I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
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]
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Lunatic to Love Lyrics as written by David Michael Dederer Christopher Weldon Ballew
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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