Normalize is the first single from their 9th album. It is about how society’s views on what is normal and not are arbitrary and don’t have any weight.
[Intro]
Normal, what is normal?
Normal, nothing's normal
[Verse 1]
I run around with my mouth loud
I make a sound like an ambulance
I'm thinking, "Oh, my god", thinking, "Oh, my lordy"
I'm a junkyard dog, not a wannabe pony
I shake it like I'm made out of jelly
I'm belly up in the underbelly
Thinking, "Oh, my ma-ma-ma, oh, my mommy"
I'm a newborn babe, but I'm already deadly
I'm dead, deadly I die
[Pre-Chorus]
Yes, I die
Yes, I die
Every time I
[Chorus]
Normalize, normalize
Every time
[Post-Chorus]
Normal, what is normal?
Normal, nothing's normal
[Verse 2]
I'm bleeding out like a rainbow
I paint pain like I'm Frida Kahlo
Thinking, "Oh, god, no, it's another Picasso"
I put the mouth where the eyes and ears go
So broken, I die
[Pre-Chorus]
Yes, I diе
Unalive
Every time I
Diе
[Chorus]
Normalize, normalize
Every time
Every time
[Bridge]
I'm not normal, you're not normal
It's abnormal to be normal
We're not normal, they're not normal
What is normal? Nothing's normal
I'm not normal, you're not normal
It's abnormal to be normal
We're not normal, they're not normal
What is normal? Nothing's normal
Gay's not normal, straight's not normal
Praying to the Lord's not normal
It's abnormal to be normal
What is normal? Nothing's normal
[Build up]
What is normal? Nothing's normal
What is normal? Nothing's normal
What is normal? Nothing's normal
What is normal? Nothing's normal
[Pre-Chorus]
Die
Every time I die
Every time (I die, I die, I die)
Every time I
[Chorus]
Normalize, normalize
Every time
I'm not normal, you're not normal (Normalize)
It's abnormal to be normal (Normalize)
We're not normal, they're not normal (Every time)
What is normal? Nothing's normal
I'm not normal, you're not normal (I die)
It's abnormal to be normal (I die)
We're not normal, they're not normal (Every time)
What is normal? Nothing's normal
[Outro]
I'm not normal, you're not normal (I die)
It's abnormal to be normal (I die)
We're not normal, they're not normal (Every time)
What is normal? Nothing's normal
What is normal? Nothing's normal (I die)
What is normal? Nothing's normal
What is normal? Nothing's normal (I die every time)
Normalize was written by Mike Young (Mother Mother bassist) & Molly Guldemond & Ryan Guldemond.
Normalize was produced by Ryan Guldemond.
Mother Mother released Normalize on Fri Jun 30 2023.
This was by far the hardest to make. We’re all a little traumatised from the construction. Some songs just want to stay in the womb, and you feel like you’re conducting an unnatural experiment by ripping them out and forcing them into the world. And ‘Normalize’ felt a bit like that.