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You want to go out Friday
And you want to go forever.
You know that it sounds childish
That you've dreamt of alligators.
You hope that we are with you
And you hope you're recognized
You want to go forever
You see it in my eyes.
I'm lost in the confusion
And it doesn't seem to matter
You really can't believe it
And you hope it's getting better
You want to trust the doctors
Their procedure is the best
But the last try was a failure
And the intern was a mess.
And they did the same to Matthew
And he bled 'til Sunday night
They're saying don't be frightened
But you're weakened by the sight of it
You lock into a pattern
And you know that it's the last ditch
You're trying to see through it
And it doesn't make sense
But they're saying don't be frightened
And they're killing alligators
And they're hog-tied
And accepting of the struggle
You want to trust religion
And you know it's allegory
But the people who are followers
Have written their own story.
So you look up to the heavens
And you hope that it's a spaceship
And it's something from your childhood
You're thinking don't be frightened
You want to climb the ladder
You want to see forever
You want to go out Friday
And you want to go forever.
And you want to cross your DNA
To cross your DNA with something reptile.
And you're questioning the sciences
And questioning religion
You're looking like an idiot
And you no longer care.
And you want bridge the schism,
A built-in mechanism to protect you.
And you're looking for salvation
And you're looking for deliverance
You're looking for deliverance
You're looking like av idiot
And you no longer care.
You want to climb the ladder
You want to see forever.
You want to go out Friday
You want to go forever.
And you want to go forever.
You know that it sounds childish
That you've dreamt of alligators.
You hope that we are with you
And you hope you're recognized
You want to go forever
You see it in my eyes.
I'm lost in the confusion
And it doesn't seem to matter
You really can't believe it
And you hope it's getting better
You want to trust the doctors
Their procedure is the best
But the last try was a failure
And the intern was a mess.
And they did the same to Matthew
And he bled 'til Sunday night
They're saying don't be frightened
But you're weakened by the sight of it
You lock into a pattern
And you know that it's the last ditch
You're trying to see through it
And it doesn't make sense
But they're saying don't be frightened
And they're killing alligators
And they're hog-tied
And accepting of the struggle
You want to trust religion
And you know it's allegory
But the people who are followers
Have written their own story.
So you look up to the heavens
And you hope that it's a spaceship
And it's something from your childhood
You're thinking don't be frightened
You want to climb the ladder
You want to see forever
You want to go out Friday
And you want to go forever.
And you want to cross your DNA
To cross your DNA with something reptile.
And you're questioning the sciences
And questioning religion
You're looking like an idiot
And you no longer care.
And you want bridge the schism,
A built-in mechanism to protect you.
And you're looking for salvation
And you're looking for deliverance
You're looking for deliverance
You're looking like av idiot
And you no longer care.
You want to climb the ladder
You want to see forever.
You want to go out Friday
You want to go forever.
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also, the bit about crossing DNA with something reptile could well be a reference to healing powers reptiles have, able to grow limbs back and in some cases, like alligators, seemingly indestructible, powerful creatures. (which is perhaps why the line about killing alligators appears earlier)
put in the situation where the helplessness of it is fought with no real weapon. the total confusion takes over when confronted to uncontrollable things, as the song depicts one dealing with a close friend's stuggle with death.
we're left with little to make sense of, little to know how to justify why things are going they are.
as usual with people, in such distress, confusion and helplessness some people tend to compensate it with beliefs of a holy presence, as they grab this as their hope. hoping someone is there no matter what...relying on that religious faith for to find some salvation.
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As for the music, I want to point out this is what i call a riff song, where a recognizable chunk of music is repeated often through the song. R.E.M. is great at writing these, here they use Cohen's song. Anyway, the point here is during a trip, the mind tends to look for and latch onto patterns. Musically this song could appeal a great deal to a tripper.
Someone who wants to believe that it will be ok - trust to science? but look what a mess it made of Matthew (whom I take simply to be a name arbitrarily assigned to someone he has seen suffer) trust to religion? He may value what religion has to teach - but he doesn't really believe it - "the people who are followers have written their own story"
How about a space ship? Maybe aliens will save him? In the face of the really terrifying, we'll cling to anything....