"It’s a constant thing–I’m on suicide watch all the time," he says, with straightforward nonchalance, on a June evening in his Brooklyn Heights apartment. "It’s something I have a history with, so people don’t trust me. They try to take it easy with me, and I don’t like it, because I don’t want to be known as an artist that’s super volatile." A year later, while attending Boston's Emerson College, Angelakos attempted to take his own life: "Creativity essentially leads to suicide --where you think to cut yourself up, sit in the bathtub, and take more medication than you should."...
"It’s a constant thing–I’m on suicide watch all the time," he says, with straightforward nonchalance, on a June evening in his Brooklyn Heights apartment. "It’s something I have a history with, so people don’t trust me. They try to take it easy with me, and I don’t like it, because I don’t want to be known as an artist that’s super volatile." A year later, while attending Boston's Emerson College, Angelakos attempted to take his own life: "Creativity essentially leads to suicide --where you think to cut yourself up, sit in the bathtub, and take more medication than you should."
The incident is alluded to in the glitchy Gossamer closer "Where We Belong", where he sings, "And then I'm lifted up/ Out of the crimson tub/ The bath begins to drain/ And from the floor he prays away all my pain." Talking about it now, he says, "I envisioned the archangel Gabriel lifting me up. It was a really gruesome scene. I walked myself to the hospital and waited for four hours–my coat had blood seeping through it, and I was passing out on the floor. The hospital employees finally realized what was wrong with me and said, 'Why didn't you tell us what was happening?' I didn't tell them because I was embarrassed."
very interesting interview with Michael Angelakos which reinforces this song's suicidal tone. http://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/reader/passion-pit/?utm_medium=site
"It’s a constant thing–I’m on suicide watch all the time," he says, with straightforward nonchalance, on a June evening in his Brooklyn Heights apartment. "It’s something I have a history with, so people don’t trust me. They try to take it easy with me, and I don’t like it, because I don’t want to be known as an artist that’s super volatile." A year later, while attending Boston's Emerson College, Angelakos attempted to take his own life: "Creativity essentially leads to suicide --where you think to cut yourself up, sit in the bathtub, and take more medication than you should."...
"It’s a constant thing–I’m on suicide watch all the time," he says, with straightforward nonchalance, on a June evening in his Brooklyn Heights apartment. "It’s something I have a history with, so people don’t trust me. They try to take it easy with me, and I don’t like it, because I don’t want to be known as an artist that’s super volatile." A year later, while attending Boston's Emerson College, Angelakos attempted to take his own life: "Creativity essentially leads to suicide --where you think to cut yourself up, sit in the bathtub, and take more medication than you should."
The incident is alluded to in the glitchy Gossamer closer "Where We Belong", where he sings, "And then I'm lifted up/ Out of the crimson tub/ The bath begins to drain/ And from the floor he prays away all my pain." Talking about it now, he says, "I envisioned the archangel Gabriel lifting me up. It was a really gruesome scene. I walked myself to the hospital and waited for four hours–my coat had blood seeping through it, and I was passing out on the floor. The hospital employees finally realized what was wrong with me and said, 'Why didn't you tell us what was happening?' I didn't tell them because I was embarrassed."