If you want a deeply analysed version here it is :D
I dont care what people say, i may be looking to much into it but this fits so beautifully if it wasnt intetional, its even more amazing.
I think this song is about someone jesse knows with a mental condition (quiet probably schizophrenia or bipolar depression). And the song is about this person coming of the medication they use to control the problem, because they feel like there losing there personality, and there desperatly trying to keep a clear head and keep hold of there lover.
So we have
Goodbye to sleep
I think this staying up is exactly what i need
Take apart your head
Take apart the counting and the flock it has bred
He has insomnia (common in manic depressives) but hes glad because its the real him, take apart your head (the head he's been forced into) and take away the counting the order he's been force into (by authorities, family etc).
Goodbye to love
It’s just a ride that will push you
Up right against the wall*
Take apart your head...right against the wall...
Chew it up and swallow it
He has to say goodbye to his lover and this is what hes been made to think. Right against the wall (force) Chew it up and swallow (the ideals the medication)
(Does everybody really need to know everyone?
Do you really think you're really a part of it?
And is your army really one of some thousands?
And will you declare war on the loony bin?)
This is them saying they just want to be themselves, and questioning the authroity, questioning what it will all come to, mightnt they just kill mental patients.
Pulled back but you've run out
Let slip in the alkali (been asleep in the alkali)
I can't shake this little feeling
I'll never get anything right
(im not certain what they are but) Hes running out of there control, an alkali is a key component in anti schizophrenic drugs and he's let slip of his personality as a result of taking it, but he understands that this medication cant make him right, so he wants to just himself.
Goodbye you liar
Well, you sipped from her cup
But you don't own up to anything
And you think you will inspire*
This is him saying goodbye to the drugged up him, he was a lie, he sipped from her cup (took the medication) but cant own up to what he is, and think that his lover will accept it.
Take apart your head...yeah, I wish I could inspire
Take apart the demon up in the attic to the left*
working out who he is, he wishes he could be perfect, but cant be. He personally said demon up in the attic to the left was a tribute to rocky errikson, and it refers to mental illness, demons in his attic (the brain) to the left (the left hemisphere of the brain being the side of "evil" in tradition) he has said at several perfomances that this is a song for a cousin of his, and his demons.
Goodbye my love
You wait right here, and they will come and pick you up
I've been on pause
But I’m shaking off the rust
I’ve lost my charge
I've been degaussed
This is the key to the whole thing. Hes saying goodbye to his lover, they cant be together when hes not on medication, hes saying wait right here, and the men in white will be here soon.
IVE BEEN ON PAUSE
BUT IM SHAKING OFF THE RUST
IVE LOST MY CHARGE
I HAVE BEEN DEGAUSSED
hes lost his flare, his personality, himself, hes been on pause whilst under the influence, but hes taking back control. Dear god its the most insanely beautiful piece of lyrical genius ive heard since dream brother.
Take me, take me back to your bed
I love you so much that it hurts my head
Please say, "I don't mind you under my skin
I’ll let your bad parts in. the bad parts in"
When we were made we were set apart
But life is a test and I get bad marks
Now some saint got the job of writing down my sins
The storm is coming
The storm is coming in
And again, this is what hes saying to his lover, please accept the real me, say you'll accept me with my faults. WHen he was born he was made different from other people, and that means he cant be the perfect person in life. The storm is coming, he insanity, the bit that makes him alive, the bit that make him him is coming back.
Overall i think this all makes perfect sense, its the best song i have ever heard, and is a piece of musical as well as lyrical genius, the way the whole song sounds like the head of someone with issues, lots of vocals at the same time, some mourning some screaming, some saying a beautiful, simplistic perfect message to the only one for them. i love the way there a several vocal tracks at onces, some of which arnt in the offcial lyrics, its as if jesse dosnt care if people hear them, he needed them to be said.
fewww that was long, i hope atleast one person read it all and agrees with me :) let me know what you think
If you want a deeply analysed version here it is :D I dont care what people say, i may be looking to much into it but this fits so beautifully if it wasnt intetional, its even more amazing.
