My baby's on borrowed time
She's got two train tickets to the bottom line
My baby ain't doing fine
She's got real bad feelings running down her spine
She's got a
Compartmentalized state of mind
She's got two middle fingers for the uninclined
She ought to listen to the jaws of fate
She's got a
Bone to pick with the head of state
So many questions stay unanswered in my mind
Goodness and beauty ain't getting easier to find
I stopped to smell the roses and I lost my place in line
I fill the holes with sleeping pills and cyanide
Like I'm living in a nightmare
Oh, the mutilation never ends
Is anybody out there?
Tell me that there's time to make ammends
Got my eyes shut tight and my nostrils wide
I'm taking in the vibes
Gonna play both sides, gonna turn those tides
I'm raking in the highs
My baby's chalk full of life
She's got red hot sedition pouring down her knife
You know?
Sweet dreams and gasoline
Carve through her self-esteem
I got symptoms alphabetical and
Greivances ephemeral and
Secrets hypothetical to spare
I invest in the heretical and
Prejudice identical and
All the theoretical affairs
So many questions stay unanswered in my mind
Goodness and beauty ain't getting easier to find
I stopped to smell the roses and I lost my place in line
I fill the holes with sleeping pills and cyanide
Like I'm living in a nightmare
Pure imagination never ends
Is anybody out there?
Tell me where the angels play pretend
Got my eyes shut tight and my nostrils wide
I'm taking in the vibes
Gonna play both sides, gonna turn those tides
I'm raking in the highs
Go on, do it again
Go on, do it again
Go on, do it again
Go on, do it again
Go on, do it again
Don't do it again
Don't do it again
Don't do it again
Don't do it again
Don't do it again
Don't do it again
Don't do it again
Don't do it again
(epic guitar solo)
Like I'm living in a nightmare (living in a nightmare)
Pure imagination never ends
Is anybody out there?
Tell me where the angels play pretend (don't do it again)
Got my eyes shut tight and my nostrils wide
I'm taking in the vibes (don't do it again)
Gonna play both sides, gonna turn those tides
I'm raking in the highs
I really enjoy the 2000s rock vibe this song has. The lyrics feel like something straight out of that era e.g. "two middle fingers for the uninclined" and "sweet dreams and gasoline carve through her self-esteem". The rhythms in the chorus are also really catchy, and the pre-choruses hit, the chorus is delightfully edgy, and I really like the bridge, with the subtle transition from "Go on, do it again" to "don't do it again", then the increasing distortion and desperation and volume of "don't do it again" into the solo is just, so good. Then the way it comes back during the final chorus is great.