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I hear you on the radio
You permeate my screen, its' unkind but
If I met you in a scissor fight
I'd cut off both your wings on principle alone
On principle alone
Hey megalomaniac
You're no Jesus
Yeah, you're no fucking Elvis
Special, as you know yourself
Baby, just step down, step down
If I were your appendages
I'd hold open your eyes
So you would see
That all of us are heaven sent
There was never meant to be only one
To be only one
Hey megalomaniac
You're no Jesus
Yeah, you're no fucking Elvis
Special, as you know yourself
Baby, just step down, step down
Yeah
You're no Jesus
You're no Elvis
...
You're no answer
Hey megalomaniac
You're no Jesus
Yeah, you're no fucking Elvis
Special, as you know yourself
Just step down
You permeate my screen, its' unkind but
If I met you in a scissor fight
I'd cut off both your wings on principle alone
On principle alone
Hey megalomaniac
You're no Jesus
Yeah, you're no fucking Elvis
Special, as you know yourself
Baby, just step down, step down
If I were your appendages
I'd hold open your eyes
So you would see
That all of us are heaven sent
There was never meant to be only one
To be only one
Hey megalomaniac
You're no Jesus
Yeah, you're no fucking Elvis
Special, as you know yourself
Baby, just step down, step down
Yeah
You're no Jesus
You're no Elvis
...
You're no answer
Hey megalomaniac
You're no Jesus
Yeah, you're no fucking Elvis
Special, as you know yourself
Just step down
Lyrics submitted by prayingmantis84
Track duration: 04:55
"Megalomaniac" as written by Brandon Charles Boyd, Michael Aaron Einziger, Ben Kenney, Christopher E Kilmore, Jose Anthony Pasillas Ii
Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing
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If it wasn't a personal reference to a specific person, as i have heard it is.... then it is obviously about people in general who stand on their pedestal and think they're like gods when we, as humans, are all created equal. whomever this is about (if anyone specific at all) It is an obvious thing to see that they clearly think this person should just "step down" from their pedestal... stop acting like god or elvis... kuz we are all equal and we are all the same in the end.
Megalomaniac is one of my favorite songs. I was late to the Incubus party and only in the past two years got into their music in a major way. iI kind of felt like o had missed out on this amazing band as they were releasing album after album after album of pure gold.
Megalomaniac is a song about all people who have a God complex. Some of you are saying that it is about some one in Brandon Boyd's (Incubus' singer and lyricist) personal life, and while he may have had one individual in mind, it's obvious that its more ominous than that.
Others of you have said you think its about Bush, Obama, or some political figure. Well, hell yea it is, but again it's about more than just one person. George and Obama are definitely God in their minds, but I don't think Incubus would even want to immortalize either of them by having a song like this specifically be about them. (this is obviously an opinion as I have no real idea about their true political beliefs)
The low down:
Verse I:
What Breandon is saying in this song is if you think you are God, a power hungry, greedy, holier than thou type, you may be heard people may follow/listen to you, but its "unkind" (an inappropriate way of thinking because all human beings are of the same value). He will everything they can to expose you for the person you are every chance they get.
Verse II:
Now he is letting the megalomaniac(s) know that if he ever has the opportunity to show them the truth by hold open their eyes he is more than willing. This song is actually his was of attempting to do this.ALL of us are heaven sent and good to the same degree and one person being above the rest in their min is a backwards negative way of thinking.
Interlude and Chorus:
Megalomaniacs may think their Jesus, as big as Elvis, but guess what? You're not! So the only solution for a megalomaniac the cleanse themselves of this terrible destructive mind set is to step down off the pedestal.
I start to wonder if Brandon Boys ever kind of feels like he's in danger of becoming a megalomaniac so he wrote this to keep his head straight. I can see how the lead singer of a popular band like this could easily get a big head without meaning to.
AND THAT"S MY TWO CENTS!!
Tool's rebuttal (The Pot) is about Brandon. Believe it.
i am pretty sure there has been no megalomaniacs of our time, but possibly in the future. it is said in the bible the the world will end and the savior jesus will come back. i am not saying he is a megalomaniac. but i was in church(my friends church) and they said there will rise a megalomaniac, one who a majority will love, praise, and nearly worship and will twist minds of humankind. and this person will die. people will sad, depressed, until..he comes back to life. the only person to do that is jesus, but it is not jesus, it is actually lucifer, and it is a test to prove to you and god that you are a believer of jesus and his father and you will be saved and those who were astray will well ..yeah haha...but i know some people might think is crazy..and it is. but it does seem logical.
to me this it what that song is about..i mean with lines saying
i hear you on the radio
you permeate my screen
and you're no jesus
haha well that was my two cents
but, when i hear this song, i think of charles manson. in 1969, he was all over the news, and the radio. a lot of people were frightened they they might be his next target - therefore, permeating their screens. Manson often had delusions that he could fly.
He thought he was jesus, and the greatest singer/songwriter to have ever lived. He thought he was going to rule the world, and even after he was arrested he still believed he was some kind of supreme being.
He organized the ruthless killings of seven people, and believed that the blacks were going to win over the whites in a race war, and that he alone would be spared and would rule over them.
it all fits to me. although charles manson was probably never even thought about when this song was written, it at least gave me something to think about. and you too, if you care. =)