Zaphod is on the right track here. This song is about how overrated it is to remove the filter between your brain and your mouth. See the song "Lives" by Modest Mouse for a similar sentiment.
There is this idea that completely honest communication ("open-hearted surgery") will solve all your problems. Similarly, there's this idea that you need to be really brave to have a "breakdown" that involves spilling your guts and getting in touch with your emotions. I believe he is trying to say that in fact it's much easier to have verbal diarrhea than it is to find other more constructive ways to deal with personal problems that do not burden other people ("eat your words or hide 'em in the dirt").
Zaphod is on the right track here. This song is about how overrated it is to remove the filter between your brain and your mouth. See the song "Lives" by Modest Mouse for a similar sentiment.
There is this idea that completely honest communication ("open-hearted surgery") will solve all your problems. Similarly, there's this idea that you need to be really brave to have a "breakdown" that involves spilling your guts and getting in touch with your emotions. I believe he is trying to say that in fact it's much easier to have verbal diarrhea than it is to find other more constructive ways to deal with personal problems that do not burden other people ("eat your words or hide 'em in the dirt").