Take Me to the Specialist
Journey to Sanity: Embracing Chaos with The Dead Milkmen
Lyrics
I like to scream
I have a tendency to scream.
I like to yell
I also tend to yell loudly.
That's 'cause I'm sick
My behavior stems from being unwell.
And I need help
I recognize my need for assistance.
The specialist won't hurt me
I trust the specialist won't cause harm.
He's not like the nuns
The specialist is different from nuns.
He's got a lot of pretty pills
The specialist offers attractive pills.
I think I'll take some yellow ones
I'm inclined to take specific yellow pills.
Take me to the specialist
Requesting to be taken to the specialist.
I know that I'm crazy
Acknowledging my own mental instability.
I know that I'm nuts
Admitting my own irrationality.
But at least I admit it
Recognizing courage in admitting faults.
And I think that takes some guts
I value the bravery in acknowledging flaws.
The specialist doesn't care
The specialist is indifferent to voices.
What the voices say
The specialist has pills to silence voices.
He's got a lot of pretty pills
Reiteration of pills to quiet voices.
To make the voices go away
Emphasizing pills to stop the voices.
Take me to the specialist
Repetition of the request for the specialist.
Mr. Huberty
Addressing someone named Mr. Huberty.
Yes, God?
A reply from Mr. Huberty to someone, possibly God.
You wouldn't happen to have any power tools?
Asking for power tools, potentially symbolic.
And if I'm hopeless
Accepting hopelessness as part of life.
Well, that's the breaks
Resignation to life's difficulties.
The cookie crumbles
Expressions of chaos and instability.
The loony shakes
Symbolic representation of mental distress.
The specialist can see it
Belief that the specialist understands.
From my point of view
The specialist empathizes from my viewpoint.
He understands me
The specialist comprehends me.
'Cause he hears voices too
Implying the specialist hears voices too.
Take me to the specialist
Repeated request to be taken to the specialist.
Take me to the specialist
-Take me to the specialist
-Take me to the specialist
-I hear weasels!
Repeated expression of hearing weasels, potentially metaphorical or symbolic.
I hear weasels!
-I hear weasels!
-I hear weasels!
-I hear weasels!
-I hear weasels!
-I hear weasels!
-I hear weasels!
-I hear weasels!
-I hear weasels!
-Hey you kids! Cut that crap out! Hey come back here!
Interruption by someone addressing misbehaving kids and referencing historical context with Nixon in the White House.
I know who your parents are
-Wouldn't do this if Nixon was in the White House
-see'mon, I'm the walrus
-dammit!
Exclamation indicating frustration or irritation.
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