The Robot With Human Hair Pt. 4 Lyrics

Lyric discussion by b3hr 

Cover art for The Robot With Human Hair Pt. 4 lyrics by Dance Gavin Dance

Personally, I think this is about falling back into drug usage. "I wear soul on my sleeve at night Searching for substance I lose control of my autonomic mind 
Waiting for the impulse" At night, the singer is unstable and is looking for a quick fix to his autonomic mind.

Honestly, I think this part is kind of humerus: "And I saw the rage burning in your eyes
 Your thoughts intangible Follow me down, we'll get paralyzed"

The singer realizes it's affecting the people around him, but kind of just tells the people around him to join him in the drug usage.

As for the catchy chorus of "hang on, hang on" I see that as someone close to him trying to talk the singer out of falling into another drug phase. They're telling him "
Feed into the miracle", but he responds with "don't be fucking cynical".

and the end, there's a bit of a realization that the drugs aren't fixing his problems "
losing admiration, holding onto accidents
 What have I done, what have I done?"

ending with "I can turn it off again", it's a bit of a plea to the person close to him, saying he's quit drugs before, he can do it again.

My Interpretation

Yeah, I can agree with everything you just said. Such a powerful song.

Your Autonomic nervous system is the part of your brain that does everything without your conscious consent (i.e.- digestion, heart rate, sweating ect.) I would argue that "lose control of my autonomic mind" is meaning that the drugs he's been taking have physical side-effects that he can't control.

Honestly, it sounds like this song is about Jonny. "feed into the miracle...cynical" is about when he came back for DBM2. People thought he couldn't kick his drug addiction and fans called them cynical. Jon's second verse seemingly describes Jonny's writing style too.

I second this. as someone who used to do drugs CONSTANTLY, this song speaks to me in that way.