Suicide Is Painless Lyrics
14 y.o. kid wrote lyrics about the war and the transience of life? You gotta be kidding...
By the way, movie/series is just a pale copy of the Joseph Heller's book Catch 22.
It meant nothing when i was in my twenties, 30 plus years later, i have a greater understanding for the truth behind the lyrics, it does not condone suicide but rather explains a final way to escape. I love the song but it does make me rather sad.
A great song from a great movie, this song encapsulates the frustrated irony of MASH.
Anyway, its supposed to be ironic, not serious. Its not pro-suicide. Used in the movie MASH, specifically in the instance that a dentist was considering suicide because, as I recall, he thought he was gay. (which he wasn't, he was just disturbed)
Such a hauntingly beautiful song. It really conveys the sense of apathy and hopelessness that comes about with depression and suicide. And to think that it was written by a 14-year-old. (Trivia time: It was written by Mike Altman, the son of the movie's director, Robert Altman. Mike got a lot richer than his dad from the movie.)
Check out the version of this song by the soul jazz group Midnight Blue on their 'Inner City Blues ' album.
In no way suicide could or would ever be done without pain. That is beyond any sense or degree of intelligence. A lot of despair and loss go into a mind before suicide. And a specific pain gets transferred to the survivors as well. I lost my father to suicide when I was eleven.
these are such great lyrics - probably my favourite lyrics ever, next to the sound of silence
i don\'t think may people know that this song has words to it. they just know the tune from the start of the TV show.
this is a great song. its so perfect in such a dark, disturbing way.