They call me a little wound up
See, I'm upset because I've always been stuck
But I don't know what it is I'm without
Guess I'm in love with always feeling down
(See, the problem was I) was fully consumed
By all of the petty things that I couldn't do
All of the plastic products, shows and woes
But I didn't ever show, I let it go
So I listen while I'm told

Sit back, don't think
Get high, take drink
Sit back, don't think
The more I listen, the deeper I sink

And, ooh, I go higher
And I say, ooh, a-ooh, I go higher
This head that I hold, oh, it's so tired
And I say, oh, no, I go higher
And I say, ooh, what's it gon', what's it gonna be
Make me say, ooh, what's it gon', what's it gonna be
I'm feelin' so cold, what they want, what they want from me
Make me say ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh (what they want, what they gonna be)

So find me stuck in the scene
I wanna get out, but there's no in-between
So I sit back as I watch the crowd go
Never assuming that I've sunken so low
(See, the problem was this) if I wanna be free
I gotta stop playin' round and runnin' from me
'Cause all of the plastic products, shows and woes
They got my head feelin' low, no room to grow
So I listen while I'm told

Sit back, don't think
Get high, take drink
Don't feel, just go
If you listen carefully, then you won't feel so low

Sit back, don't think
The more I listen, the deeper I sink

And, ooh, I go higher
And I say, ooh, a-ooh, I go higher
This head that I hold, no, it's so tired
And I say, oh, no, I go higher
And I say, ooh, what's it gon', what's it gonna be
Make me say, ooh, what's it gon', what's it gonna be
I'm feelin' so cold, what they want, what they want from me?
Make me say ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh (what they want, what they gonna be)

I'm sinking, ooh, I go higher
And I say, ooh, a-ooh, I go higher
Get no sleep, meet the vampire
And I say, ooh, no, I go higher
And I say, ooh, I go higher
And I say, ooh, a-ooh, I go higher
This head that I hold, no, it's so tired
And I say, ooh, no, I go higher


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This Head I Hold Lyrics as written by Brian Burton Asa Taccone

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    This song is about someone who is "stuck in the scene" of partying. His life is fun - he goes higher - but there is a price to pay during the comedown. He feels tired and low. He feels that he is not growing as a person. He feels empty and that his life if full of plastic. But the people around him tell him not to listen to himself, to keep partying and that everything will be fine. Sit back, don't think about it, and get high. Get drunk. Keep the party going. All the while he sinks lower and lower into his empty lifestyle. But he doesn't know how to get out or what he would even do if it wasn't partying.

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