Sheer Heart Attack
Sheer Heart Attack: Inner Turmoil and Genetic Influence
Lyrics
Well you're just seventeen - all you wanna do is disappear
Expressing the desire to escape at the age of seventeen.
You know what I mean there's a lot of space
Highlighting the considerable mental distance or emptiness.
Between your ears
Emphasizing the void or lack of substance in the mind.
The way that you touch don't feel nu nu nothin'
Describing a physical touch that lacks sensation or emotion.
Hey hey hey hey, it was the D.N.A.
Attributing one's current state to genetic factors (DNA).
Hey hey hey hey, that made me this way
Reiterating the influence of DNA in shaping one's identity.
Do you know, do you know, do you know, just how I feel ?
Prompting a question about understanding 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
Referring to a sudden and intense emotional experience.
Sheer heart attack
Repeating the phrase "Sheer heart attack" for emphasis.
Real cardiac
Connecting the emotional experience to a real cardiac event.
I feel so inar, inar, inar, inar, inar, inar, inar, inar - ticulate
Expressing a feeling of being unable to articulate emotions clearly.
Gotta feelin', gotta feelin', gotta feelin', like a paralyse
Describing a sensation similar to paralysis or being immobilized.
It ain't no, it ain't no, it ain't no, it ain't no surprise
Stating that the experience is not surprising.
Turn on the T.V. let it drip right down in your eyes
Suggesting a passive absorption of information from television.
Hey hey hey hey, it was the D.N.A.
Reiterating the impact of DNA on the speaker's current state.
Hey hey hey hey hey, that made me this way
Stressing the role of DNA in shaping the speaker's identity.
Do you know, do you know, do you know, just how I feel ?
Posing the question of whether others understand the speaker's feelings.
Do you know, do you know, do you know, just how I feel ?
Repeating the question to emphasize the theme of understanding.
Sheer heart attack
Repeating the phrase "Sheer heart attack" to reinforce the emotional intensity.
Sheer heart attack
Emphasizing the sudden and intense emotional experience.
Real cardiac
Linking the emotional experience to a real cardiac event.
I feel so inar, inar, inar, inar, inar, inar, inar, inar - ticulate
Reiterating the difficulty in expressing emotions clearly.
Just how I feel
Expressing the intensity of the speaker's emotions.
Do you know, do you know, do you know. do you know, just how I feel ?
Repeating the question, seeking understanding of the speaker's feelings.
Do you know, do you know, do you know, just how I feel ?
Reiterating the theme of understanding one's emotions.
Do you know, do you know, do you know, do you know, just how I feel ?
Emphasizing the desire for others to comprehend the speaker's feelings.
Sheer heart attack
Repeating the phrase "Sheer heart attack" for emphasis.
Sheer heart attack
Reiterating the sudden and intense emotional experience.
Real cardiac
Connecting the emotional intensity to a real cardiac event.
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