I was in heaven
I was in hell
Believe in neither
But fear them as well

This one's a doctor
This one's a lawyer
This one's a cash thief
Taking your money

Back in the Metro
Ride on a Greyhound
Drunk on the Amtrack
Please shut up!

Another rider
He was a talker
Talking about TV
Please shut up!

This one's a crazer
Daydreaming disaster
The origin of junk food
Rutting through garbage

Tasty but worthless
Dogs eat their own shit
We're doing the cockroach, yeah

Doin' the cockroach, yeah
Doin' the cockroach, yeah
Yeah
All right, not bad

Doin' the cockroach, yeah
Doin' the cockroach, yeah
Yeah
All right, not bad

Doin' the cockroach, yeah
Doin' the cockroach, yeah
Yeah
All right, not bad
Not bad
No

One year
Twenty years
Forty years
Fifty years
Down the road in your life
You'll look in the mirror and say
"My parents are still alive!"

You move your mouth
You shake your tongue
You vibrate my eardrums
You're saying words
But you know I ain't listening

You're walking down the street
Your face
Your lips
Your hips
Your eyes
They meet
You're not hungry though

Well, late last winter
Down below the equator
They had a summer that would make you blister

Oh, my mind is all made up
So I'll have to sleep in it

Well, late last winter
Down below the equator
They had a summer that would make you blister

Oh, my mind is all made up
So I'll have to sleep in it

Well, late last winter
Down below the equator
They had a summer that would make you blister, yeah!

Oh, my mind is all
Oh, my mind is all
Oh, my mind is all made up
So I'll have to sleep in it



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Doin' the Cockroach song meanings
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    General Comment:i love the part just before the song picks up pace.
    "Tasty but worthless
    Dogs eat their own shit
    We're doing the cockroach, yeah"


    also 'Doin' the cockroach'.
    I could imagine someone crawling on the floor, looking for food on it.
    or something more realistic, like they dropped an open pack of chips on the floor, it spills everywhere on the floor, and they go on their knees to gather it, and finds a chip look a like, puts it in their mouth, but its something else "tasty but worthless"

    "were doin' the cockroach, yeah!"
    this could also show, someones enthusiasm, or someone simply not caring, about how low their life has sunk to.
    Flag alterEgoon May 28, 2011   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Reminds me of the fucked up society in Fahrenheit 451.
    Flag telepathy1994on January 17, 2011   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:def my current fav song. i can't get enough of MM. i really hope i'll see them live one day before i die
    Flag totallylameon January 12, 2011   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:the cockroach is the lowest on the chain. the scum of the earth

    amazing song.
    Flag modestmouseeeon November 14, 2010   Link
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    My Interpretation:The song is about human failure. Doin' the cockroach means surviving for the sake of surviving. we're mechanisms of nature: survival machines.

    When he says

    One year
    Twenty years
    Forty years
    Fifty years
    Down the road in your life
    You'll look in the mirror and say
    "My parents are still alive!"

    he's talking about the same thing. swamisurfer had a good point about american history. America is supposedly the land of opportunity, where you Aren't Who Your Father Was. that's what looking in the mirror deliberately contradicts. it's sad, because we're condemned to be who are parents were.
    Flag 9timeson September 08, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:anyone ever read "Rabbit Redux" by John Updike? it's the sequel to "Rabbit, Run." there's a passage where Skeeter is lecturing Rabbit about American history where he says we're all just doing the cockroach because it's all we know how to do. could it be from there?
    Flag swamisurferon June 15, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:You're walking down the street
    Your face
    Your lips
    Your hips
    Your eyes
    They meet
    You're not hungry though

    These lines to me are about sex and relationships. How we meet people we think we're meant to be with, but jump the gun. See a pretty face, kiss, screw then look into each other and decide the sex isn't worth the work of a relationship.
    Flag itsbrailleon April 28, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:i'm pretty sure it's cash fiend
    Flag wackojackoon January 12, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:SPACEBOY IS ON THE MONEY!!!
    Flag justmandy090on December 22, 2009   Link
  • -1
    General Comment:I was in heaven
    I was in hell
    Believe in neither
    But fear them as well- This is talking about drugs, they have their good sides & bad. I fear the good for addiction. I fear the bad for death.

    Tasty but worthless---It's good & gets you happy high but it's soo not worth it in the long run.
    Dogs eat their own shit
    We're doing the cockroach, yeah--- surviving on 'sugar' like the cockroaches but still disgusting.

    You move your mouth
    You shake your tongue
    You vibrate my eardrums -THis is incessive talking.
    You're saying words
    But you know I ain't listening- Still tlaking knowing that the other person is listening... could be tlaking about a talkative drug.

    This one's a doctor
    This one's a lawyer
    This one's a cash thief
    Taking your money-- Anyone can do this drug & you wouldn't know it. People hide, they aren't who you think they are.
    Flag justmandy090on December 22, 2009   Link

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