i love this song so much!! here is how i see it. it is about this guys that is one some physcological medication and stops taking them, his downfall and finally his death.
I was alone, falling free
Trying my best not to forget
(he has stopped taking them, he was on his own and is forgetting things)
What happened to us, what happened to me
What happened as I let it slip (it being his life)
I was confused by the powers that be
Forgetting names and faces
(he is trying to remember things,but can't, like what he is doing, names and faces. it also mentions someone else, possibly a girlfriend)
Passers by were looking at me
As if they could erase it
(people can see what he is doing, and aren't helping, thinking he can sort his own life out)
Baby, did you forget to take your meds? (X2)
(someone is asking him if he has taken his meds)
I was alone staring over the ledge
(he is now alone, i think this ledge is his own mind and madness getting to him)
Trying my best not to forget
All manner of joy, all manner of glee
(he was happy on his meds, he didn't have the isolation he has now)
And our one heroic pledge
How it mattered to us, how it mattered to me
And the consequences
(he made this promise to someone (girlfriend) to take his meds and that what it did for him, the "consquences")
I was confused by the birds and the bees
Forgetting if I meant it
(he was forgetting the birds and the bees and was lying to his girlfriend, not meaning what he was doing. also if he meant to live)
Baby, did you forget to take your meds? (X4)
(again, someone is asking if he has taken his meds)
And the sex, and the drugs, and the complications (X4)
(he is explaining what happened, and that it ruined him)
Baby, did you forget to take your meds? (X6)
(this is more powerful, the girlfriend is getting more anxious)
I was alone, falling free
Trying my best not to forget
(this is how how he died, he was alone, off his medication and trying to remember who he was)
yeah, that's how i see it, his insanity killed him, and he is reflecting on his life and how he died, and the chorus is his girlfriend after she found him. yes, my version is depressing, but that is how i see it. i'm loving the guitars in this. so good, i have heard it at least 20 times today. so haunting but so beautiful. i love placebo, this song is so simple!
i love this song so much!! here is how i see it. it is about this guys that is one some physcological medication and stops taking them, his downfall and finally his death.
I was alone, falling free Trying my best not to forget (he has stopped taking them, he was on his own and is forgetting things) What happened to us, what happened to me What happened as I let it slip (it being his life)
I was confused by the powers that be Forgetting names and faces (he is trying to remember things,but can't, like what he is doing, names and faces. it also mentions someone else, possibly a girlfriend) Passers by were looking at me As if they could erase it (people can see what he is doing, and aren't helping, thinking he can sort his own life out) Baby, did you forget to take your meds? (X2) (someone is asking him if he has taken his meds) I was alone staring over the ledge (he is now alone, i think this ledge is his own mind and madness getting to him) Trying my best not to forget All manner of joy, all manner of glee (he was happy on his meds, he didn't have the isolation he has now) And our one heroic pledge
How it mattered to us, how it mattered to me And the consequences (he made this promise to someone (girlfriend) to take his meds and that what it did for him, the "consquences") I was confused by the birds and the bees Forgetting if I meant it (he was forgetting the birds and the bees and was lying to his girlfriend, not meaning what he was doing. also if he meant to live) Baby, did you forget to take your meds? (X4) (again, someone is asking if he has taken his meds) And the sex, and the drugs, and the complications (X4) (he is explaining what happened, and that it ruined him) Baby, did you forget to take your meds? (X6) (this is more powerful, the girlfriend is getting more anxious)
I was alone, falling free Trying my best not to forget (this is how how he died, he was alone, off his medication and trying to remember who he was)
yeah, that's how i see it, his insanity killed him, and he is reflecting on his life and how he died, and the chorus is his girlfriend after she found him. yes, my version is depressing, but that is how i see it. i'm loving the guitars in this. so good, i have heard it at least 20 times today. so haunting but so beautiful. i love placebo, this song is so simple!
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