"just as the lion stalks, i took pills to go to sleep" - this means he was taking a lot of pills, which he thought were sleeping pills but they werent. they were probably given to him and the person told him they were sleeping pills. just like lions always stalk their pray, he was taking pills just like the lions stalk pray.
"Bodies move in sweet slow motion, in search of magic potion" - the moving in slow motion is the side effect of the pills, his motor skills and that kind of stuff is probably effected so it seems he is moving differently. he calls it sweet because at first he likes the feeling of it, then he doesnt like it anymore and wants the magic potion to fix it
"im sitting on this boat and i dont know where to go, i think i'll fall asleep and lie myself with all the ones we've buried" - this just shows the "bandwagon" acts . . . he is just going with the flow doing what everyone else is doing, for instance, the popping pills. he doesnt know where to go so he lies himself with the ones he has buried meaning the ones he has judged for doing wrong but he decides to do the same.
"because the rowers keep on rowing, and there is certainly no showing, if this boat we're on is slowing" - everyone keeps doing what they are doing but they are in so deep they dont even notice it
"just as the lying starts, i gave her pills to go to sleep" - some women, maybe his spouse, starts nagging and lying to him and he gets tired of it so he gave her with the same pills he took and believed were sleeping pills to give her the same misery he had.
"my mind is so x-rated, this sex is over-rated" - after he gave her the pills he probably planned to take advantage of her and afterward he became condemned of it and realized it was wrong to do and thought that the sex was over rated because the women didnt really choose to do it with him.
"Still sitting on this boat, and I don’t know where to go, Doesn’t help to fall asleep, and lay myself amongst the ones we’ve buried" - he is saying he is still going with the flow and doing the same stuff and he still hasnt changed
theres a part of the song that it doesnt have in these lyrics... at 2:32 it says:
"i think i'll lie to myself" - this means he tells himself everything is ok and he will be just fine
"just as the lying stops, those pills dont help us sleep, our lives are slowly fading, receiving horrid ratings" - after everything happened he finally realizes that they arent sleeping pills and he now understands everything that has happened with him becoming of the world doing whatever everyone else does. he overdosed on the pills and now both of them are dying.
"its ok, its ok, i dont feel so alone in here" - the boy is telling the girl it will be fine and not to worry and the girl says its ok because he is going down with her
"just as the lion stalks, i took pills to go to sleep" - this means he was taking a lot of pills, which he thought were sleeping pills but they werent. they were probably given to him and the person told him they were sleeping pills. just like lions always stalk their pray, he was taking pills just like the lions stalk pray. "Bodies move in sweet slow motion, in search of magic potion" - the moving in slow motion is the side effect of the pills, his motor skills and that kind of stuff is probably effected so it seems he is moving differently. he calls it sweet because at first he likes the feeling of it, then he doesnt like it anymore and wants the magic potion to fix it
"im sitting on this boat and i dont know where to go, i think i'll fall asleep and lie myself with all the ones we've buried" - this just shows the "bandwagon" acts . . . he is just going with the flow doing what everyone else is doing, for instance, the popping pills. he doesnt know where to go so he lies himself with the ones he has buried meaning the ones he has judged for doing wrong but he decides to do the same. "because the rowers keep on rowing, and there is certainly no showing, if this boat we're on is slowing" - everyone keeps doing what they are doing but they are in so deep they dont even notice it
"just as the lying starts, i gave her pills to go to sleep" - some women, maybe his spouse, starts nagging and lying to him and he gets tired of it so he gave her with the same pills he took and believed were sleeping pills to give her the same misery he had. "my mind is so x-rated, this sex is over-rated" - after he gave her the pills he probably planned to take advantage of her and afterward he became condemned of it and realized it was wrong to do and thought that the sex was over rated because the women didnt really choose to do it with him.
"Still sitting on this boat, and I don’t know where to go, Doesn’t help to fall asleep, and lay myself amongst the ones we’ve buried" - he is saying he is still going with the flow and doing the same stuff and he still hasnt changed
theres a part of the song that it doesnt have in these lyrics... at 2:32 it says: "i think i'll lie to myself" - this means he tells himself everything is ok and he will be just fine
"just as the lying stops, those pills dont help us sleep, our lives are slowly fading, receiving horrid ratings" - after everything happened he finally realizes that they arent sleeping pills and he now understands everything that has happened with him becoming of the world doing whatever everyone else does. he overdosed on the pills and now both of them are dying.
"its ok, its ok, i dont feel so alone in here" - the boy is telling the girl it will be fine and not to worry and the girl says its ok because he is going down with her
so basically, the morale of the song... dont go with the flow and be of the world. do what u want and be urself
so basically, the morale of the song... dont go with the flow and be of the world. do what u want and be urself