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One of the most disturbing Ween songs, sang from the perspective of a young child dying of the disease Spinal Meningitis. Constantly repeating the phrases “Am I gonna die?” and “It really hurts Mommy”.
Eventually when the song gets to the solo, you are met with the screams of the child behind the g...
[Verse 1]
Why they wanna see my spine mommy?
Why they wanna see my spine?
It's gonna hurt again, Mommy!
Much worse than last time!
Am I gonna see God, Mommy?
Am I gonna die?
It really hurts, Mommy!
Am I gonna die?
[Chorus]
Smile, almighty Jesus
Spinal meningitis got me down
Smile, almighty Jesus
Spinal meningitis got me down
[Verse 2]
I'm feelin' greasy, Mommy!
Please don't let me die!
Stinky vaseline, Mommy!
Please don't let me die!
Am I gonna see God, Mommy?
Am I gonna die?
It really hurts, Mommy!
Am I gonna die?
[Chorus]
Smile, almighty Jesus
Spinal meningitis got me down
Smile, almighty Jesus
Spinal meningitis got me down
Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down) was written by Ween.
Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down) was produced by Andrew Weiss.
Ween released Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down) on Tue Sep 27 1994.
INTERVIEWER: I interrupted Aaron to tell him about how one of my friends, an otherwise thick-skinned grown man, refuses to stay in the room whenever someone plays “Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down)”.
That’s good, and that’s what I want, because it’s fucked up for us, too. That’s why we do it. That so...