Titus Andronicus - I Lost My Mind lyrics

I don't mind when I lose my mind
Yeah, I lost my mind seven
Eight or nine times
And you wouldn't mind if you lost your mind
Having lost your mind already
Eight or nine times
I don't mind, no it feels just fine
No, it feels just fine when I lose my mind

And it looks so nice when
It's flying right by
Now I don't mind when I lose my mind
My whole life I've been losing my mind

It was 1989 when I lost my mind
For the very first time I
Went down in the mine
Going down in the mine
I didn't know what I'd find
But whatever I'd find, say that it was mine



And I brought a little bird
It was short lived
And I lost my mind when the little bird died
'Cause as I stopped to cry
For the little bird's life
For the moment my mind was out of my sight

And I turned back around
To a terrible surprise
I had lost my mind for the very first time
I lost my mind for the very first time

Since I was a child, tried to let me slide
Then I lost it twice
They said it was a crime
And my hands were tied, I was read my rights
It was a real short list written in little
Tiny type
And they built their perfect prison
And locked me inside
I cried, "This is so wrong
" they said "It's alright"
And then a plate full of pills
I swallowed them dry
I was displayed in a cage, they claimed
In the name of science

And they probed, prodded, realigned my spine
Till they said I could walk
In a straight enough line
And then they pushed me back
Out into the bright sunlight
I didn't know what it
Meant to be institutionalized

Yeah I begged for readmission, it was denied
Where do you reside when
You've lost your mind?
Where you gonna hide when you lose your mind?

So I went back to where I
Had last seen my mind
He was sitting right there with
His eyes real wide
And looking into mine said "I apologize
But being confined is something
I cannot abide

But, if you'll take me back
We'll give it one more try" then we hugged
High-fived and stayed up all night
In the light I realized they
Were all just lies he had robbed me blind
And hadn't said goodbye

I was too desirous, so unwise
I got excited and I lost my mind
Why, oh why, must I lose my mind?
Since then it's been a struggle
Just to stay alive
Suicide seems superior than trying to survive
That's why when I'm in your sight
There'll be no sign of a smile
But the sound of a sigh I am happy to provide

But lastly, never ask me
"can I know your mind?"
No, my mind is too wild
It's the wandering kind
And I never know when it
Might be likely to arrive
So I don't mind when I lose my mind
No, I don't mind when I lose my mind
No, I don't mind when I lose my mind