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.
Ooh, stop
With your feet in the air and your head on the ground
Try this trick and spin it, yeah
Your head will collapse
But there's nothing in it
And you'll ask yourself
Where is my mind
Where is my mind
Where is my mind
Way out in the water
See it swimmin'
I was swimmin' in the Caribbean
Animals were hiding behind the rocks
Except the little fish
But they told me, he swears
Tryin' to talk to me, to me, to me
Where is my mind
Where is my mind
Where is my mind
Way out in the water
See it swimmin'
With your feet in the air and your head on the ground
Try this trick and spin it, yeah
Your head will collapse
If there's nothing in it
And you'll ask yourself
Where is my mind
Where is my mind
Where is my mind
Way out in the water
See it swimmin'
Ooh
With your feet in the air and your head on the ground
Ooh
Try this trick and spin it, yeah
Ooh
Ooh
With your feet in the air and your head on the ground
Try this trick and spin it, yeah
Your head will collapse
But there's nothing in it
And you'll ask yourself
Where is my mind
Where is my mind
Where is my mind
Way out in the water
See it swimmin'
I was swimmin' in the Caribbean
Animals were hiding behind the rocks
Except the little fish
But they told me, he swears
Tryin' to talk to me, to me, to me
Where is my mind
Where is my mind
Where is my mind
Way out in the water
See it swimmin'
With your feet in the air and your head on the ground
Try this trick and spin it, yeah
Your head will collapse
If there's nothing in it
And you'll ask yourself
Where is my mind
Where is my mind
Where is my mind
Way out in the water
See it swimmin'
Ooh
With your feet in the air and your head on the ground
Ooh
Try this trick and spin it, yeah
Ooh
Ooh
Lyrics submitted by numb, edited by MrRapist, bahoevel, syndencity
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If you dont like where your life is/headed, mix it up. Dont just fuck around and tolerate it, do something about it. "Your head will collapse if there is nothing in it" meaning, if you feel you have no purpose, you will lose your sense of life, and will to change and do things you love. turn your world upside, stir things around, see how it goes. Cause, honestly, what have you got to lose? Animals hiding behind rocks is a metaphor, obviously, as much is everything he says. Make everything hes saying opposite. Animals become people, savages of our world today, businessmen, cut-throats, up in your face trying to use you and luring you with advertisements, etc. The little fish, the people you dont really fuckin know or care to, nor will the rest of the world, are the everyday people. water is land, the beautiful carribbean is your shitty apartment. the true metaphor, which is absolutely amazing, is the fact that this song does that. Spectacular. in the song hes crazy, lost, confused, at the same time, telling you that you need a change if you dont like life as it is now. When said exactly opposite, your life is perfect. The scavengers are gone, away, hiding, but not the cool, chill, honest living person you see everyday. Top 5 all time lyrics. Genius.
great lyrics
@SongInterpreter dude that is a ridiculous stretch. No evidence to support these connections you are making. The song is about scubadiving plain and simple. The animals and fish are literally animals and fish. The trick--spinning upside down under water. But also the danger of scubadiving is obvious, you literally need to stay focused on safety, whereas getting lost in the beauty of the aquatic can be quite dangerous. Advertisements? businessmen? Nothing. No mention of a need for change if you don't like your life. Dude you are amateur hour, go comment on a lesser song please
@SongInterpreter I like it!
@SongInterpreter Bahoevel, you're right. This music's pure simplicity.
Imagine a life where you don't have to really think. Just go tripping through life. This is a song about such an idea.
"That came from me snorkelling in the Caribbean and having this very small fish trying to chase me. I don't know why - I don't know too much about fish behaviour." Frank Black in SELECT, October 1997
fuck off with the Fight Club comments
@carcrashkiss oh terrible that people are interested in a song because of a reference to a movie ...
Also, I think there is a clear line between where a songwriter got his inspiration from, and what the song is actually about. So, the song may have been inspired by a scuba diving trip, but the meaning of the song can be quite different.
@bellyfloor true ... sometimes the everyday can inspire you to "see clearly" what has been staring at you all along
Charles wrote this after going SCUBA diving. My interpretation is about being blown away by the experience of diving to the point that you feel you don't know anything... your head is empty, because you just got blown away by the other world you knew nothing about. With your feet in the air, try spinning your way into recreational diving, like Charles, it will "blow you away".
This verse has always driven me crazy. I've tried to find the correct lyrics for years now and have never quite got there. A while ago I saw Frank Black guest performing with Placebo doing a version of Where Is My Mind. Brian Molko sings the second verse a lot more clearly than Frank ever has and his lyrics are plainly:
"Animals were hiding behind the rocks, Except the little fish, Then he told me East is West And he tried to cry... Where is my mind?"
The East West line sounds pretty close to what Frank sings in the original but the next line still mystifies me - not sure if Brian Molko is doing his own interpretation here or if he got those lyrics from Frank. The mystery continues! And anyway I should probably stop obsessing about it now - if Brian Molko doesn't know the words even when he's sharing the stage with Frank Black then I probably never will either...
Check out the vid on Youtube if you search for user elainalee81 / Pixies, Placebo Where etc...
Also, I think there is a clear line between where a songwriter got his inspiration from, and what the song is actually about. So, the song may have been inspired by a scuba diving trip, but the meaning of the song can be quite different.
I do agree with you . May be related to scuba diving but the message underneath is about craziness and freedom
@bellyfloor yeah, I\'m pretty sure those who take that as a literal meaning of a song are missing the thought process? Scuba diving was the trigger of inspiration to make him think of something...\r\nLyric writer here, and one day I found a hot bottle of flat lemonade under the seat of my car... that\'s what I\'d tell interviewer\'s if I was famous..\r\nReminded me of how innocent love is at first, but can go bad left in the sun... \r\nThere\'s a much deeper story to it, though.. \r\nAka being a straight Aussie 17yr old girl in love with a 34yr old Dutch girl in a bad relationship. Certainly not about lemonade, but no one would ever guess that, though!????
Yea, this has been one of my favorite songs, and then I saw Fight Club, and I heard it at the end. I was like "Rock on!!"
it makes me so mad that almost all of you posted on this song because its in fight club.. the song didnt come from the movie guys..it was out in the 90's.. the pixies totally dont get the respect they deserve for what they did musically.. they came on the scene in the late 80's and revolutionized the main stream sound.. thank them for grunge and alternative.. dont like one song because its in a good movie.. get any of their cds and like them because they are amazing.. go pick up the new cd of unreleased tracks, comming out july 9 rock the pixies because they deserve it
@xfifteenstiches why are you mad that a bunch of people who would otherwise have no idea at all what the Pixies were have now been introduced to a great band via a shitty movie.