Mental
by Eels

Album: Beautiful Freak (1996)
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  • It's like I dressed up in my mamma's clothing
    It's like I'm talking to a voice that doesn't exist
    It's like I got a wire crossed upstairs
    But all I want is just a little truth and that's it

    They say I'm mental but I'm just confused
    They say I'm mental but I've been abused
    They say I'm mental 'cause I'm not amused by it all

    Another anchorman is on the TV
    He's got that far away and they can't look in his eyes
    I turn the channel but nothing is changing
    The only truth is that everything's a lie

    They say I'm mental but I'm just confused
    They say I'm mental but I've been abused
    They say I'm mental 'cause I'm not amused by it all

    There's truth in everything, there's truth in lies
    With all this knowledge well I think I'm gonna be wise

    They say I'm mental but I'm just confused
    They say I'm mental but I've been abused
    They say I'm mental 'cause I'm not amused by it all
    Not at all
    Not at all
    Not at all
    Not at all
    Not at all
    Not at all
    Not at all Writer/s: MARK O. EVERETT
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Mike from Ho Chi Minh City, OtherDon't know about abuse, but Mark Oliver Everett, who basically _is_ the Eels as it's more of a collective than a band, did have a disturbed/disturbing early life. His dad died when he was a kid and he basically dropped out - drink/drug problems, crashed out of school etc.... Isn't the whole point of the song that the singer _doesn't_ have a "real" mental illness, that's just what "they say"?
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