They Might Be Giants - Wearing A Raincoat Lyrics






Wearing a raincoat is flying around in a plane
Made of a raincoat
But when you think of that
You hurt your mind
And you'll need a friend
To talk you down

Needing a friend to talk you down
Is food that comes from a pipe
But when you hate the food
That comes from a pipe
You will turn to drugs
To help you sleep

Turning to drugs to help you sleep
Will only lead to sleep
And sleeping is a gateway drug
To being awake, being awake, being awake again

Being awake is swimming around in a lake
Of the undead
And the undead are like
A bunch of friends
That demand constant attention

Demanding constant attention
Will only lead to attention
And once they have your attention
They use it to ask for attention
And once they have that attention
They use it to ask for attention

Wearing a raincoat is flying around in a yellow rubber airplane
Made out of a raincoat, yes but when you think of that
You hurt your mind
And you'll need your mind
For later on

Needing a mind for later on
Is a friend that comes at a price
But when you hate the friend
That comes at a price
You will play the drums
To help you sleep





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  1. Z.... S....

    "Turning to drugs to help you sleep will only lead to sleep, and sleeping is a gateway drug to being awake, being awake, being awake again."

  2. S.... A....

    This is a great song. But the absurdist elements need to be 10x more absurd.

    S.... A....

    The deep stuff can stay.

  3. m.... m....

    This song seems to internally refer to both the song previous and subsequent in the album in which it was released ("The Spine"). The previous song, Memo to Human Resources, talks about being "talked down," as with this song. Then, this song has the line "you'll play the drums to help you sleep," and the next song in the album, Prevenge, begins with drums. It's all just so clever.

  4. A.... K....

    "when you think of that you'll hurt your mind and you'll need your mind for later on" soooooo brilliantly true. make him famous for that saying please somebody

  5. M.... P....

    hahahha set the speed to .5

  6. L.... K....

    horrible music

    L.... K....

    Then why are you here?

  7. J.... F....

    I think this song is about the dangers of obsession and thinking about things in a very complex way. The "wearing a raincoat" line is a reference to intellectualizing a bad thought and thus "hurting your mind".

    J.... F....

    Wearing a raincoat means wearing a condom. While flying a plane wearing a condom, means there are many technological wonders out there to protect us, but none of them are foolproof.

    And when you think of the risk you hurt your mind and think you shouldn't do the dumb things you gotta do.

    But you do.

    I'm counting on it.

  8. D.... G....

    love the line 'you will need your mind for later on' anyway i shall continue being drunk and singing all the words to they might be giants songs as loud as i can :p

  9. M.... W....

    I like how the song end with "Playing the drums to help you sleep" and the next track begins with a drum intro. :)

  10. C.... ....

    Don't try to interpret it too much

  11. S.... V....

    absurd since they are life itself. so how can u be distracted by urself. you just are. until someone finds an answer to that, i am wearing my raincoat.
    cheerish the happy face!!

  12. S.... V....

    it's about severe depression and obviously, wearing a raincoat.
    i type this wearing a raincoat. speaking inside my hut.
    every single word of that song is true.
    so i guess it's about the frustration that nothing leads to nothing and settling for this, kind of being forced to settle for this sort of fucked up emotion since you are what you are and you can't change it.
    so people who wear a raincoat try to feel safe. truth is they are totally distracted from life itself which is just absurd.

  13. C.... ....

    One of my favorite bands because of their unpredictability.

  14. C.... ....

    They have fun with their imaginations I suppose. How does any offbeat artist come up with stuff? Makes their style as fun as possible!

  15. P.... f....

    How in the world did they come up with these lyrics?

  16. C.... G....

    Eh, heard "Call You Mom"? It's on Nanobots.

  17. T.... P....

    listening to this music songs gots problem with inside my brain

  18. J.... W....

    When you think of that you hurt your mind, and you'll need your mind for later on

  19. 7.... ....

    Most fucked up song ever

  20. F.... B....

    @ckg41700 noooo you need that for later on D:

  21. H.... ....

    For some reason I'm addicted to this song atm

    H.... ....

    I know right

  22. A.... G....

    My mind hurts.