Grinspoon are an Australian rock band from Lismore, New South Wales; formed… Read Full Bio ↴Grinspoon are an Australian rock band from Lismore, New South Wales; formed in 1995 and fronted by Phil Jamieson on vocals and guitar with Pat Davern on guitar, Joe Hansen on bass guitar and Kristian Hopes on drums. Also in 1995, they won the Triple J-sponsored Unearthed competition for Lismore, with their post-grunge song "Sickfest". Their name was taken from Dr. Lester Grinspoon an Associate Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, who supports marijuana for medical use.

Grinspoon changed their sound to more mainstream rock by their 2002 album, New Detention, gaining fans and peaking at No. 2 on the ARIA Albums Charts; similarly 2007's Alibis & Other Lies also reached No. 2. Their 2004 album, Thrills, Kills & Sunday Pills, which peaked at No. 4, won the 2005 'Best Rock Album Award' at the ARIA Music Awards.

The band was signed to Universal Records in United States by late 1998, they were promoted by the songs "Champion", which featured in Gran Turismo 3; "Post Enebriated Anxiety", which was on the international version of Guide to Better Living; "Chemical Heart", via the internet; and a cover of the Prong song "Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck", from Grinspoon's Pushing Buttons EP, which was included on ECW: Extreme Music.

On 4 December 2013, they announced that they were going on an indefinite hiatus to pursue individual projects.

Freezer
Grinspoon Lyrics

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All right!

The lady at the hospital
Pushed me in the trolley
She said I gotta get out
Of this stinking place

So come on down and come on up

Grab my coat and come over with it
I said I'm never going to see you again

I'm freezing to death in the morgue
Freezing, Frrr, Frrrr freezing
Freezing to death in the morgue
Death in, death in the morgue
Frrr Frrrr Frrrrr Freezing

Lying here in the morgue is
Cold and really nice
I might be dead
But I might be alive
But I'm freezing to death in the morgue
Death in, death in the morgue
I'm freezing to death in the morgue
Freezing, Frrr Frrrr freezing

Dead in the morgue
Let's rock

I'm freezing to death in the morgue
Death in, death in the morgue
I'm freezing to death in the morgue
Freezing, Frr Frrr Frrr Freezing
Freezing to death in the morgue
Death in, death in the morgue

I'm freezing to death in the morgue
Will you ever come home?

Overall Meaning

The song "Freezer" by Grinspoon is a fast-paced, energetic track that portrays a person lying down in a morgue, glimpsing between the possibility of being alive or dead. The lyrics open with the persona in a hospital trolley, about to be taken away from a filthy place, and inviting someone to come over and grab their coat, stating that they will never see them again. As the verse progresses, it is revealed that the persona is dying in a morgue as they exclaim three times that they are "freezing to death in the morgue." In the chorus, the persona is not sorry to confess their current state of being "dead in the morgue." However, the song ends with a plea to come back home, signifying that despite the persona's current situation, they still have some hope of life.

The song's lyrics present a contrast between the physical and the emotional state of being. On one hand, the persona is experiencing a cold, lifeless state in the morgue. On the other hand, they are projecting a sense of defiance by repeating their claim of being frozen to death. The song's confrontational lyricism expresses the sorrow of the persona yet shows how they proudly cling onto their identity despite their catastrophic fate.

Line by Line Meaning

The lady at the hospital
The attendant at the hospital

Pushed me in the trolley
Helped me get onto the hospital bed

She said I gotta get out
She insisted that I should leave the hospital

Of this stinking place
Referring to the unpleasant atmosphere and environment of the hospital

So come on down and come on up
Suggesting the listener to visit

Grab my coat and come over with it
Asking the listener to bring their coat

I said I'm never going to see you again
They expressed their intentions of never seeing the listener again

I'm freezing to death in the morgue
They feel extremely cold and are using exaggeration to express it

Freezing, Frrr, Frrrr freezing
Onomatopoeic representation of the sound of shivering and feeling extremely cold

Death in, death in the morgue
Repetition of 'death' emphasizing the morbidity and hopelessness of their situation

Lying here in the morgue is
Describing the current state and location they are in