Patient Zero by Aimee Mann
Patient Zero by Aimee Mann

Patient Zero

Aimee Mann * Track #6 On Mental Illness

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Patient Zero by Aimee Mann

Release Date
Wed Mar 08 2017
Performed by
Aimee Mann
Produced by
Paul Bryan
Writed by
Jonathan Coulton & Aimee Mann
About

Aimee Mann’s “Patient Zero” was the second single released in advance of her album Mental Illness. Like much of the material on the album, the song’s sound sprung from Mann’s affinity for 1970s soft rock. Inspired by Ronald Harwood’s 1980 play The Dresser, the song is a return to one of Mann’s fav...

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Patient Zero Lyrics

[Verse 1]
They served you champagne like a hero
When you landed, someone carried your bag
From here on out, you're patient zero
Smelling ether as they hand you the rag

[Chorus 1]
Life is good
You look around and think
I'm in the right neighborhood
But, honey, you just moved in
Life is grand
And wouldn't you like
To have it go as planned?
Go as planned

[Verse 2]
Hip hip hooray, hocus pocus
With some magic you can fly through the air
But when you're the guy pulling focus
There are people who will wish you weren't there

[Chorus 1]
Life is good
You look around and think
I'm in the right neighborhood
But, honey, you just moved in
Life is grand
And wouldn't you like
To have it go as planned?
Go as planned

[Bridge]
Go west, young man
Go west, take a real screen test
Doesn't count as a job well done
The locusts had their day
The suckers pay and pay
Carmen Sternwood probably pulled that trigger for fun

[Chorus 2]
And in the hills where hope is such a constant companion
Close enough to almost touch the lights of the canyon
The lights of the canyon

[Verse 3]
But news filtered over the transom
That a villain ended up with the part
You paid your respects like a ransom
To a moment that was doomed from the start

[Chorus 1]
Life is good
You look around and think
I'm in the right neighborhood
But, honey, you don't belong
Life is grand
And wouldn't you like
To have it go as planned?
Go as planned

[Chorus 2]
And in the hills where hope is such a constant companion
Close enough to almost touch the lights of the canyon
The lights of the canyon
The lights of the canyon
The lights of the canyon
The lights of the canyon

Patient Zero Q&A

Who wrote Patient Zero's ?

Patient Zero was written by Jonathan Coulton & Aimee Mann.

Who produced Patient Zero's ?

Patient Zero was produced by Paul Bryan.

When did Aimee Mann release Patient Zero?

Aimee Mann released Patient Zero on Wed Mar 08 2017.

What did Aimee Mann say about "Patient Zero"?

In an interview on Song Exploder, Mann said the song began as a waltz, inspired by meeting the actor Andrew Garfield after he had just moved to L.A. After handing it to Jonathan Coulton out of exasperation (“it’s dead to me”), he switched it to 4/4 time and introduced the melody and “topic sentence”...

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