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So Long, Suicide Lyrics
Rockabye baby, it's time to break
Habits that you fed, sweet sorrow
While the cherished dead blow in my mouth
Every breath I take.
Although I need you I don't want to bleed for you.
So long, suicide
Going right out of sight, out of mind
Leave me alone and abandoned.
Hello I'm alive
I'm loaded alive and in my bones
I know what I'm good for.
Hello I'm alive
I'm loaded alive and in my bones
I know what I'm doing.
I stole the beauty and taste the hurt
There's always time for pretty flowers
Growing in the dirt
But time is your needle aimed to my heart
And I must be hollow cause I can't follow that.
So long, suicide
Going right out of sight, out of mind
Leave me alone and abandoned.
Hello I'm alive
I'm loaded alive and in my bones
I know what I'm good for.
Hello I'm alive
I'm loaded alive and in my bones
I know what I'm doing.
I'm scared of being ordinary
But I swear to live like anyone
And you know it's hard to make it
But life goes on.
And after all the crash and swell
We are just human
And after all is said and done
We're only human.
You're out of sight and out of mind
I'm saying so long, suicide.
The half dream shape of yesterday
In bloom tomorrow.
Habits that you fed, sweet sorrow
While the cherished dead blow in my mouth
Every breath I take.
Although I need you I don't want to bleed for you.
So long, suicide
Going right out of sight, out of mind
Leave me alone and abandoned.
I'm loaded alive and in my bones
I know what I'm good for.
Hello I'm alive
I'm loaded alive and in my bones
I know what I'm doing.
There's always time for pretty flowers
Growing in the dirt
But time is your needle aimed to my heart
And I must be hollow cause I can't follow that.
Going right out of sight, out of mind
Leave me alone and abandoned.
I'm loaded alive and in my bones
I know what I'm good for.
Hello I'm alive
I'm loaded alive and in my bones
I know what I'm doing.
But I swear to live like anyone
And you know it's hard to make it
But life goes on.
We are just human
And after all is said and done
We're only human.
I'm saying so long, suicide.
The half dream shape of yesterday
In bloom tomorrow.
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I kind of assumed this song was directed at some divine being with lines like "Although I need you I don't want to bleed for you" and "Time is your needle aimed to my heart" though the latter could just be about life in general and the way we all die.
It sounds like the positive side of the "to be or not to be" speech in Hamlet though I don't really see it as all that positive.
This song is basically about Kurt Cobain. The music even has a soft versus and a heavy chuga-chuga refrain to pay homage to Nirvana's sound. This isn't really speculation, I read in an interview that simon wrote it after Kurt's suicide and the death of some other rockers - it is meant to be a positive song - as in life can be hard but don't give up. The line you cite - is kind of "i love your music, and want more, but you threw is away, and I don't plan to" type sentiment.