[Verse 1]
She was a bartender, he worked at Guitar Center
The stickers on their car fenders had the same agenda
An elitist, a defeatist, I believe it's an allegiance of convenience
Fulfilling what each other needed
[Pre-Chorus]
I just wanna fuck and forget where I am
I just need to fuck, I don't need a friend
I just wanna fuck and never see you again
[Chorus]
Dyin' here is easy because we live so hard
Don't get any closer, I don't want to see your flaws
Could you help me, sister? I believe I've gotten lost
Ain't mortality a bitch?
[Verse 2]
We drank a little more, fell a little more in love
The news was full of wars and floods, and I just wanna score some drugs
I think I was way too honest then, in fact I'm sure I was
And I know it don't make up for it, but it kinda sorta does
[Pre-Chorus]
I just wanna fuck and forget where I am
I just need to fuck, I don't need a friend
I just wanna fuck and never see you again
I just need to fuck to forget
[Chorus]
Dyin' here is easy because we live so hard
Don't get any closer, I don't want to see your flaws
Could you help me, mister? I believe I've gotten lost
Ain't mortality a bitch?
[Verse 3]
To say that they were cynics would diminish their persistence
Like their arguments or gimmicks which in turn would make them distant
The boring but alluring and the emperor's returning
Rome was burning in the morning, I must go on to tell a story
[Verse 4]
On the head of a rocket as velocity builds
Schrödinger's collective cat that curiosity's killed
Now there's one more chance to go for
Laughter's building to a slow roar
And there we are pushing on the pull door
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
Dyin' here is easy because we live so hard
Don't get any closer, I don't want to see your flaws
Could you help me, sister? I believe I've gotten lost
Ain't mortality a bitch?
[Outro]
I don't know what I'm do-in'
But I am o-kay with lo-sin'
I don't know what I'm do-in'
But I'm not afraid of lo-sin'
I don't know what I'm do-in'
But I am o-kay with lo-sin'
I don't know what I'm do-in'...
“Schrödinger’s Cat” is a famous philosophical scenario. There is a box with a cat that may or may not be alive inside. If the box is opened and the cat is alive, then it will be killed. Thus it is impossible to tell whether or not the cat is alive.
The cat is being used as a symbol for the relationship of the couple that is sung about in this song. They don’t know if their relationship is a shallow fling or a deep connection; if they try to find out where the relationship is going, they will kill the relationship.
The stickers on their cars advertised for candidates of the same political agenda. Conservatives are often seen as elitists because of the money they hoard (as well as holding supremacist beliefs) and Liberals are often seen as defeatists because they can’t seem to stop the ever-advancing trek to fascism that America finds itself in.
These two characters are ok with sleeping together because at the end of the day, their ethics aren’t different enough to override their need for a fling.
both participants needed the thrill of a one night stand
(please better this)
some people would rather seek short lasting thrills than actually solve their problems.
the slow rhythm of the words “Push, pull” and laughing in the background could be a depiction of the motion during sex
the turmoil of everyday life and the chaos of the world does not matter to the singer because all he seeks and cares about is pleasure
to make sex more appealing he would rather get it over with than connect with a person on a deeper level
could refer to a prostitute or a nun, tbh
theres the general themes of fucking and forgetting, tying in with a prostitute
then theres also calling her sister and saying hes gotten lost, maybe hes looking to religion and hes strayed too far out from it?
idk lets just say its a prostitute this guys turned to sex instead of jesus