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Welcome To The Fold Lyrics
You take my money
You think you're great
You think it's funny
And I hate your face
Hey!
You've got your Jesus
And I've got my space
You've got your reasons
And I've got my case
You've just gotta
Sit yourself down
To contemplate
You get yourself
A nice cold beer
And drink yourself away
You're celebrating nothing
And you feel a-okay
You're celebrating nothing
And you feel
A-okay
You think you're precious
And I think you're shit
And I'd kill your father
To destroy his seed
Oooooh, nothing will ever
Destroy your greed
You've just gotta
Sit yourself down
To comtemplate
You get yourself
A Nice cold beer
And drink yourself away
You're celebrating nothing
And you feel a-okay
You're celebrating nothing
And you feel
A-okay
Yeah
Now when you
Break yourself down
And go to this place
You give yourself
The reason
To get off your case
And when you
Break it down,
yeah
See through this shit
You give yourself
The reason
To live through this
Mama, give me my medicine
Mama, give me my medicine
Mama, give me my medicine
The one that makes me feel taller
Mama, give me my medicine
Mama, give me my medicine,
The one that makes me feel so tall
Tall
Like a tall tree
Mama give me my medicine
That makes me feel
Like a tall tree
Mama give me my medicine
That makes me feel
Like a tall tree
Mama give me my medicine
That makes me feel
Like a
Tall
Tree
Yeah
You're celebrating nothing
And you feel a-okay
You're celebrating nothing
And you
Feel
A
O-kay
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um, yeah, you're feelin' a-MUTHA FUCKIN' K~
sorry... not really.
The first verses of this song seem to be lashing out at somebody, just hating them, and encouraging them to become an alcoholic. The line "You got your Jesus and I got my space, you got your reasons and I got my case" is similar to some of the lyrics from Dose. The lyrics then seem to detail the person having a mental breakdown, and becoming addicted to a drug of some kind.
the second line is supposed to be 'And think you're great". It does have similarities to Dose, and I think it's Richard attacking religion, and saying it offers as much comfort (and side effects) as alcoholism.
You're celebrating nothing
...is the correct lyrics
yeah its about a check who got hit with a beer can at a show
It sounds like he is making fun of religion, but I will not argue the "chick hit by bottle" comments.
drinking to erase life's problems
"You've got your Jesus And I've got my space"
to me this seems like a contrast between religion and science I think this whole song is about not thinking for yourself,people that go along with societies rules without ever asking why? Religious people are a perfect example of believing in something without knowing why, science is the quest for knowlege.
"You get yourself A nice cold beer And drink yourself away You're celebrating nothing"
an example of typical mindless behavior
Basically, this song is about hating your own self.
"I was a wandering sheep, I did not love the fold; I did not love my Shepherd's voice, I would not be controlled. I was a wayward child, I did not love my Home; I did not love my Father's voice..."
hymnary.org/text/i_was_a_wandering_sheep
I think there's a very sarcastic tone governing the chorus. He's not really propogating drinkiking, he's saying that it's a waste to be drinking to try and ignore inner problems.
Then he relates this to the way we just take a pill to bury ourselves of our problems, instead of dealing with them (give me my medecine)!
Ultimately, I think he is talking to himself, arguing with another part of himself.