Snowblind_(Styx_song)
Snowblind (Styx song)
1981 song by Styx
"Snowblind" is a song by Styx that appears on the Paradise Theatre album released in 1981. The song is about the helplessness of cocaine addiction,[1] alternating between slow, brooding verses (sung by James Young) and a faster, harder-edged chorus (sung by Tommy Shaw), representing the addict's cycle of highs and lows.
"Snowblind" was written by Dennis DeYoung and Young with uncredited lyrics by Shaw.[2][3] The single reached #22 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
Shaw said of the song in 2011:
I had done some research into those lyrics. Everybody was doing it back then โ it's not my excuse, but it was just what you did. If you were going to a party back in those days, cocaine was just one of the things on the menu. I never did heroin, because I thought that meant I was doing heavy drugs, which shows you the insanity of doing drugs. I probably should have done heroin, because I understand heroin actually makes you feel good. Cocaine just makes you stupid.[3]