A Mind I Knew
Suckers Lyrics

And the roof's half gone,
The house is in disrepair with half the roof missing.

But they've left the tv on.
Despite the damage, the TV remains turned on.

And the one-way sign,
The road sign indicating one-way traffic.

It was twisted like a vine.
The sign was bent out of shape like a twisting plant.

Pour out the wine,
To serve wine by pouring it from a bottle.

Cardboard underneath our spines,
The group is lying down on flattened cardboard.

"Curled up shoes",
Someone's shoes are crumpled up;

They keep repeating on the news.
The news keeps repeating the same story about the shoes.

Wandering in, this is not a spiritual thing.
The situation is not a spiritual experience, but rather aimless wandering.

So act your age.
A reminder to behave one's age rather than act childishly.

Your heart is like a crippled demon, semen on your clothes.
The singer is describing how someone appears to have engaged in dangerous or evil behavior.

Kill everything I built around me, nervous I suppose.
The artist feels the need to destroy everything around them due to anxiety or fear.

Dancing late,
Dancing into the night.

We keep going on first dates.
Despite the late-night dancing, the relationship remains in the early stages.

Underneath your sheets,
The singer is presumably in someone's bed.

Sleight of hand and daring feats.
An allusion to magic and illusion.

The pain just peels,
Physical or emotional pain is gradually subsiding.

Blooms confetti color fields.
A colorful and joyous environment or landscape.

The sun rolls up,
The start of a new day with the rising sun.

Rolling like a paper cup.
The sun moves in a circular motion, like a rolled-up paper cup.

My anger doesn't know surrender, skin without its clothes.
The artist's anger is overwhelming and feels like vulnerability.

Blue fragments of a mind I knew when cocaine's in its nose.
The artist has memories of someone who behaves differently when under the influence of cocaine.

You crash just like a car accident, feet without it's toes.
The destruction of something or someone is described as crashing, with the result being partial loss of function (in this case, the loss of toes).

Don't violate the steps I took to make sure my door's closed.
A warning not to breach security measures taken by the artist.

Your life is like the mundane suffering on late night police shows.
The singer believes that the other person's life is filled with boring and depressing events.

Forced into false affiliations, invisible shadows.
The singer feels they are being pressured to associate with people or groups they don't belong with, leading to feelings of isolation and invisibility.