In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
I'm a man, I'm a very sick man
I got one aim this is kill and kill again
I was born with pain and pain I give back
All I do with people is mangle, scalp and hack
I kill as many I can
I got no friends but you can call me slam
I torture and make them bleed
Strangulation, mutilation is my creed
I strangle them with a rope
Before I prefer to smoke a lot of dope
I slaughter them without brain
In the news they're telling I'm insane
Brainpan blues
Kill all the time
No day without a victim
It's more than a crime, his condition state
Mentally confused
I slice them with my knife
Inside the body my right hand dive
I butcher them for fun
Or shoot them with my gun
I choke them with a string
When I murder I always sing
I scalp and take their hair
But before I ask them to be fair
Brainpan blues
I hack them and I slay
When it's done, I start to pray
I chop, carve and slash
I rip, tear and I hash
I impale them and I spear
I leave them on the pale and disappear
At last I drink their blood
I eat their brains and I eat their mud
I got one aim this is kill and kill again
I was born with pain and pain I give back
All I do with people is mangle, scalp and hack
I kill as many I can
I got no friends but you can call me slam
I torture and make them bleed
Strangulation, mutilation is my creed
I strangle them with a rope
Before I prefer to smoke a lot of dope
I slaughter them without brain
In the news they're telling I'm insane
Brainpan blues
Kill all the time
No day without a victim
It's more than a crime, his condition state
Mentally confused
I slice them with my knife
Inside the body my right hand dive
I butcher them for fun
Or shoot them with my gun
I choke them with a string
When I murder I always sing
I scalp and take their hair
But before I ask them to be fair
Brainpan blues
I hack them and I slay
When it's done, I start to pray
I chop, carve and slash
I rip, tear and I hash
I impale them and I spear
I leave them on the pale and disappear
At last I drink their blood
I eat their brains and I eat their mud
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Brainpan Blues Lyrics as written by Jacek Perkowski Alexander Wank
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