Nothing ever changes
Nothing ever moves
I swim around in circles
In the same old lifeless room
And talk about the mirror man
The whispers in my ear again
The hot and sticky pillow man
Is smothering my face again
Nothing ever changes
Nothing ever moves
And I run around hysterical
In dead persistent gloom
And babble out in simile
Like dog-head-monkey-music me
Shut up shut up shut up shut up
Shut up!!!
And let me breathe...
Nothing ever moves
I swim around in circles
In the same old lifeless room
And talk about the mirror man
The whispers in my ear again
The hot and sticky pillow man
Is smothering my face again
Nothing ever moves
And I run around hysterical
In dead persistent gloom
And babble out in simile
Like dog-head-monkey-music me
Shut up shut up shut up shut up
Shut up!!!
And let me breathe...
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apparently Robert has said this song is about drugs. but the part where he started screaming "Shut up!!" i absolutely LOVE.
I love this song, especially for the bit where he sings "And babble out in simile\Like dog-head-monkey-music me\Shut up!" Hilarious and funky.
This song, I'm fairly certain, is about the hallucinations he experiences while on LSD.
Success is excess. Heroic and troubling. Anxiety inducing. Everyone around at the same time, incessantly talking and smiling. Animated and absolutely nauseating!
Like a circus: frenetic and frustrated, this song bubbles up like a volcanic eruption (to use a simile)..
Solid B-side: well mixed, layered, and great live vocals. Sit back and enjoy the ride.