I thought it was obvious the first time I read the lyrics that this is a song about going 'under the knife', i.e. having a surgical operation.
He is given anesthesia, and is unconscious throughout the whole surgery (wake me when it's through). He feels he'd rather not feel or see anything from the surgery, and chooses to be injected with anesthetics.
I thought it was obvious the first time I read the lyrics that this is a song about going 'under the knife', i.e. having a surgical operation.
He is given anesthesia, and is unconscious throughout the whole surgery (wake me when it's through). He feels he'd rather not feel or see anything from the surgery, and chooses to be injected with anesthetics.