Got off a plane to the countryside
I drove to the mountain and holding the ground
There was crack on the corner and someone dead
And fire coming out of the monkey's head

Don't get lost in heaven, eh
They got locks on the gate, hey
Don't go over the edge, eh
You'll make a big mistake, hey

Put me in a cab to suburbia
I just took a line but I wasn't with you
There was more of it there, when I got back home
But you had left me, you don't know my soul
You're a whole bad mistake, yeah, you're a whole one

Don't get lost in heaven, eh
They got locks on the gate, hey
Don't go over the edge, eh
You'll make a big mistake, hey (big mistake)

Aah
You'll make a big mistake
Aah
You'll make a big mistake
Aah
You'll make a big mistake
Aah


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    My Interpretation

    I think this song is about a man who has it all. A Wife, Kids, a Good Paying job that he enjoys and whatthefucknot. Then he wastes his life with drugs and alcohol and prostitution etc. (Fill in the blank). He loses everything and "Got lost in Heaven". Don't go OVER THE EDGE. This man did.

    3lliottizeron November 03, 2013   Link

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