The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
Who drains the blood from my head I do, I do
Who comes through with the meds I do, I do
Blackened seeds you're gonna needs these, freeze
The common ancestor
The pressure of industry
Who sleeps in the grease crease wax
And trails of mutual deceit
I heard that growth was gettin weak
Who taps the line ,records my mind,
Twisted agenda, align my spine
Whose got the steeples, the people and scepters,
the rocks on the beaches, the angles the vectors.
Who drains the blood from my head I do, I do
And who accepts me as I am I do, I do
Relationships are a tool that can fuel the facade over my disguise
Fulfill my ego I do what I do with unrelenting compromise
When it's all on the table you know I'll be able
to duck, dodge and run and hide
got a good education in disinformation, adept at constructing lies.
The crack on the staircase, I smoked out of boredom
My kitchen is filled with meat and chloroform
Squirming colors metastasize
Upon viewing the world the fetus eats its own eyes
Acting the fiction and, signing the right away,
Transistor electrocute, wiping the order away.
Awkward offensive hold, perfectly natural
They can't speak bout my brand, because I'm dead and white
Acting the fiction and, signing the right away,
Transistor electrocute, wiping the order away.
Awkward offensive hold, perfectly natural
They can't speak bout my brand, because I'm dead and white
I'm the one I'm the one with my hands around the gun
I am not afraid
I am not afraid
I'm the one I'm the one with my hands around the gun
I am not afraid
I am not afraid
I'm the one I'm the one with my hands around the gun
I am not afraid
I am not afraid
I'm the one I'm the one with my hands around the gun
I am not afraid
I am not afraid
So what I'll die alone all right
So what I'll die alone all right
So what I'll die alone all right
So what I'll die alone all right
So what I'll die alone all right
So what I'll die alone all right
Woke up in a new Bugatti
Then I burned it
Woke up next to Jodi Arias
She my hood bitch
Double it down on all the clowns trying to remake DBM
Man you crazy
We started this sound from Sac Town
Bitch you best be home by 10
Curfew bitch
Who comes through with the meds I do, I do
Blackened seeds you're gonna needs these, freeze
The common ancestor
The pressure of industry
Who sleeps in the grease crease wax
And trails of mutual deceit
I heard that growth was gettin weak
Who taps the line ,records my mind,
Twisted agenda, align my spine
Whose got the steeples, the people and scepters,
the rocks on the beaches, the angles the vectors.
Who drains the blood from my head I do, I do
And who accepts me as I am I do, I do
Relationships are a tool that can fuel the facade over my disguise
Fulfill my ego I do what I do with unrelenting compromise
When it's all on the table you know I'll be able
to duck, dodge and run and hide
got a good education in disinformation, adept at constructing lies.
The crack on the staircase, I smoked out of boredom
My kitchen is filled with meat and chloroform
Squirming colors metastasize
Upon viewing the world the fetus eats its own eyes
Acting the fiction and, signing the right away,
Transistor electrocute, wiping the order away.
Awkward offensive hold, perfectly natural
They can't speak bout my brand, because I'm dead and white
Acting the fiction and, signing the right away,
Transistor electrocute, wiping the order away.
Awkward offensive hold, perfectly natural
They can't speak bout my brand, because I'm dead and white
I'm the one I'm the one with my hands around the gun
I am not afraid
I am not afraid
I'm the one I'm the one with my hands around the gun
I am not afraid
I am not afraid
I'm the one I'm the one with my hands around the gun
I am not afraid
I am not afraid
I'm the one I'm the one with my hands around the gun
I am not afraid
I am not afraid
So what I'll die alone all right
So what I'll die alone all right
So what I'll die alone all right
So what I'll die alone all right
So what I'll die alone all right
So what I'll die alone all right
Woke up in a new Bugatti
Then I burned it
Woke up next to Jodi Arias
She my hood bitch
Double it down on all the clowns trying to remake DBM
Man you crazy
We started this sound from Sac Town
Bitch you best be home by 10
Curfew bitch
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Somewhere down the line, I get the feeling that the "acceptance speech" is actually an acceptance of suicide, Idk, it's just my take on it.
I'm not feeling that at all. Assuming this song is like a lot of other DGD songs where the clean vocals and dirty vocals are about different things. Tillians part for me speaks about a person who is dishonest and selfish in relationships. Doing it just for his ego and probably treating women like meat (Tillian's verse). Then at the end he realizes that he'll die alone because of it. The gun in his hand is metaphorical for the decisions he's made. The "acceptance speech" is accepting your mistakes and the realization of the consequences you've made.