Titus Andronicus - I Lost My Mind (+@) lyrics

I don't mind when I lose my mind Yeah, I lost my mind, seven eight or nine times And you wouldn't mind if you lost your mind Having lost your mind already eight or nine times I don't mind, no it feels just fine No it feels just fine when I lose my mind And it looks so nice when it's flying right by Now I don't mind when I lose my mind My whole life I've been losing my mind It was 1989 when I lost my mind For the very first time I went down in the mine Going down in the mine I didn't know what I'd find But whatever I'd find, say that it was mine And I brought a little bird, it was short lived And I lost my mind when the little bird died Because as I stopped to cry for the little bird's life For the moment my mind was out of my sight And I turned back around to a terrible surprise I had lost my mind for the very first time I lost my mind for the very first time Since I was a child, they tried to let me slide Then I lost it twice, they said it was a crime And my hands were tied, I was read my rights It was a real short list written in little, tiny type And they built their perfect prison and locked me inside I cried, "this is so wrong," they said "It's alright" And then a plate full of pills, I swallowed them dry I was displayed in a cage, they claimed, in the name of science And they probed, prodded, realigned my spine 'Til they said I could walk in a straight enough line And then they pushed me back out into the bright sunlight I didn't know what it meant to be institutionalised Yeah I begged for readmission, it was denied Where do you reside when you've lost your mind? Where you gonna hide when you lose your mind? So I went back to where I had last seen my mind He was sitting right there with his eyes real wide And looking into mine said "I apologise But being confined is something I cannot abide But if you'll take me back we'll give it one more try" Then we hugged, high-fived and stayed up all night In the light I realised they were all just lies He had robbed me blind and hadn't said goodbye I was too desirous, so unwise I got excited and I lost my mind Why, oh why, must I lose my mind? Since then it's been a struggle just to stay alive Suicide seems superior than trying to survive That's why when I'm in yr sight, there'll be no sign of a smile But the sound of a sigh I am happy to provide Lastly, never ask me, "can I know yr mind?" No, my mind is too wild, it's the wandering kind And I never know when it might be likely to arrive So I don't mind when I lose my mind No, I don't mind when I lose my mind No, I don't mind when I lose my mind