Imaginary Friend
Tourniquet Lyrics


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He's got a secret environment locked
In his head, reality suspended
He's got a cast of characters
Cooped up in his mind
Whenever he wants them
Sitting in a corner admiring the

Sunbeams with an imaginary friend
He frolics and plays but he's
Forgotten the only one
Who can take away the pain
Trading in what's real for
A figment, a cashed in life locked up
In his brain, they don't give
Diplomas from catatonic state

He bears a ton of gruesome cargo
Can't seem to equate
What is fact or fiction
Gonna blow the escape hatch
From the miserable existence
Find the Eden in his brain

The same cast fills his dreams
And his nightmares
The horrors of night seem twice
As harsh in the day




Disconnected existence
Pull the plug to ease the pain

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Tourniquet's song "Imaginary Friend" are about a person who has created a secret world in their mind, where reality is suspended and they have an entire cast of characters waiting for them whenever they want. This person has an imaginary friend, with whom they spend time sitting in a corner and admiring the sunbeams. However, the person has forgotten that the only one who can take away their pain is themselves. They have traded in what is real for a figment of their imagination and are now living a life that is locked up inside their brain.


Furthermore, the person in the song is struggling to distinguish between fact and fiction. They are weighed down by a ton of gruesome cargo and are desperate to find a way out of their miserable existence. This person hopes to blow the escape hatch and find Eden in their brain. The same cast of characters fills the person's dreams and nightmares, making their disconnected existence even more difficult. In the end, the lyrics suggest that the only way for the person to ease their pain is to completely disconnect from their imaginary world and pull the plug.


Line by Line Meaning

He's got a secret environment locked
He has a private world in his thoughts that is closed off from others


In his head, reality suspended
He is disconnected from reality in his mind


He's got a cast of characters
He has a set of personalities in his mind


Cooped up in his mind
These personalities are trapped in his mind


Whenever he wants them
He can access these personalities at will


Sitting in a corner admiring the
He's sitting alone appreciating


Sunbeams with an imaginary friend
He has an imaginary friend with whom he does things


He frolics and plays but he's
He's having fun but


Forgotten the only one
He's forgotten the only person


Who can take away the pain
Who has the ability to relieve his pain


Trading in what's real for
He's exchanging what's true for


A figment, a cashed in life locked up
An illusion - a dream he's settled for, enclosed in his thoughts


In his brain, they don't give
His mind state isn't acknowledged by others


Diplomas from catatonic state
There are no honors for being trapped in a paralyzed condition


He bears a ton of gruesome cargo
He has a lot of severe emotional baggage


Can't seem to equate
He can't differentiate


What is fact or fiction
What is reality or his imagination


Gonna blow the escape hatch
He's going to release and free himself from his current state


From the miserable existence
From his unhappy way of life


Find the Eden in his brain
He wants to discover paradise or peace of mind within his own thoughts


The same cast fills his dreams
The same characters appear in his sleep


And his nightmares
As well as his scary dreams


The horrors of night seem twice
His bad dreams are especially gruesome


As harsh in the day
And the fear stays with him into the daytime


Disconnected existence
He's living without feeling connected to others


Pull the plug to ease the pain
He wants to end his unhappy state and remove the source of his distress




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