Death Isn't a Parallel Move Lyrics

Lyric discussion by treborr 

Cover art for Death Isn't a Parallel Move lyrics by of Montreal

To me, this song is clearly about overcoming drug addiction, specifically painkillers (heroin, oxycodone, etc)

"all of my thoughts are from a foreign host" - cravings for drugs aren't thoughts one would normally have

"I'm only poisoning you, not going to stab you" - not going to stab himself but will treat himself poorly due to consuming drugs.

"I must nod" - when you take get high on opiates you nod in and out of consciousness -> "This fractured consciousness, This soft abuse"

"The identity I composed out of terror has become oppressive now" - using drugs went from fun to an addiction and now it's "oppressive"

I could be wrong but this is how I interpret it.

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