Go Mental
The Ramones攀 Lyrics

The Ramones' song "Go Mental" portrays the perspective of someone who has gone through a mental breakdown and is now in a state of delusion. The repetition of the phrase "I've gone mental" emphasizes the singer's awareness of their mental state. The first verse portrays the singer's experience of being hospitalized for mental health treatment against their will. The juxtaposition of being forced into treatment for their own good versus their longing for the freedom of life outside of the hospital creates a sense of confusion and disorientation.

The second verse conveys a more disturbing reality of the singer's behavior. They admit to killing their own family and being seen as an oddity by those around them. The sensation of feeling like a "vegetable" accentuates the detachment from reality the singer feels. Finally, the last verse expresses the singer's current state of occupying their time with mundane tasks such as staring at a fishbowl and taking phenobarbital. The phrase "Life is so beautiful" reflects the singer's delusional perspective towards their own life, resulting in them being irrational and deemed mentally unstable.