Der "Was-hört-ihr-gerade?" - Thread

He is either criticising society, the government or a common mentality, maybe a certain type of dude with a certain kind of lifestyle? ... I think... ? I'm using "society" down below, just to keep it simple.

"Skull crush lay me down upon of a bed of nails
All good things must come to an end
The intergalactic serve me plastic life
Go forth but the mind is a waste"

I don't understand the first two lines, but than it becomes obvious. Society is "granting" him a piecemeal life, plastic, because it is artificially fabricated, something that lacks sustenance. This life is good enough to carry on, but because he didn't work for any of this, he either is uneducated, blissfully ignorant or in reality unfulfilled and "out-of-tune".

"Escape go forth, escape go forth
Give me a break, you give what you take"

Can't make much out of the first line. Second: Society is dictating each individuals life. As an example think back to school, where you'd had to learn something and take it in, regurgitate it in the exam, and forget about it afterwards. There is nothing left, that builds your character. Here in this song his peers are regretfully buying into it.

"You son of a bitch, you must be kidding
Serving this pile of crap, I'm not forgiving you
God damnit, you're only holding me back
Get out of my way!"

Because the higher ups are adamant on being the lecturer (not talking about the school system, but even such things as public oppinion via media and societal pressure) while being terrible at it, they end up holding people back. Society declines to mediocrity. It would've been better to just get out of his way.

"I know I fool myself, it's just a pretty face
I know we don't belong, it's just a bitter taste
It's not just empty words, it's how we're feeling
Justified punishment, judgement is bleeding through"

Everyone is playing nice, but it's stupid and shallow. The truly brilliant people are ostracised or repressed, don't belong because they don't fit into the lockstep of mediocrity. Resentment builds, that is bleeding through the facade of playing along. But the torture of going along with the play is justified punishment for his cowardice.

"Sacrifice nails going through my eyes
Disguised as a passion for eternal life"

He is desperately trying to make himself blind to these facts, under pain. His cowardice is disguised as wisdom or appreciation for life. Though in his case, that's a lie.

"I know you feel it, trying to control it
I know you feel it, you can't control it
I know you feel it, trying to control it
I know you feel it, but you can't control it"

Self explanatory, conflicting feelings. Urge to flip the table, wanting to conform.

"Get out of my way
Get out of my way
God damnit
Get out of my way."

Yeah, he really really wants to be somewhere else.