Prosthetic Head Lyrics

Lyric discussion by scattered_nimrOd 

Cover art for Prosthetic Head lyrics by Green Day

pros·thet·ic (prŏs-thĕt'ĭk) adj. Serving as or relating to a prosthesis. Of or relating to prosthetics.

pros·the·sis (prŏs-thē'sĭs) n., pl. -ses (-sēz). An artificial device used to replace a missing body part, such as a limb, tooth, eye, or heart valve. Replacement of a missing body part with such a device. Linguistics. Prothesis.

(meaning) fake/replacement head

this makes me think that it is about the fact that most people aren't thinking for them selves. we are told what to think, especially about appearances e.g. "you have to be a size 6 to be beautiful", this causes some people to get plastic surgery, lyposuction and other things, just to make themselves what is considered 'beautiful'.

the line "You're a suicide makeover" reffers to the fact that we are not 100% human once we have plasic surgery, also some teen girls are slowly killing themselves, being bulimic or anorexic...

wow! that took a long time to get out, and it might not make sence... hmmm... tell me what you think.

by the way, great song. go green day for being so outright with thier veiws about body image (not only in this song, but also in fashin victim).