Numb

I absolutely love this song. It's pretty self-explanitory.

I'll always remember this song playing in a montage on the BBC just after England were knocked out of the 2006 world cup on penalties by Portugal. It was a truly heartbreaking song - yet so right for the moment too. This song is poignant beyond belief. One of the PSB's more underrated songs - it attracts a surprising amount of hate from PSB fans.

As others have already said, the meaning of the song is clear.

DON'T WANNA HEAR THE NEWS/ WHAT'S GOING ON/ WHAT'S COMING THROUGH/ I DON'T WANNA KNOW/ DON'T WANNA KNOW/ JUST WANNA HIDE AWAY/ MAKE MY ESCAPE/ I WANT THE WORLD/ TO LEAVE ME ALONE/ FEELS LIKE I FEEL TOO MUCH/ I'VE SEEN TOO MUCH/ FOR A LITTLE WHILE/ I WANT TO FORGET

I WANNA BE NUMB/ I DON'T WANNA FEEL THIS PAIN NO MORE/ WANA LOSE TOUCH/ I JUST WANNA GO AND LOCK THE DOOR/ I DON'T WANNA THINK/ I DON'T WANNA FEEL NOTHING/ I WANNA BE NUMB/ I JUST WANNA BE/ WANNA BE NUMB

CAN'T FIND NO SPACE TO BREATHE/ WORLD'S CLOSING IN/ RIGHT ON ME NOW/ WELL THAT'S HOW IT FEELS/ THAT'S HOW IT FEELS/ TOO MUCH LIGHT THERE'S TOO MUCH SOUND/ I WANNA TURN IT OFF/ WANNA SHUT IT OUT/ I NEED SOME RELIEF/ THINK THAT LIKE I THINK TOO MUCH/ I'VE SEEN TOO MUCH/ THERE'S JUST TOO MUCH/ THOUGHT IN MY HEAD

I WANNA BE NUMB/ I DON'T WANNA FEEL THIS PAIN NO MORE/ WANA LOSE TOUCH/ I JUST WANNA GO AND LOCK THE DOOR/ I DON'T WANNA THINK/ I DON'T WANNA FEEL NOTHING/ I WANNA BE NUMB/ I JUST WANNA BE/ WANNA BE / TAKEN AWAY FROM ALL THE MADNESS/ NEED TO ESCAPE/ ESCAPE FROM THE PAIN/ I'M OUT ON THE EDGE/ ABOUT TO LOSE MY MIND/ FOR A LITTLE WHILE/ FOR A LITTLE WHILE/ I WANNA BE NUMB

I DON'T WANNA THINK/ I DON'T WANNA FEEL NOTHING/ I WANNA BE NUMB/ I DON'T WANNA FEEL THIS PAIN NO MORE/ WANA LOSE TOUCH/ I JUST WANNA GO AND LOCK THE DOOR/ I DON'T WANNA THINK/ I DON'T WANNA FEEL NOTHING/ I WANNA BE NUMB/ I JUST WANNA BE/ WANNA BE NUMB/ I JUST WANNA BE/ WANNA BE NUMB/ ALL THE MADNESS/ I WANNA BE NUMB

This is a bit more complete...i love this song! to me its about always having to deal with something, and being exhausted, and wanting to just shut the door on the world and be apathetic for a while.

Wiki:The liner notes show that the album Fundamental is dedicated to two executed Iranian gay teenagers, Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni, who were hanged on 19 July 2005. Some reports have suggested the two may have been executed for engaging in homosexual behaviour, though the official Iranian report was that they were hanged for raping a 13-year-old boy. The boys (and probably the 13 year old too) claim it was consensual sex.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Asgari_and_Ayaz_Marhoni

I wonder if the song Numb was inspired by this horrific event.