Beheaded

Here's the song meaning straight from Dexter:

Now, this is really going back. Beheaded is a song off of our very first album, so that‘s like 10 years ago! It‘s also the only song off that record that we still play live sometimes.

I still lived at home back then, and I remember that I wrote the music for that song one night when I was just sitting in my bedroom on my bed with a guitar, being bored. I guess, sometimes, being bored is a good way to make up songs. It was one of those times where I was kind of watching TV, and just kind of strumming my guitar, not really even paying attention to what I was playing, when I just kind of accidentally played some chords that I liked. Pretty soon I had all the music written, but I had to come up with some lyrics.

This is where James Lilja came in. Now, James was our first drummer, and this was before we even recorded our first record. James is a great guy with a pretty warped sense of humor, and this guy was dying to get into medical school. In fact, he was so intent on getting into medical school that he didn‘t really even practice with us much – which is part of why he‘s not our drummer anymore! But anyway, James and I got together one day and I told him how I was trying to write lyrics for this song.

I had the idea of calling it “Beheaded,“ and having it be about this crazy guy who enjoys that sort of thing. You know, actually, this kind of song is something that a lot of old punk bands did back then. There‘s tons of songs where the band talks about liking something that‘s gross or sick or whatever, but of course it‘s just a joke. Want some examples? Like, let‘s see, the Dead Kennedys did songs like “Stealing People‘s Mail“ and “I Kill Children.“ Suicidal Tendencies had “I Saw Your Mommy and Your Mommy‘s Dead,“ TSOL had “Code Blue,“ (which was about necrophilia), and D.I. had a song called “I Like Guns.” Of course, these bands didn‘t really advocate these kinds of things – it was just done for shock value, and it was kind of funny too.

So we decided to make our Beheaded be in that vein, and one afternoon James and I just cracked each other up making up silly lines about beheading people. You can check out the lyrics on another part of this web site.

Little did I know that day that we‘d still be playing that song ten years later.

And James? Yes, he got into medical school, and believe it or not, he‘s now a gynecologist! I hope his patients don‘t find out that he once helped write a song called ‘Beheaded‘!

It's about his/an obsession w/ beheading people

This is part of the Idle Hands soudntrack, i think it was writtin for the movie, because in the movie the main character beheads his parents... at least thats what i think, maybe Dexter had a deeper meaning and we need to look BEYOND the words and pin out symbolism.... or not

actually, it was on the self-titled.. then they rereleased it in '99.. and beheaded isnt their best song, Original Prankster is!!! hehe, j/k... this ones pretty cool

This song is about a murderer, and it's a great song

Mafekire, they didnt write the song especially for the fucking movie you retard, this was on their first album years ago. Get your facts right.

beheaded was written for "The Offsprings" first major record "The Offspring" back in '89 not for "Idle Hands".(Which is a great movie)obviously its about an obsession with cutting off peoples heads.Mafekire, he doesn't behead his parents, he just kills them, he beheads dextar the lead singer of "The Offspring" after he cuts his hand off!! did you even watch it??? jeez

FUCK THIS IS A great song

I love how so many people informed us of the fact that this song's about a murderer.

Hey guys, this song is about a murderer

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