This song just makes me want to party, not just the instruments but the lyrics. For me, it feels like he's saying he wants to get out and really live. Do some crazy stuff because he's alive and he can do it right now. Some of the lyrics are really intense if you think about it, referencing homicide and throat cutting (where I assume the song's title came from?), and it gives this song a tone of desperation and intensity. I think Joker is a Heath Ledger reference, too, and a way to sort of say "I'll sleep when I'm dead." Have fun now that you've got the chance because you won't always have it.
This song just makes me want to party, not just the instruments but the lyrics. For me, it feels like he's saying he wants to get out and really live. Do some crazy stuff because he's alive and he can do it right now. Some of the lyrics are really intense if you think about it, referencing homicide and throat cutting (where I assume the song's title came from?), and it gives this song a tone of desperation and intensity. I think Joker is a Heath Ledger reference, too, and a way to sort of say "I'll sleep when I'm dead." Have fun now that you've got the chance because you won't always have it.