She takes these pills,
And she moves along
She takes these pills,
And its better

It really doesn't matter to me
To live in your life and your own routine
A product from ecology it seems
She looks at him like he's a machine
And lives with him 'cause he's a bill machine
That brings it closer where she swears it needs

So she takes the pills
And she moves along
She takes the pills
And its better
He pays the bills
And he moves along
She takes the pills
And its better

It really doesn't matter to me
When you're living your life in your own medicated dream
How bad could sobriety really be?
I know you couldn't even recognize me
I wonder if she knows that her own family
Is waiting and praying in the hopes that she would leave

She nods her head as she moves along
She takes the pills and its better
She lies in bed 'till noons along
She takes these pills and its better
She takes these pills as she moves along
She takes these pills and its better
He nods his head and they move along
She takes these pills 'cause its better

Well it doesn't really matter to me
You know it really doesn't matter to me
It really doesn't matter to me

Now he takes these pills and he moves along
He takes these pills and its better
He bobs his head as he moves along
He takes these pills and its better
Now we take these pills and we move along
We take these pills and its better
We shake our hands as we move along
We take these pills cause its better

You know it really doesn't matter to me
You know it really doesn't matter to me
It really doesn't matter to me
'Cause it's better


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    My Interpretation

    I agree with lostangeles. But the ending part that you can't put your finger on; I think it means that the affects of the forementioned female's drug use affect the male, apparently the husband, so he became depressed and took pills for it and moves along with the rest of his life. The next verse about how "we take these pills" could be refering to a large group of people, the population of drug users, saying that it doesn't matter what the pills do to you. As long as they make you feel better, everything is fine. They just move along, take more pills and it's better.

    That's what I think. Anybody care to... Add on to that?

    DualToneon August 14, 2009   Link

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