Straight Jacket – English Lyrics

• By: Theory of a Deadman
• Album: Wake Up Call

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

I wear a 36 long

White is my collar

A little tight in the shoulders

But you know it still fit me good

I wear a 36 long

White is my collar

A little tight in the shoulders

But you know it still fit me good

Anyone can see we're a perfect match

An innocent boy and a psychopath

A week's worth of dating and you talk about moving in

(I talk about moving too fast)

My mom disapproved and my friends would say

To break the girl's heart but I'm too afraid

Her clickbait body was a tractor beam

She was a Tesla Model S with the ludicrous speed

The sex was good but we always fight

I'd try to leave your sorry ass but end up spending the night

Your sweetness, my weakness, you're mean though ingenious

Nothing can go between us (Aye, have you seen us?)

I've lost it, you're toxic, I botched this, I'm nauseous

Man, I gotta be

Out of my mind, be going crazy

'Cause it doesn't faze me

Yeah, the way you treat me so bad

I must be out of my brain

Hallucinating

Girl, well it doesn't faze me

Yeah, the way you treat me so bad

I must be out of my mind

Free at last, I'm free at last

Something I'll never say is: I'm free at last

She ain't around so I can vent and get it off my chest

(Here we go, 3, 2, 1)

And you're supercali-pessimistic-expiali-narcissistic

You and Mary Poppins, you'd be two peas in a pod and isn't it

You'd be suing, going out of business

God's my witness, you got all the sickness

'Cause you're backseat driving my life

I just wanna sleep my life away

I must be

Out of my mind, be going crazy

'Cause it doesn't faze me

Yeah, the way you treat me so bad

I must be out of my brain

Hallucinating

Girl, well it doesn't faze me

Yeah, the way you treat me so bad

Bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad

I'm freaking out, I'm panic attacking

Yeah, I mentally had it, now my living room's padded

I'm a sadist, I'm addicted to this heroin

You're Tonya Harding and I'm your Nancy Kerrigan

Like Lloyd Braun, I just wanted serenity

But you had to go testing me, gave me suicide tendencies

Your little games, your little, little games

You tricked me into staying, your plane is getting laid

From texting you sweet things to tracking your calls

Go from smacking your ass to punching holes in the walls

Go from sending me fire nudes to ironing father's suits

From picking our favorite song to a playlist of breaking tunes

Started so high, now I can hardly breathe

Go from weak in the knees to be too weak I can't leave

You called it, it's all my fault, this I know

Guess I'm better off dead inside than being alone

I just wanna sleep my life away

Oh!

I must be out of my mind, be going crazy

'Cause it doesn't faze me

Yeah, the way you treat me so bad

I must be out of my brain

Hallucinating

Girl, well it doesn't faze me

Yeah, the way you treat me so bad

I must be out of my mind

Yeah

Yeah

Oh, I must be out of my mind

Supercali-pessimistic-expiali-narcissistic

You and Mary Poppins, you'd be two peas in a pod and isn't it

You'd be suing, going out of business

Yeah, yeah, oh, bad, bad, bad, bad

Mad, mad, mad, mad, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
psychopath /ˈsaɪkəˌpæθ/ C1	noun - a person with a personality disorder marked by persistent antisocial behavior and lack of empathy
ludicrous /ˈluːdɪkrəs/ C1	adjective - absurd; ridiculously foolish or unreasonable
hallucinating /həˈluːsɪˌneɪtɪŋ/ B2	verb - experiencing hallucinations; seeing things that are not present
toxic /ˈtɒksɪk/ B2	adjective - poisonous; harmful or destructive
addicted /əˈdɪktɪd/ B2	adjective - dependent on a substance or activity; unable to stop
nauseous /ˈnɔːʃəs/ C1	adjective - feeling sick; inclined to vomit
suicide /ˈsuːsʌɪd/ C1	noun - the act of intentionally taking one's own life
sadist /ˈsædɪst/ C1	noun - a person who derives pleasure from inflicting pain on others
clickbait /ˈklɪk.beɪt/ C1	noun - content designed primarily to attract clicks, often using misleading headlines
beam /biːm/ B1	noun - a ray of light; a long, sturdy piece of wood or metal used to support weight
match /mætʃ/ B1	noun - a pairing of two compatible things; a contest or game verb - to correspond or be alike; to pair two things together
innocent /ˈɪnəs(ə)nt/ B1	adjective - not guilty of a crime; pure and naive
perfect /ˈpɜːrfɪkt/ B1	adjective - without any flaws or defects; completely correct
break /breɪk/ A2	verb - to separate into pieces; to interrupt noun - a short pause or interval
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - the organ that pumps blood; symbol of love and emotion
free /friː/ A1	adjective - not constrained; able to act or move as one wishes verb - to release from confinement or obligation
panic /ˈpænɪk/ B1	noun - a sudden feeling of great fear that prevents rational thought verb - to become extremely frightened; to lose composure
suicidal /ˌsuːɪˈsɪdəl/ C1	adjective - having thoughts of or inclined toward suicide

Key Grammar Structures

• Anyone can see we're a perfect match

  ➔ Modal verb + base verb (can see)

  ➔ Uses the modal verb "can" to express ability or possibility.

• Man, I gotta be out of my mind

  ➔ Colon + infinitive (got to be)

  ➔ Used to express necessity or strong obligation, similar to "have to".

• You're supercali-pessimistic-expiali-narcissistic

  ➔ Compound adjective / portmanteau

  ➔ Creates a humorous or exaggerated description by combining multiple words into a single expression.

• Guess I'm better off dead inside than being alone

  ➔ Comparison using "better off" + adjective + "than" + gerund

  ➔ Expresses that one state is preferable to another, often used in hypothetical or comparative contexts.

• You're Tonya Harding and I'm your Nancy Kerrigan

  ➔ Simile using "like" or "and" to compare two entities

  ➔ Draws a comparison between two people by analogy, emphasizing their relationship or dynamics.

• From texting you sweet things to tracking your calls

  ➔ Prepositional phrase indicating range or sequence (from ... to ...)

  ➔ Shows a progression or sequence of actions, emphasizing a change over time.

• Guess I'm better off dead inside than being alone

  ➔ Comparison using "better off" + adjective + "than" + gerund

  ➔ Expresses a preference of one state over another, often implying a negative connotation.