Carbon Monoxide Lyrics

Lyric discussion by lecky333 

Cover art for Carbon Monoxide lyrics by Regina Spektor

The comment by "apres moi" correctly points out the key passage in the song.

"No one will notice we’re gone Cause we don’t have a job to keep They’ll just say that we’re being lazy Sex crazy, sex cra-zazy They’ll just say we’re living our whole life in bed And we’ll be in bed but we’ll be oh so very much Dead"

It's clearly about suicide, but I think it has a strong anti-corporate tone.

No one cares about these 2 suicidal lovers because they don't have jobs, and don't measure their own worth by what jobs they have or how much money they make.

This is incomprehensible to society who will call them "sex-crazy." Their cries of "come on daddy" are a call for attention as even their own parents measure the worth of their children by their accomplishments in the corporate world.

Disagree. Regina Spektor is an amazing, random, and gorgeous fucking heart break.

She is speaking of a certain time that happens. She isnt talking about another person. She is speaking of herself directly. She is describing the walk from a manic high and is walking to be depressive. She knows that people who have bi-polar are often given a bad name, because of the sex-craze, depressively sleeping, and not being able to hold down a job.

She cries for her daddy and keeps mentioning her socks, because she is trying to fix herself before she gets sleepy from the gas...