I think this song is about someone jesse knows with a mental condition (quiet probably schizophrenia or bipolar depression). And the song is about this person coming of the medication they use to control the problem, because they feel like there losing there personality, and there desperatly trying to keep a clear head and keep hold of there lover.
So we have
Goodbye to sleep I think this staying up is exactly what i need Take apart your head Take apart the counting and the flock it has bred
He has insomnia (common in manic depressives) but hes glad because its the real him, take apart your head (the head he's been forced into) and take away the counting the order he's been force into (by authorities, family etc).
Goodbye to love It’s just a ride that will push you Up right against the wall* Take apart your head...right against the wall... Chew it up and swallow it
He has to say goodbye to his lover and this is what hes been made to think. Right against the wall (force) Chew it up and swallow (the ideals the medication)
(Does everybody really need to know everyone? Do you really think you're really a part of it? And is your army really one of some thousands? And will you declare war on the loony bin?)
This is them saying they just want to be themselves, and questioning the authroity, questioning what it will all come to, mightnt they just kill mental patients.
Pulled back but you've run out Let slip in the alkali (been asleep in the alkali) I can't shake this little feeling I'll never get anything right
(im not certain what they are but) Hes running out of there control, an alkali is a key component in anti schizophrenic drugs and he's let slip of his personality as a result of taking it, but he understands that this medication cant make him right, so he wants to just himself.
Goodbye you liar Well, you sipped from her cup But you don't own up to anything And you think you will inspire*
This is him saying goodbye to the drugged up him, he was a lie, he sipped from her cup (took the medication) but cant own up to what he is, and think that his lover will accept it.
Take apart your head...yeah, I wish I could inspire Take apart the demon up in the attic to the left*
working out who he is, he wishes he could be perfect, but cant be. He personally said demon up in the attic to the left was a tribute to rocky errikson, and it refers to mental illness, demons in his attic (the brain) to the left (the left hemisphere of the brain being the side of "evil" in tradition) he has said at several perfomances that this is a song for a cousin of his, and his demons.
Goodbye my love You wait right here, and they will come and pick you up I've been on pause But I’m shaking off the rust I’ve lost my charge I've been degaussed
This is the key to the whole thing. Hes saying goodbye to his lover, they cant be together when hes not on medication, hes saying wait right here, and the men in white will be here soon. IVE BEEN ON PAUSE BUT IM SHAKING OFF THE RUST IVE LOST MY CHARGE I HAVE BEEN DEGAUSSED hes lost his flare, his personality, himself, hes been on pause whilst under the influence, but hes taking back control. Dear god its the most insanely beautiful piece of lyrical genius ive heard since dream brother.
Take me, take me back to your bed I love you so much that it hurts my head Please say, "I don't mind you under my skin I’ll let your bad parts in. the bad parts in" When we were made we were set apart But life is a test and I get bad marks Now some saint got the job of writing down my sins The storm is coming The storm is coming in
And again, this is what hes saying to his lover, please accept the real me, say you'll accept me with my faults. WHen he was born he was made different from other people, and that means he cant be the perfect person in life. The storm is coming, he insanity, the bit that makes him alive, the bit that make him him is coming back.
Overall i think this all makes perfect sense, its the best song i have ever heard, and is a piece of musical as well as lyrical genius, the way the whole song sounds like the head of someone with issues, lots of vocals at the same time, some mourning some screaming, some saying a beautiful, simplistic perfect message to the only one for them. i love the way there a several vocal tracks at onces, some of which arnt in the offcial lyrics, its as if jesse dosnt care if people hear them, he needed them to be said.
fewww that was long, i hope atleast one person read it all and agrees with me :) let me know what you think
I think that's spot on
I think that's spot on