Die Like a Motherfucker
Therapy? Lyrics

The song "Die Like a Motherfucker" by the Northern Irish alternative rock band Therapy? seems to be an indictment of the disposable consumer culture and the internet age. The first verse suggests that the singer has become so exasperated with his computer that he has drowned it. He is fed up with his computer and its features, which have made it seem to be talking back to him. The tone is aggressive and frustrated. The chorus, which repeats twice after each verse, is a warning to people who live recklessly or selfishly - "when you live like a fucker, you die like a motherfucker." Essentially, the singer is saying that if you live with disregard for others and the environment, you will have to face the consequences of that way of life eventually.

In the second verse, the singer is bored with someone's superficial or insincere personality, wishing they would leave. The character is depicted as someone who hides their true nature behind a facade of wit and humor, which the singer finds irritating. The chorus again emphasizes that a reckless lifestyle comes with a price - "live like a fucker, die like a motherfucker." The third and final verse invokes images of a society that has become "atomized," "itemized", and "super-sized to death" - a generation of people with short attention spans and little substance. The song ends with a final, forceful chorus line - "die motherfucker die" - as if to suggest that the only way to escape the consequences of living recklessly is through a total reckoning.