I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Hey Dr. Yin
Chain smoking Chinese centenarian
Deck my back with pins
Connect the wires that plug me in
Hey love master z
Sexy online psychic overseas
When my bank card clears
Tell me things I want to hear
Yea, yea
Well I might be dyin'
Or maybe I got to much time
I can't stop my mind
It's runnin' right
With these false teeth
And these plastic knees
Go squeak squeak squeak
From the porch to the street
Hey, hey, hey, hey,
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey dr. jack
Bend me like a pretzel till I crack
All my joints and bones
Beat me up and send me home
Hey,
I've got to much time
Baby may I might be dyin'
Got to help me fallin' doctor
Got to help me fallin'
Hey Dr. Yang
Chain smoking Chinese centenarian
Deck my back with pins
Connect the wires that plug me in
Hey love master z
Sexy online psychic overseas
When my bank card clears
Tell me things I want to hear
Yea, yea
Well I might be dyin'
Or maybe I got to much time
I can't stop my mind
It's runnin' right
With these false teeth
And these plastic knees
Go squeak squeak squeak
From the porch to the street
Hey, hey, hey, hey,
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey dr. jack
Bend me like a pretzel till I crack
All my joints and bones
Beat me up and send me home
Hey,
I've got to much time
Baby may I might be dyin'
Got to help me fallin' doctor
Got to help me fallin'
Hey Dr. Yang
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first.
song is about bullshit doctors. (well a psychic too) chiropractor pyschich and acupuncture
all bull shit in my, and ben's eyes
It's "chain smoking Chinese centenarian," i.e., a 100+ year old.
And it's "bend me like a pretzel."
Thank you, dear. :)
I always figured 'chain smoking chinese symptom marrying' made little sense, lol.
I thought it was "symptomarian". Like one who diagnoses symptoms. But I guess that's not really a word?
I'm pretty sure it's "I need false teeth, I need plastic knees." That's what it sounds like to me, anyway.
In any case, yeah, this song is definitely making fun of New Age quackery. Segues nicely into "The Frown Song," with the gossipy rich woman struggling to get to shiatsu.
Yeah I agree with Archaia Sophia. I think it's definitely "I need false teeth, I need plastic knees".
Nothing to do with the Dr. Yang who Chairman Mao studied under, right?
hahah @archaia sophia has it right; new age quackery is an apt name for it. But, I think it's also about the people who seek comfort and meaning in such rituals and procedures. Lines like "you gotta help me I'm falling" emphasize how pathetic it is to seek salvation from crack pot doctors, gurus or others who care more about making money ('when my bank card clears') than helping people.