I haven't slept for two days
I've bathed in nothing but sweat
And I've made hallways
Scenes for things to regret
My friends they come
And the lines they go by
Tonight I'm gonna rest my chemistry
Tonight I'm gonna rest my chemistry

I live my life filled with no pain
Just some rage and three kinds of yes
And I've made stairways
Such scenes for things that I regret
Oh, those days in the sun
They bring a tear to my eye
Tonight I'm gonna rest my chemistry
Tonight I'm gonna rest my chemistry

But you're so young
You're so young
You look in my eyes
You're so young, so sweet, so surprised

I see a sign, it says “okay”
Gotta take a ride, just recline in the faraway
Got to take some time to realize
That my friends they come
And the lines they go by
Tonight I'm gonna rest my chemistry
Tonight I'm gonna rest my chemistry

But you're so young
You're so young
You look in my eyes
You're so young, so sweet, so surprised
You look so young
Like a daisy in my lazy eyes

So tonight I'm gonna rest my chemistry
Tonight I'm gonna rest my chemistry
Tonight I'm gonna rest my chemistry
Tonight I'm gonna rest my chemistry



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    General Comment:I think its about his addiction to cocain too and his struggle to end his addiction but i so hard especially when all your friends and lover do it too. Amazing beautiful song, Paul is awesome :)!!!
    Flag luie24on January 13, 2012   Link
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    Song Meaning:The song is definitely about escape into and away from drugs. Before ever hearing the song, I knew from the title 'Rest My Chemistry' that this song had a 99% chance of being about drugs. And the way he sings "Tonight-" in the chorus. The entire song is essentially his reasoning behind the use of the drug - perhaps his defense against addiction.

    You can see him singing the same chorus at the moment he chooses to do the drug as well as his reason for putting it down: I have done these things in my life. And it's time for me to escape.

    But that word "Tonight" represents a very brief reasoning.
    So he swings back and forth, resting his chemistry.

    The song gets a soul from the "You're so young" verse. These reasonings, these explanations - they're for a girl who cares about him, a girl hurt to see him self-medicating so hard. She's looking at him, sad, worried, while he is practically in a drug-induced trance - to him, she looks like a surprised "daisy in my lazy eyes."

    He sings the same thing when he is ending a binge, seeing the damage he is causing himself.
    "Haven't slept for three days
    bathed in nothing but sweat"
    He has literally overloaded his brain with chemicals.
    Flag cromulentoneon November 03, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:What this song means to me? Ok, its about Paul singing about stop doing drugs (cocaine) for a while, heh-heh, so he can rest up his chemistry. He's tired of the partying so, there you go.
    Flag okcancelon September 08, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:The song is straightforward except for...

    But you're so young
    You're so young
    You look in my eyes
    You're so young, so sweet, so surprised

    I've thought of two possibilities as to what it could mean...

    1. He's looking in a mirror, into his own eyes, surprised as to what he looks like. Because of the drugs, he feels older than he looks, hence uttering "You're so young, so sweet, so surprised." His older sense of being speaking condescendingly to his physical appearance...

    2. He digresses to talking about a girl who wants to do drugs with him, but he wants to rest his chemistry.... typical battle with evil.
    Flag Pessimisticon April 24, 2011   Link
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    Song Meaning:"I haven't slept for two days
    I've bathed in nothing but sweat"

    This, to me, is speaking of withdrawal symptoms of trying to quit. For most addicts, the half the habit is to prevent getting dope sick. The withdrawal symptoms for drugs like cocaine, heroin, and prescription pills can be some of the roughest and nastiest and sometimes unbearable stuff a human can be put through. Although its dependent on the tolerance, amount, and how long someone has used.

    "And I've made hallways
    Scenes for things to regret"

    This, to me, is simple to explain, as others have touched upon it. For a recovering addict, there are many things that will trigger thoughts of their past and past drug use. Its been scientifically proven that if an addict is used to listening to a particular song while getting high, simply hearing that song again (while clean) will trigger the brain to release dopamine. Which is one of the chemicals that gets overloaded and released when doing most drugs. Dopamine is the chemical that makes you happy. Messing with this balance can make quitting so hard (depression and generally the brain not firing on all pistons, if you catch my drift). As the lyric implies, something as subtle as a hallway, could trigger the memories of where he could have used or a particular hallway he would walk down to buy drugs. It produces nothing but regret because of constant the reminder. For long time addicts, everything can trigger regret.

    "My friends they come
    And the lines they go by"

    You would be surprised how addicts gravitate to one another and are basically fake friendships. The only real common trait between them is this thought process, "he does drugs, he gets me, we use together, etc." Line after line of drugs just go by. Then the friendship is pretty much over until the next time.

    "I live my life filled in the cocaine
    Just some rage and three kinds of yes"

    Three kinds of yes- How does an addict want his drug? three kinds of yes, snorting, smoking, injecting.

    "Oh, those days in the sun
    They bring a tear to my eye"

    Thinking of happier times. Could be when he was a child, or a good teenager, but clean nonetheless.

    "But you're so young
    You're so young
    You look in my eyes
    You're so young, so sweet, so surprised
    You look so young
    Like a daisy in my lazy eyes"

    This, could have several meanings. It seems to be about a girl, who is his motivation to get clean. Realizing that in his world of hell, she is the only "clean" thing he has in it. That support could be there for him.

    I, personally, think its him staring in the mirror, as one user commented above. Addicts generally are "stuck" in life. They never progress, mentally or in generally life. Every day from waking up until sleep they are thinking of how am I going to get the next high? Where am I going to get the money for it? So and so is all out, who is has some that I can buy off? There is no progression in life or the emotions or mental maturation. The mental part is important. An addict who started at 17 and quits at age 35, will usually have the emotions and mental state of a 17 year old. Psychiatrists, and Psychologists generally agree about this.

    The part that says, you look so sweet, so surprised. I take it as looking in the mirror, surprised that he has reached this level of addiction and pathetic. Addicts never realized how bad their behavior gets. It just progesses and progesses to the pits of hell.



    Flag magopus6on February 07, 2011   Link
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    My Interpretation:I agree with Tashiiee on the meaning of the song, but from what I've interpereted...

    "But you're so young.
    You're so young
    You look in my eyes.
    You look so young.
    So sweet. So suprised.
    You look so young, like a daisy in my lazy eyes."

    These lyrics don't technically have to be about anyone else but the person who is singing. If the person singing feels age hitting him, he (or I suppose she) could easily be looking in the mirror and talking to themselves saying something like "You're not old. You feel alive. You're so young."

    Lyrics tend to be subjective in that way, but no matter how you look at it this song is beautiful :)
    Flag lovecraftianrejecton January 20, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:This song is about about a coke bender and deciding to come down while looking into the eyes of a younger inexperianced girl and realizing it.
    Flag greysquirrelon January 08, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:"But you're so young
    You're so young
    You look in my eyes
    You're so young, so sweet, so surprised
    You look so young
    Like a daisy in my lazy eyes"

    I feel like he is talking TO himself here - he is so young to be doing cocaine and such.
    Flag helloyellowon December 28, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I love the line and the melody. "Rest My Chemistry." It sounds cool. Interesting combination of words and I love how it can allude to lots of different things. Rest from drug use? Rest from partying? Taking time out from whatever is occupying most of your time?
    I love the jaunty tempo to it as well. Like a car slowly breaking down from overuse.
    Flag Robidioton December 12, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:It might be about a girl or perhaps "your so young.." The supposed references to a girl might be in reference to coke which is sometimes referred to as "white girl"
    gorgeous song.
    Flag DeadandLovely713on November 18, 2010   Link

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