Lobotomy For Dummies
Zebrahead Lyrics


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You can lie to me and say it's you I adore
You can poison me and drown me on the shore
You can kick me again when I'm down on the floor
Give me some more
Give me some more
You say I'm desperate and if I'm desperate
At least I'm honest
At least I own it
And if I'm desperate
Reap what you sow
Give me some more!
Give me some more!

She said, thanks for my misery
Then I said, Hell needed company,
And maybe a new lobotomy would
Make easier to throw it all away
She said, "I wish you were dead"

Left me out in the gutter
To settle a score
Poured salt on my wounds
When my stitches tore
And now I'm giving it back
'Cause payback's a whore
I'm slamming the door
I'm slamming the door
'Cause now I'm over
And since I'm over it
Ill be honest
I think you're heartless
I think you need this
Reap what you sow
I'm slamming the door!
I'm slamming the door!

She said, thanks for my misery
Then I said, Hell needed company,
And maybe a new lobotomy would
Make easier to throw it all away
She said, "I wish you were dead"

You can lie to me and say it's you I adore
You can poison me and drown me on the shore
You can kick me again when I'm down on the floor
Give me some more
Give me some more
Left me out in the gutter
To settle a score
Poured salt on my wounds
When my stitches tore
And now I'm giving it back
'Cause payback's a whore
I'm slamming the door
I'm slamming the door

She said, thanks for my misery
Then I said, Hell needed company,
And maybe a new lobotomy would




Make easier to throw it all away
She said, "I wish you were dead"

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Zebrahead's song "Lobotomy For Dummies" seem to translate into a situation where two people had a relationship, but one of the individuals was abusive towards the other. Despite the abusive treatment, the abused individual was still clinging onto the relationship, hoping to salvage it. The abuser, on the other hand, saw the abused individual as being desperate and willing to take any form of punishment just for the chance of being in a relationship. The abuser took advantage of this behavior by continuing to mistreat and manipulate the abused individual.


However, the tables turn as the abused individual gets over the relationship and decides to move on. The abused individual seeks payback for the mistreatment by becoming more aggressive towards the abuser. Slowly, the abused individual regains self-respect and self-worth, eventually deciding to cut ties with the abuser and slamming the door on that relationship. The lyrics combine a mixture of personal introspection, indicating that the abused individual acknowledges that they need to take responsibility for their own self-respect and self-worth, and a more aggressive outward approach where the abused individual seeks to right the wrongs they have endured.


Line by Line Meaning

You can lie to me and say it's you I adore
You are capable of deceiving me and claim to be someone special to me


You can poison me and drown me on the shore
You can harm me to the extent of my death at the beach


You can kick me again when I'm down on the floor
You can attack me physically even when I'm already in a vulnerable position


Give me some more
Continue with whatever you want to do to me, I can take more of it


You say I'm desperate and if I'm desperate
You claim that I am in a state of despair, and even if I am


At least I'm honest
I am still truthful and genuine with my actions and feelings


At least I own it
I accept and take responsibility for my actions and emotions


And if I'm desperate
If I am in a state of despair


Reap what you sow
You should face the consequences of your own actions


Give me some more!
Continue to harm me, I am prepared for it


She said, thanks for my misery
She expressed gratitude for the sadness and pain she was experiencing


Then I said, Hell needed company,
I responded by saying that misery likes to have other miserable people around


And maybe a new lobotomy would
A surgical operation that removes a portion of the brain may be necessary


Make easier to throw it all away
To make it simpler to throw away all the misery and sadness


She said, "I wish you were dead"
She expressed a desire for me to be no longer alive


Left me out in the gutter
She left me stranded and helpless in a terrible position


To settle a score
To get revenge or even the score


Poured salt on my wounds
She added insult to injury and intensified the pain


When my stitches tore
She caused my already existing injury to worsen


And now I'm giving it back
I am returning the harm and pain she caused me


'Cause payback's a whore
Because vengeance is cheap and sometimes brings out the worst in a person


I'm slamming the door
I am closing the chapter of our relationship once and for all


Cause now I'm over
I am completely done with you and the misery you brought upon me


And since I'm over it
Now that I am over it


I'll be honest
I'll tell it like it is


I think you're heartless
I believe that you have no empathy or feelings for others


I think you need this
I think you need to feel the same pain that you caused me


I'm slamming the door!
I am definitively ending this relationship and showing you the exit


She said, thanks for my misery
She reiterated her gratitude for the pain and sadness she feels


Then I said, Hell needed company,
My initial response still holds true


And maybe a new lobotomy would
Here I am repeating my same thought earlier about surgery being necessary


Make easier to throw it all away
A lobotomy might make it easier to let all the misery go


She said, "I wish you were dead"
Again, she expressed her desire for me to be dead




Lyrics © Royalty Network Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: ALI TABATABAEE, BEN OSMUNDSON, EDWIN BJORNE UDHUS, GREGORY SCOTT BERGDORF, MATTHEW S LEWIS

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