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Prosthetic Head Lyrics
I see you, down on the front line.
Such a sight for sore eyes, you're a suicide makeover.
Plastic eyes, lookin' through a numb skull.
Self-effaced, what's his face.
You erased yourself so shut up.
You don't let up.
You have a growth that must be treated
Like a severed severe pain in the neck.
You can smell it but you can't see it.
No explanation identified 'cause you don't know.
You don't say.
And you got no reply.
Hey you, where did you come from?
Got a head full of lead, you're a inbred bastard son.
All dressed up, red blooded,
A mannequin Do or die, no reply, don't deny that you're synthetic.
You're pathetic.
Such a sight for sore eyes, you're a suicide makeover.
Plastic eyes, lookin' through a numb skull.
Self-effaced, what's his face.
You erased yourself so shut up.
You don't let up.
Like a severed severe pain in the neck.
You can smell it but you can't see it.
No explanation identified 'cause you don't know.
You don't say.
Hey you, where did you come from?
Got a head full of lead, you're a inbred bastard son.
All dressed up, red blooded,
A mannequin Do or die, no reply, don't deny that you're synthetic.
You're pathetic.
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I think he's singing to people who try to be something they're not. The line "you erased yourself" is what really makes me think this. Not to mention that "down on the front lines" could mean that he is singing to a portion of his audience...
pros·thet·ic (prŏs-thĕt'ĭk) adj. Serving as or relating to a prosthesis. Of or relating to prosthetics.
pros·the·sis (prŏs-thē'sĭs) n., pl. -ses (-sēz). An artificial device used to replace a missing body part, such as a limb, tooth, eye, or heart valve. Replacement of a missing body part with such a device. Linguistics. Prothesis.
(meaning) fake/replacement head
this makes me think that it is about the fact that most people aren't thinking for them selves. we are told what to think, especially about appearances e.g. "you have to be a size 6 to be beautiful", this causes some people to get plastic surgery, lyposuction and other things, just to make themselves what is considered 'beautiful'.
the line "You're a suicide makeover" reffers to the fact that we are not 100% human once we have plasic surgery, also some teen girls are slowly killing themselves, being bulimic or anorexic...
wow! that took a long time to get out, and it might not make sence... hmmm... tell me what you think.
by the way, great song. go green day for being so outright with thier veiws about body image (not only in this song, but also in fashin victim).
i agree that the "red-blooded a mannequin" line is a perfect play on words. it sums up a large portion of american culture.
this song to me talks about fakes and phonies. they're all over the place. and i feel like the 'down on the frontline' phrase refers to those who are in consistently in the public eye.
it might just be me,but i hear this song and i think of michael jackson coz the words just fit in perfectly with him and everything he has done 2 himself,freak.
lol on that last commment....that makes perfect sense, hahaha. but i dont know, i think what its really saying is that theres someone that thinks they're so cool, and that they know everything, but they're not, and they dont know everything, "you dont know" i dont know though, maybe im way off, its still a cool song though
yeh it does remind me of jackson, but its about some1 who is so fake if they're not careful they'll drop apart. 'all dressed up, redblooded a mannequin'. saying they look exactly like the mannequins in shop windows, apart from theyre red blooded. 'dont deny that youre synthetic'. 'plastic eyes looking through a numbskull.', these are all references to dummys in shop windows and the people that look like them.
really good song!! i love the guitar at the end btween the chorus and the frontline verse. GOOD!
This song is tizzle. Again, another Nimrod song that could've been a hit...........
I love this song. I think it's about fake people.
I thought it was about people with too much plastic surgery. People who are fake physically, not emotionally.