Lyrics for Coma as interpreted by mike

Coma Lyrics
Hey you caught me in a coma
And I don't think I wanna
Ever come back to this... world again
Kinda like it in a coma
'Cause no one's ever gonna
Oh, make me come back to this... world again
Now I feel as if I'm floating away
I can't feel all the pressure
and I like it this way
But my body's callin'
My body's callin'
Won't ya come back to this... world again
Suspended deep in a sea of black
I've got the light at the end
I've got the bones on the mast
Well, I've gone sailin', I've gone sailin'
I could leave so easily
While friends are calling back to me
I said they're
They're leaving it all up to me
When all I needed was clarity
An someone to tell me
what the fuck is going on
Goddamn it!
Slippin' farther an farther away
It's a miricle how long we can stay
In a world our minds created
In a world that's full of shit
Help me
Help me
Help me
Help me
Bastard
Please understand me
I'm climbin' through the wreckage
of all my twisted dreams
But this cheap investigation just can't
stifle all my screams
And I'm waitin' at the crossroads
Waiting for you
Waiting for you
Where are you?
No one's gonna bother me anymore
No one's gonna mess with my head no more
I can't understand what all the fightin's for
But it's so nice here down off the shore
I wish you could see this
'cause there's nothing to see
It's peaceful here and it's fine with me
Not like the world where I used to live
I never really wanted to live
Zap him again
Zap the son of a bitch again
Ya live your life like it's a coma
So won't you tell me why we'd wanna
With all the reasons you give it's
It's kinda hard to believe
But who am I to tell you that I've seen
Any reason why you should stay
Maybe we'd be better off without you anyway
You got a one way ticket
On your last chance ride
Gotta one way ticket
To your suicide
Gotta one way ticket
An there's no way out alive
An all this crass communication
That has left you in the cold
Isn't much for consolation
When you feel so weak and old
But if home is where the heart is
Then there's stories to be told
No you don't need a doctor
No one else can heal your soul
Got your mind in submission
Got your life on the line
But nobody pulled the trigger
They just stepped aside
They be down by the water
While you watch 'em waving goodbye
They be callin' in the morning
They be hangin' on the phone
They be waiting for an answer
But you know nobody's home
And when the bell's stopped ringing
It was nobody's fault but your own
There were always ample warnings
There were always subtle signs
And you would have seen it comin'
But we gave you too much time
And when you said that no one's listening
Why'd your best friend drop a dime
Sometimes we get so tired of waiting
For a way to spend our time
An "It's so easy" to be social
"It's so easy" to be cool
Yeah it's easy to be hungry
When you ain't got shit to lose
And I wish that I could help you
With what you hope to find
But I'm still out here waiting
Watching reruns of my life
When you reach the point of breaking
Know it's gonna take some time
To heal the broken memories
That another man would need
Just to survive

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gotterdam
02-02-2002

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This song is about being in a coma. While in this coma, you see your life all come back by again, and you realize how crummy you were to yourself and others. When you wake up, you realize you have hurt alot of people and yourself and you feel the desire to make things right, never stopping until you're satisfied.

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PeaceInMe
05-29-2002

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To me giving a meaning is allmost trying to figure it out phrase by phrase, its too long for now but id say it makes me wonder: Am I living my life like Im in a Coma? not doing what i can to change what i dont like and change what We call this *world of shit* ? There is possibly somedy around every one wich we can turn to, so that is not true to say that nobody cares. the question is really, What do YOU care about?

at the end it means to me: The hard time some one have been thru, if he would shares it , some ppl could take it as a part of wisdow and it would help them to get thru their own coma

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Lester
09-25-2002

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To me it is a warning against being too selfish.

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nemisis58
09-28-2002

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No you don't need a doctor, noone else can heal your soul. This is about finding meaning in a life that may not have one. I think it's telling us that we all need to step back and look at things from a new point of view. Distance ourselves from everything, and find what's important to us. This is Axl's best writing to date, and it rips too. You can see he put everything into this song, and hopefully through it someone will gain insight to their own world.

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hattie
05-08-2003

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Have you heard the little noise axl makes at the beginning of this song. listen out for it, it gives me goosebumps!

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kryptic_kit
04-10-2004

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This is my favourite guns n roses song. I think it's a look into Axl's struggle to understand himself, his drug problems and how he escapes reality using them. I think towards the end he's talking about how he was struggling to change and how his friend's were trying to help him but gave up on him. I think it's a song written about a thing that effects us the most, the mind. And the mind is an awesome, epic place - as far as I'm concerned so is this song.

