The song’s title, “1049 Gotho” appears to refer to a large asteroid orbiting the Sun.
Joseph Talbot said in the interview for Music and Riots
It came from a conversation about what to call it and I mentioned an analogy of depression a friend used referring to it as a huge black shadow surrounding y...
[Verse 1]
My friend is so depressed
He wishes he was dead
I swam inside his head
And this is what he said
Help me
Help me
Won’t someone set me free?
There's no right side of the bed
With a body like mine and a mind like mine
[Verse 2]
My friend is so depressed
She wanted to have sex
I pissed in the kitchen sink
As she slowly undressed
No way
No way
We never shall decay
We won't last five fucking minutes
With a body like mine and a mind like mine
[Chorus]
I guess this is as far as she goes
I guess this is as far as we go
I guess this is as far as we go
I guess this is as far
[Verse 3]
My friend is so depressed
He wishes he was dead
I swam inside his head
And this is what he said
Help me
Help me
Won’t someone help me sleep?
There's no right side of the bed
With a body like mine and a mind like mine
[Verse 4]
My friend is so depressed
She wanted to have sex
I pissed in the kitchen sink
As she slowly undressed
No way
No way
We never shall decay
We won't last five fucking minutes
With a body like mine and a mind like mine
[Chorus]
I guess this is as far as we go
I guess this is as far as we go
I guess this is as far as we go
I guess this is as far as we go
I guess this is as far as we go
I guess this is as far as we go
Yeah-ee, yeah-ee, yeah-ee, yeah
Yeah-ee, yeah-ee, yeah
Yeah-ee, yeah-ee, yeah
Yeah-ee, yeah-ee, yeah
I guess this is as far as we go
I guess this is as far as we go
[Outro]
My friend is so depressed
My friend is so depressed
1049 Gotho was written by Joe Talbot & Mark Bowen & Lee Kiernan & Adam Devonshire & Jon Beavis.
1049 Gotho was produced by Paul Frazer.
One of my best friends suffers from deep depression, and he comes home one night from a piss-up, and I was like I want to help you, man. He explained it to me and he said it’s just something you got to go through. Like a big comet coming towards you or a big black cloud lingering around you, and tha...