Here Charlie personifies the Id and describes his fight with him, the inner conflict he’s going through. The Id is one of the three parts of the human psyche according to infamous psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud. It’s supposedly the unconscious, instinctive part that is driven by impulse, desire, and ag...
[Verse]
That unforgiving pulse again
My sick pig-head companion
As much a rotten part of me
As forgotten twin or shadow?
Fur bristles with the fever
His kick drum pulses quicken
Him a specter. Me spectator
I'm caught inside his tow
[Chorus]
And what am I to do?
Pull out his teeth?
Or file down his claws?
You know as well as I
No freedom lies
Between his pearly jaws
God, what am I to say?
As if his name
Gives me some holy power
[Post-Chorus]
For what I've done
I know that even Christ's communion
Wine goes sour
[Verse]
O brother Id, you own me
O father Id, you're all I am
O reverend Id, please wipe
That endless toothy smirk away
Red letters on my eyelids
On every gristle, bone or cell
The one command for self
Presses me to obey
[Chorus]
And what am I to do?
Pull out his teeth?
Or file down his claws?
You know as well as I
No freedom lies
Between his pearly jaws
God, what am I to say?
As if his name
Gives me some holy power
[Post-Chorus]
For what I've done
I know that even Christ's communion
Wine goes sour
[Bridge]
And what am I to do?
God, what am I to say?
And what am I to do?
God, what am I to say?
[Chorus]
And what am I to do?
Pull out his teeth?
Or file down his claws?
You know as well as I
No freedom lies
Between his pearly jaws
Oh, what am I to say?
As if his name
Gives me some holy power
[Post-Chorus]
For what I've done
I know that even Christ's communion
Wine goes sour
Id was written by Charlie Allen.
Id was produced by Charlie Allen.
Charlie Allen released Id on Sat Dec 13 2014.