The Raveness How to prepare The Green Fairy lyrics

Sugar, glass, ice-cold water and of course the absinthe these
are all that you need for the quality of greenth. Now on that
note let us begin our potions winding labyrinth.

A beginner must begin with about a fifth, a fifth of the glass
capacity but with the experience of time may increase the
poison's toxicity. Rest the spoon upon the rim and the sugar
cube on its trowel face. The spoon should be held by handle
on the edge of the glass in its place.

Now when it comes to the sugar depends on just how sweet
of a person you are. If you are but as sweet as me, you will
pile up the sugar as if it were gold bullion bars. But as it is
with tea just a matter of taste, some cubes are petite, and
one may seem a waste. Therefore, you may prefer two to
see this naughty nymph sweetly laced.

Now as if it were a curvaceous beauty grab that carafe and
by its hips begin the pouring of the icy water in small
amounts to saturate. But do not get too hasty give the sugar
a minute, let it take breaths, wait. Delicate drizzles must
stream over the cube and as if it were the fairy gently let it traipse.

Do not be embarrassed if need be practice the technique of
aqueous swashbuckling in an empty glass, if you feel slightly
overcome by nerves with time they will pass. As the water
through silvery web decays the sugar into emerald depths
take into account the many types some require various

measurements for various strengths.
Now remember when you take that first sip, Oscar Wilde
did warn us that its bite was greater than a nip. You must
prepare for the most disassociating trip, that only you are
responsible for should you abuse in foolishness by losing
mental grip.

"After the first glass of absinthe you see things as you wish
they were. After the second, you see them as they are not.
Finally, you see things as they really are, and that is the
most horrible thing in the world. I mean disassociated. Take
a top hat. You think you see it as it really is. But you don't
because you associate it with other things and ideas. If you
had never heard of one before and suddenly saw it alone,
you'd be frightened, or you'd laugh.
That is the effect absinthe has, and that is why it drives men
mad. Three nights I sat up all night drinking absinthe and
thinking that I was singularly clearheaded and sane.

The waiter came in and began watering the sawdust. The
most wonderful flowers, tulips, lilies and roses sprang up
and made a garden in the cafe. "Don't you see them?" I said
to him. "Mais non, monsieur, il n'y a rien."
"No sir there is nothing" the waiter replied and that my fairy
chasers were the very words of the late Oscar Wilde.