“Degausser” is the fourth track featured on Brand New’s third album: The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me. According to Jesse Lacey during an interview with FNX Radio Boston, the use of the word in the song is “a metaphor for taking the charge off something”.
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[Verse 1]
Goodbye to sleep
I think that staying up is exactly what I need
Well, take apart your head
Take apart the counting and the flock it has bred
[Verse 2]
Goodbye to love
It’s a ride that will push you up, right against the wall
Take apart your head. Right against the wall
Does everybody really need to know everyone? Do you really think you’re really a part of it?
Chew it up and swallow it
And is your army really one of some thousands? And will you declare war on the loony bin?
[Chorus 1]
You burn bright but you run out
I fell asleep in the incline
I can't shake this little feeling
I'll never get anything right
[Verse 3]
Goodbye, you liar, well, you sipped from her cup
But you don't own up to anything, then you think you will inspire
Take apart your head. I wish I could inspire
When I arrive will God be waiting and pacing around his throne? Will he feel a little Old Testament?
Take apart the demon, in the attic, to the left
And will he celebrate with fire and brimstone—yeah, I admit, I am afraid of the reckoning
[Chorus 2]
Goodbye my love
You burnt bright but you run out
You wait right here, and they will come and pick you up
Let's sleep on the incline
I’ve been on pause but I’m shaking off the rust
I can't shake this tiny feeling
I’ve lost my charge, I’ve been degaussed
I never say anything right
[Post-Chorus 1]
(I'm on my own) I’ve been degaussed
I never say anything right (I'm on my own) I’ve been degaussed
I never say anything right (I'm on my own) I’ve been degaussed
I never say anything right, right, right (I'm on my own)
[Bridge]
Take me, take me, back to your bed
I love you so much that it hurts my head
Say "I don't mind you under my skin,"
I'll let the bad parts in, the bad parts in
When we were made, we were set apart
Life is a test and I get bad marks
Now some Saint got the job of writing down my sins
The storm is coming, the storm is coming, yeah
[Chorus 3]
You burnt bright but you run out
I fell asleep at the incline
I can't shake this little feeling
I never did anything right
[Post-Chorus 2]
(I'm on my own)
I never did anything right (I'm on my own)
[Outro]
Take me, take me back to your bed
I love you so much, that it hurts my head
Say, I don't mind you under my skin
I'll let the bad parts in, the bad parts in
You're my favorite bird, and when you sing
I really do wish you would wear my ring
No matter what they say, I am still the king
Now, the storm is coming, the storm is coming, yeah
Degausser was written by Vincent Accardi & Garrett Tierney & Brian Lane & Jesse Lacey.
Degausser was produced by Brand New & Mike Sapone.
According to Wikipedia, the act of degaussing removes magnetic fields:
Degaussing is the process of decreasing or eliminating a remnant magnetic field. It is named after the gauss, a unit of magnetism, which in turn was named after Carl Friedrich Gauss. Due to magnetic hysteresis, it is generally n...