Guy Who Got a Headache and Accidentally Saves the World Lyrics

Lyric discussion by destroyalltacos 

Cover art for Guy Who Got a Headache and Accidentally Saves the World lyrics by Flaming Lips, The

Well, literally it's exactly what the title implies, some guy gets a massive headache and this accelerates his thinking somehow. Then he gets the Nobel Prize for his efforts, but really can't be that thrilled about it because his head still really hurts. Maybe they're saying that personal pain can lead to someone doing something for the greater good, but whatever reward they get for it, they're still going to end up pretty miserable?

Bingo. You just articulated the meaning and secret behind why sacrifice exists. If you do what you love, you replace that love equally. If you do something you hate FOR something you love, you must incur pain but it makes just as prominent a change of love for those around you. Karma is split between two: others, and you. This is someone who basically had to take the pain of bad karma in order to fix the world, and then only then could he achieve himself.