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Skytale
12-12-2004

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You know, i saw gnr three times on the use your illusion tour and they never played this song? Understandable, ive tried singing along to it and thought i was gonna end up in a coma for "14 years". I think kryptic is pretty right on about the meaning of the song, minues being about axl. If you remember, the original drummer Steven Addler was kicked from the group cause he was so lost in the drugs . . . "so who am i to tell you that ive seen any reason, why you should stay, maybe we'd be better off without you anyway, you got your mind in submission you got your life on the line but nobody pulled the trigger they just stepped aside" so this is my interpretation of at least that segment of the song "so um steven, check this out, you need to get out of this group before we all get as bad as you, i mean, you let that drug controll you so much, and its all your own doing, you had your warning, we tried to help, but you just shrugged us aside, and since there is nothing we can do for you obviously the best choice is to let you go"

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gunsnroses74
03-16-2005

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hes comparing life to a coma, not talking literally about being in a coma. he says you should be indifferent, not attached to the world or materialistic or anything

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jaknudsen
01-04-2006

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I believe this song is about contemplating suicide, not being able to cope with the pressures of the world. If I'm not mistaken, Axl went to a lot of mental trauma around 1990, and these lyrics may've come as a result of that. He is quoted as saying this is the most difficult song he's written, and that he got completely exhausted writing it. To me, this is GnR's best lyrics and one of their best songs. I hate it when the song ends, because the last part of is maybe the most powerful rock music I've heard.

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wicked1
01-04-2006

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this one is definitely in my top 5 GnR songs, and it's so underrated. there are so many good lines in that last verse alone, (i think most have us have almost given ourselves aneurysms trying to sing along) and every time i hear it it makes me think about who and what i'm taking for granted.
Maybe I'm interpreting it wrong (my prerogative, right??), but it seems like the message is that you can only be so cold and distant before everyone you know and love gives up on you. However, one thing I always wonder about this song is if the people outside of the 'coma' care too much or not enough? First he bitches about all the pressure and then later on it's like 'no one's listening'. can't have it both ways...

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dosw
01-04-2006

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This song is amazing. Definitely one of my favorites. All the talking and sound effects are odd at first, but you learn to really like them. The riff is one of my favorites- its mean yet eerie at the same time... it perfectly fits the lyrics. And the last 2 minutes are so clever how every word just seems to blend into the next, capped off by a phenomenal, breathtaking finish that gives me goosebumps every time.

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heartbeats_xxx
02-21-2006

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is this song not about Slash when he was clinically dead for a few minutes because of drug use

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nfswe
02-21-2006

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Im pretty sure it is about drugs

Now I feel as if I'm floating away
I can't feel all the pressure
and I like it this way

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Alucard Mishima
03-13-2006

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My favorite part (guitar-wise) is this part during the guitar that stands out completely from the rest of the tune, as if it doesn't belong there but sounds awesome for the short time that it's around. It starts at exactly 6:30.

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jordans
06-16-2006

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Drug overdose.

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ForThoseAboutToRock
07-08-2006

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This may be wrong, but it might be about someone who takes drugs ("Now I feel as if I'm floating away"), nearly dies (the quiet part in the middle) but is saved at the last minute (the doctors ask for a defibrillator and think they're going to "lose this guy").

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mikeythings
07-31-2006

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I always thought it was about Axl (cos who else in the band would it be about) contemplating suicide. "And I don't think I wanna Ever come back to this world again". thought it was inspired by Slash's 'death' from drugs n the likes. Also like the reference to "its so easy" a song about the rock n roll lifestyle. Maybe Axl looking back on the life hes had, the pressures he faces and wanting out. The silent bit in the begining maybe when hes finally found his bliss and peace, then the doctors bringing him back, near the end he re-asses his life. Love this song, best GNR song ever. real epic never tire of listening to it!

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mikeythings
07-31-2006

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silent bit in the middle* :$

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deafmusiclover
08-07-2006

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To all you guys out there...I CAN sing this entire song, including the last bit that will give people an "aneurysm", haha. I had borrowed my dad's secondhand CD of Use Your Illusion 1, and my headphones were broken (but I didn't realize it), so I made it through the whole CD listening to only Slashes' guitar parts!!! ( truly wicked experience ). After the big BOOM at the end of this song, I just sat there for about ten minutes, in complete shock. Then I played it again, and again, and to this day, I'm stil playing it.

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jovivstyler
08-26-2006

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Bloody show off! Anyway, song is defenitly about having your heart stop & being in a coma. I took this tiny pill, it stopped my heart & I was out for 5 days. Felt like crap afterwards, Drugs are so selfish, I went though different emotional stages afterwards. I felt like I had to make it up to my family, give something back to the world after taking so much, & reavaluate what mattered to me. I've come out a much stronger & happier person, hopfully though, others can do this without nearly dying first.

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dbo
09-04-2006

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I think Axl is singing about retribution. I never tire of this song. Amazing!

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Sidious
12-09-2006

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Axl has said many times that this song is about his drug overdose and his brush with death. I have been a GNR fan since 87 so I have spent a long time learning about these guys.

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johnnyespionage
01-29-2007

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It's a pretty vivid portrayal of a drug addiction and overdosing. If you've ever had to deal with a freind who is a drug addict, they have millions of reasons to keep doing drugs. "With all the reasons you give, it's kinda hard to believe" It's a great description of the frustration of trying to help them and being pushed away. I think.

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Looka
06-29-2007

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This song is the most powerful song i've heard so far, it's so epic.

To me, the song is about axl's friends and family, who are betraying him and he's just drifting away from them. To me, the best part is the dialog part, begining with "live ya life like it's a coma". That's what axl says, then in a different voice, his other side, says "maybe we'd be better off without you anyway" and that's the part where he's choosing whether to completly drift away, or stay with his family.

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spooner113
08-01-2007

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this is defently along with breakdown a very underated song. the meaning is really hard to comprhend

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