Sheer Heart Attack
Navigating Adolescence: The DNA of Sheer Heartache
Lyrics
Well you're just seventeen - all you wanna do is disappear
Expressing the feeling of being just seventeen and the desire to disappear.
You know what I mean there's a lot of space
Highlighting the vast emptiness or confusion in one's mind.
Between your ears
Emphasizing the significant mental space or gap.
The way that you touch don't feel nu nu nothin'
Describing a touch that lacks sensation or emotional connection.
Hey hey hey hey, it was the D.N.A.
Attributing the speaker's state to genetic factors (DNA).
Hey hey hey hey, that made me this way
Linking the speaker's condition to their genetic makeup.
Do you know, do you know, do you know, just how I feel ?
Questioning if others understand the speaker's emotions.
Do you know, do you know, do you know, just how I feel ?
Repeating the question to emphasize the desire for understanding.
Sheer heart attack
Introducing the theme of a sudden and intense heart attack.
Sheer heart attack
Reiterating the concept of a sheer heart attack.
Real cardiac
Referring to a genuine or serious cardiac event.
I feel so inar, inar, inar, inar, inar, inar, inar, inar - ticulate
Expressing a sense of inarticulateness or inability to communicate effectively.
Gotta feelin', gotta feelin', gotta feelin', like a paralyse
Describing a feeling of paralysis or being unable to move.
It ain't no, it ain't no, it ain't no, it ain't no surprise
Stating that the described situation is not surprising.
Turn on the T.V. let it drip right down in your eyes
Suggesting the influence of external factors, possibly media, on one's perception.
Hey hey hey hey, it was the D.N.A.
Reiterating the role of DNA in shaping the speaker's identity.
Hey hey hey hey hey, that made me this way
Emphasizing the genetic influence on the speaker's current state.
Do you know, do you know, do you know, just how I feel ?
Persisting in the question of whether others comprehend the speaker's emotions.
Do you know, do you know, do you know, just how I feel ?
Repeating the inquiry for heightened emphasis.
Sheer heart attack
Recalling the theme of a sheer heart attack.
Sheer heart attack
Reiterating the idea of a sudden and intense heart attack.
Real cardiac
Reaffirming the seriousness of the cardiac event.
I feel so inar, inar, inar, inar, inar, inar, inar, inar - ticulate
Reiterating the speaker's sense of inarticulateness or inability to express feelings.
Just how I feel
Affirming the depth of the speaker's emotions.
Do you know, do you know, do you know. do you know, just how I feel ?
Persisting in questioning whether others truly understand the speaker's feelings.
Do you know, do you know, do you know, just how I feel ?
Repeating the inquiry to stress the importance of comprehension.
Do you know, do you know, do you know, do you know, just how I feel ?
Further emphasizing the desire for understanding.
Sheer heart attack
Reiterating the theme of a sheer heart attack.
Sheer heart attack
Echoing the idea of a sudden and intense heart attack.
Real cardiac
Concluding by reaffirming the severity of the cardiac event.
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