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Stop It You're Killing Me Lyrics
The world is fucked
And so am I
Maybe it's the other way round
I can't seem to decide
Domestic refugees
Sink in the same boat as me
We suffer alone
And these days I don't wanna go home
Idiots authority
Promising equality
So where is the land of the free?
Stop it you're killing me
Love is for the weak
Or so you'd have me believe
The thought's killing me
No body but a head O.D.
Don't know what's worse
The loss of death or the gain of birth
I try to understand
I can't accept just what I am
Idiots authority
Promising equality
So where is the land of the free?
Stop it you're killing me
I'm leaving on a train that's six miles down
Can't feel no pain, can't feel you now
When you drift away I'm singing
"On my way I'm telling you"
I can hear you coming thru
I can see you pushing thru
Tell me can you see the
Can you feel the rain
Idiots authority
Promising equality
So where is the land of the free?
Stop it you're killing me
Idiots authority
Promising equality
So where is the land of the free?
Stop it you're killing me
And so am I
Maybe it's the other way round
I can't seem to decide
Domestic refugees
Sink in the same boat as me
We suffer alone
And these days I don't wanna go home
Promising equality
So where is the land of the free?
Stop it you're killing me
Or so you'd have me believe
The thought's killing me
No body but a head O.D.
Don't know what's worse
The loss of death or the gain of birth
I try to understand
I can't accept just what I am
Promising equality
So where is the land of the free?
Stop it you're killing me
Can't feel no pain, can't feel you now
When you drift away I'm singing
"On my way I'm telling you"
I can hear you coming thru
I can see you pushing thru
Tell me can you see the
Can you feel the rain
Promising equality
So where is the land of the free?
Stop it you're killing me
Promising equality
So where is the land of the free?
Stop it you're killing me
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It's about the situation in Northern Ireland. On the one side hand you've got the British government trying to assure everyone that things will be just fine and everyone will be perfectly happy - while they do nothing to stop the violence between the loyalist and republican terrorist factions. And, of course, everyone else is caught in the middle - hence "domestic refugees" who "sink in the same boat as me". Basically, everyone's screwed.
I'm not very good with abbreviations... Can someone explain what a "head O.D." is ?
Pretty sure it just means "Over Dosed" as in a drug overdose though in this context I think its referring to be "dosed" with a belief. The preceding lines are
Pretty sure it just means "Over Dosed" as in a drug overdose though in this context I think its referring to be "dosed" with a belief. The preceding lines are
"Love is for the weak Or so you'd have me believe The thought's killing me"
"Love is for the weak Or so you'd have me believe The thought's killing me"
Also I think what the lyric should be read as "a head o.d'ed."
Also I think what the lyric should be read as "a head o.d'ed."
Took me a minute to figure out how the phrase fitted into the lyrics but I think that's a pretty decent approximation.
Took me a minute to figure out how the phrase fitted into the lyrics but I think that's a pretty decent approximation.
I had never thought it dealt with a specific context or specific country, but what skroo says makes sense. I've always heard this song as a universal expression of... Being screwed by authority and governements and feeling helpless.