to
string arranger Jane Scarpantoni

Emotion Sickness is the "essence" of silverchair's Neon Ballroom
album, according to songwriter Daniel Johns.

"We deliberately put it as first track," he said. "People will
expect the first song to be some big techno remix hard core
thing and they hear this manic orchestra piece -- they just go...
OK, cool."

For the manic piano on Emotion Sickness, silverchair asked
classical pianist David Helfgott (the inspiration for the Oscar-winning
movie Shine to play, though he'd never worked in a non-classical
setting before.

"My favourite part [of the recording sessions for the album] was
definitely when David Helfgott came and played on Emotion Sickness,"
said silverchair's Ben Gillies. "That was just -- that was one wild day."

"He was cuddling everyone and he couldn't stop kissing," Johns smiled.
"I had a few kisses. He was good looking, and I was happy with it."

Gillies and bassist Chris Joannou were a bit skeptical when Johns played
a demo of the song for them, the guitarist said.

"When I played them Emotion Sickness and a few other songs, they
were like, 'It's pretty weird, man!'"

But the wariness of the rhythm section was soon overcome by
enthusiasm.

"Emotion Sickness obviously is one of my favourites," Gillies said.

Members of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra also play on the track.
To arrange the strings for the song, silverchair again called upon cellist
Jane Scarpantoni (Cemetery, Helmet, Fuel's Shimmer).

"Jane did the string arrangement on Cemetery on the last album
(1997's Freak Show), and she just writes really good string parts
with really different ideas," Johns said.

David Helfgott

Daniel & David

Jane Scarpantoni

"get up..."