In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Run along face lift
If it kills, I got news, it ain't a side effect
Call it a full reject or
A fuel injected, type corrected, teenage obstacle
All I wanna do is have my mind erased
I'm begging you, pleading you, stop comateasing us all
Drug company, where's a pill for me?
I call it mind eraser, no chaser at all
On permanent leave of everything
Law biding dick riding, fun police, leave us alone
Dulling the edge of a razor blade
What does it mean when the knife and the hand are your own?
Give me the reason why the mind's a terrible thing to waste?
Understanding is cruel the monkey said as it launched to space
I know that I'm gonna be your dangerous side effect
Ignorance is bliss, until they take your bliss away
Robotic mom bought me,
DIY kit lobotomy
It's a tuck, taste, dance craze, movie of the week
You'll buy the doll, kick the ball
Then piss on the sheets
All I wanna do is have my mind erased
I'm begging you, pleading you, stop comateasing us all
Drug company, where's a pill for me?
It reads- mind eraser, no chaser, in bright lights
On permanent leave of everything
New age goosestep on a karma collision
Dulling the edge of a razor blade
What does it mean when the knife and the hand are your own?
Give me the reason why the mind's a terrible thing to waste?
Understanding is cruel the monkey said as it launched to space
I know that I'm gonna be your dangerous side effect
Ignorance is bliss, until they take your bliss away
Give me the reason why the mind's a terrible thing to waste?
Your dangerous side effect
I know that I am, your dangerous side effect
I'm not sorry to say we just ran out of give a shit
If it kills, I got news, it ain't a side effect
Call it a full reject or
A fuel injected, type corrected, teenage obstacle
All I wanna do is have my mind erased
I'm begging you, pleading you, stop comateasing us all
Drug company, where's a pill for me?
I call it mind eraser, no chaser at all
On permanent leave of everything
Law biding dick riding, fun police, leave us alone
Dulling the edge of a razor blade
What does it mean when the knife and the hand are your own?
Give me the reason why the mind's a terrible thing to waste?
Understanding is cruel the monkey said as it launched to space
I know that I'm gonna be your dangerous side effect
Ignorance is bliss, until they take your bliss away
Robotic mom bought me,
DIY kit lobotomy
It's a tuck, taste, dance craze, movie of the week
You'll buy the doll, kick the ball
Then piss on the sheets
All I wanna do is have my mind erased
I'm begging you, pleading you, stop comateasing us all
Drug company, where's a pill for me?
It reads- mind eraser, no chaser, in bright lights
On permanent leave of everything
New age goosestep on a karma collision
Dulling the edge of a razor blade
What does it mean when the knife and the hand are your own?
Give me the reason why the mind's a terrible thing to waste?
Understanding is cruel the monkey said as it launched to space
I know that I'm gonna be your dangerous side effect
Ignorance is bliss, until they take your bliss away
Give me the reason why the mind's a terrible thing to waste?
Your dangerous side effect
I know that I am, your dangerous side effect
I'm not sorry to say we just ran out of give a shit
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and about how the shit we/me do is damaging : Drawing up the edge of a razor blade,and that it aint a side effect line like its a main effect,its what will happen given time,if u will ive seen the mindloss happen to those around me n they still think its good to continue on said path and they end up bare retarded pretty much : Know that I'm gonna be your dangerous side effect Ignorance is bliss until they take your bliss away,i may be wrong but its still fun to debate this kinda shit