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.
I said I loved you and I told you on a Tuesday
You say you're happy but your mind is slidin' sideways
You say you're happy but you're dozy in the theater
The goons keep grillin me wonderin' how I'm treatin' ya!
I say she's happy, that's all that matters
I say she's happy, that's all that matters
Her clothes are crappy and her brain is badly battered
You say she's happy, that's all that matters now
That's all that matters now
When I get you home in my room 'tween my sheets
And I got a chance to tell you, face to face
How I feel about you darling now, I say
You're a lunatic to love
You're a lunatic to love
You can hold my hand to stand up
Hey Lunatic
I dropped you off at the asylum on a Friday
You looked like hell but I said that you looked okay
You spent the weekend flailing round the trailer
I had to tie you down and strap on you inhaler
I wish that I could help you feel the cold breeze
Set up an IV of sanity
Say there's a spy in one half of your brain
Spyin' on the other half and it's drivin' you a little insane
But you're happy, that's all that matters
You say your happy, that's all that matters
Your clothes are crappy and your brain is badly battered
You say your happy, that's all that matters now
That's all that matters right now
When I rescue you from those concrete rooms
Where they keep you tied up to your bed
Giving you shots of electricity every morning at 7 am
It's enough to drive a sane person crazy
Baby let me tell you how I feel about ya
You're a lunatic to love
You can hold my hand to stand up
Hey Lunatic
Love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love,
love, love, love
Love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love,
love, love, love
Luncatic to love
A luncatic to love [Repeat]
You say you're happy but your mind is slidin' sideways
You say you're happy but you're dozy in the theater
The goons keep grillin me wonderin' how I'm treatin' ya!
I say she's happy, that's all that matters
I say she's happy, that's all that matters
Her clothes are crappy and her brain is badly battered
You say she's happy, that's all that matters now
That's all that matters now
When I get you home in my room 'tween my sheets
And I got a chance to tell you, face to face
How I feel about you darling now, I say
You're a lunatic to love
You're a lunatic to love
You can hold my hand to stand up
Hey Lunatic
I dropped you off at the asylum on a Friday
You looked like hell but I said that you looked okay
You spent the weekend flailing round the trailer
I had to tie you down and strap on you inhaler
I wish that I could help you feel the cold breeze
Set up an IV of sanity
Say there's a spy in one half of your brain
Spyin' on the other half and it's drivin' you a little insane
But you're happy, that's all that matters
You say your happy, that's all that matters
Your clothes are crappy and your brain is badly battered
You say your happy, that's all that matters now
That's all that matters right now
When I rescue you from those concrete rooms
Where they keep you tied up to your bed
Giving you shots of electricity every morning at 7 am
It's enough to drive a sane person crazy
Baby let me tell you how I feel about ya
You're a lunatic to love
You can hold my hand to stand up
Hey Lunatic
Love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love,
love, love, love
Love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love,
love, love, love
Luncatic to love
A luncatic to love [Repeat]
Lyrics submitted by carboncentric
Lunatic to Love Lyrics as written by David Michael Dederer Christopher Weldon Ballew
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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Nice job!
This song works just fine taken literally.
He's got a girl with mental health problems. Sounds like it could be paranoid schizophrenia (one half of the brain is spying on the other half, driving her insane). But they love each other, and it's enough that she says she's happy, which is all that matters to him.
I've tried forming a relationship with a girl with schizoid problems, and getting that to work out is definitely something to sing about, because it ain't easy.