The Last Time I Did Acid I Went Insane

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 It was a night in July, I think six years ago 
Why did I eat the acid? I don't know 
I wasn't thinking and I wasn't scared 
Why did I eat the acid? I wasn't prepared 
The last time I did acid I went insane 

I was hanging with some friends just getting loaded 
When all of a sudden my mind exploded 
I had a flash that I was gay and I got paranoid 
I was sitting on the floor listening to Pink Floyd 
The last time I did acid I went insane 

And I was drawing crazy pictures and before I was done 
The pictures started pulsing like an alien lung 
And I said "oh my god this is just begun" 
And it was twelve more hours before I was done 
We were up on the rooftop and I?ll tell you the truth 
I was convinced I'd already fallen off of the roof 
And these weird metal things rolling around in outta space 
Were teleporting me from place to place 
The last time I did acid I went insane 

So we ran back downstairs where it was better to be 
But I was trapped in spiral staircase infinity 
And when we got to the door I couldn't go inside 
Cos it was the gates of heaven and I had died 
The last time I did acid I went insane 

And this kid named Graham he punched a cat in the head 
He could read my thoughts, that's what he said 
And he described what it was like but I didn't believe it 
Like lifting a rug and seeing stars beneath it 
Ooo-ooo 

And the first rule of tripping was 
Don't be with people you don't trust 
The second rule of LSD 
The rooftop is not a good place to be 
The third rule is to be prepared 
The fourth rule is to not get scared 
The fifth rule is to stay serene 
Turn off your mind and float downstream 
The sixth rule's to have a good friend at hand 
The seventh, I hope that you understand 
Is not to look to deep into your soul 
Or you might find a hideous, hopeless hole 
Of hatred, hunger, infinite, idiot 
Mindless, meaningless, nothingness, nothingness 
Nothingness, nothingness, nothingness, nothingness 
Nothingness, nothingness, nothingness, nothingness 
Nothingness 
And that's what I did 

And every aspect of life that I selected 
Was instantly and brutally dissected 
I saw the horrible emptiness within 
The reasons behind everything 
And it was at that moment that I went insane 

Cos I figured why bother doing anything again 
I didn't understand my thoughts revealing themselves to be 
The truth behind everything I'd ever wanted and believed 
Revealed itself to be 
Unwinding 

I Stood up 
I brushed 
My head 
I turned 
To my right 
All in my eye 
And I said 

There are things which we feel to be so terrifically true 
That what were all but madness 
For any good man in his own proper character 
To utter or even hint of them 

I've just discovered the meaning of life 
I've just discovered the meaning of life 
I've just discovered the meaning of life