"How to Be Dead" as written by Gary Lightbody, Mark Pete Mcclelland, Jonathan Graham Quinn and Nathan Connolly....
Please don't go crazy, if I tell you the truth,
No you don't know what happened, and you never, will,
If you don't listen to me while I talk to the wall,
This blanket is freezing, its been out in the hall,
Where you fight me for hours, 'til I'm sure what I want
But darling I want the same thing, that I wanted before,
So sweetheart tell me what's up, I won't stop, no way.
Please keep your hands down, and stop raising your voice,
Its hardly what I'd be doing, if you gave me a choice,
Its a simple suggestion, can you give me some time,
So just say yes or no, why can't you shoulder the blame?
'cause both my shoulders are heavy, from the weight of us both,
You're a big boy now, so lets not talk about growth,
You've not heard a single word I have said, Oh My God,
Please take it easy, It can't all be my fault,
I haven't made half the mistakes, that you've listed so far,
Baby let me explain something, its all down to drugs,
At least I remember taking them, and not a lot else,
It seems I've stepped over lines, you've drawn again and again,
but if the ecstasy's in, the wit is definitely out,
Dr Jekyll is wrestling Hyde, for my pride.
No you don't know what happened, and you never, will,
If you don't listen to me while I talk to the wall,
This blanket is freezing, its been out in the hall,
Where you fight me for hours, 'til I'm sure what I want
But darling I want the same thing, that I wanted before,
So sweetheart tell me what's up, I won't stop, no way.
Please keep your hands down, and stop raising your voice,
Its hardly what I'd be doing, if you gave me a choice,
Its a simple suggestion, can you give me some time,
So just say yes or no, why can't you shoulder the blame?
'cause both my shoulders are heavy, from the weight of us both,
You're a big boy now, so lets not talk about growth,
You've not heard a single word I have said, Oh My God,
Please take it easy, It can't all be my fault,
I haven't made half the mistakes, that you've listed so far,
Baby let me explain something, its all down to drugs,
At least I remember taking them, and not a lot else,
It seems I've stepped over lines, you've drawn again and again,
but if the ecstasy's in, the wit is definitely out,
Dr Jekyll is wrestling Hyde, for my pride.
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No you don't know what happened
And you never will if
You don't listen to me while I talk to the wall."
Girl: "This blanket is freezing."
Boy: "It's been out in the hall,
Where you've had me for hours
Till I'm sure what I want,
But darling I want the same thing that I wanted before."
Girl: "So sweetheart tell me what's up I won't stop, no way."
Girl: "Please keep your hands down
And stop raising your voice"
Boy: "It's hardly what I'd be doing if you gave me a choice!"
Girl "It's a simple suggestion. Can you give me some time?"
Boy: "Just say yes or no!"
Girl: "Why can't you shoulder the blame?"
Boy: " 'Cause both my shoulders are heavy,
From the weight of us both."
Girl: "You're a big boy now so let's not talk about growth."
Boy: "You've not heard a single word I have said...
Oh, my God."
Boy: "Please take it easy it can't all be my fault
I haven't made half the mistakes
That you've listed so far.
Oh baby let me explain something
It's all down to drugs
At least I remember taking the and not a lot else.
It seems I've stepped over lines
You've drawn again and again.
But if the ecstacy's in the wit is definitely out,
Dr. Jekyll is wrestling Hyde for my pride."
You've drawn again and again) and the parent thinking they'e doing what's best by telling the child what to do because they've been through it before.
Eg. "Oh baby let me explain something
It's all down to drugs
At least I remember taking the and not a lot else"
I think if you read through it with the perspective that the parent and child are alternately the singer in the song then it makes sense
it's unclear as to whether or not the romatic other is male or female("you're a big boy now, so let's not talk about growth.")
their relationship is on the breaks, and the speaker is attempting to save it, while simultaneoudly realizing that his romantic other is not as perfect as he had hoped("You've not heard a single word I have said... Oh, my God.")
he mentions a few resons as to why the relationship has been bad so fat(drugs, sensationalism, and failure for the other party to accept responsibility.)
he starts the song desperately wanting to fix things, but perhaps by the end he's not sure.
great song.
No you don't know what happened
And you never will if
You don't listen to me while I talk to the wall
This blanket is freezing, it's been out in the hall
Where you've had me for hours
Till I'm sure what I want
But darling I want the same thing that I wanted before
So sweetheart tell me what's up I won't stop no way
The first part gives me the sense that they are in a hospital and the speaker just had like an overdose on something.. and he says the blanket is cold but its because he is experiencing withdrawal symptoms. Also he is talking to walls cuse he is allucinating from the drugs. Since to whoever he is singing this song to seems not to know about his drugs abuse he is trying to explain the overdose