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Guns N' Roses - Coma Lyrics

Song details
TitleComa
ArtistGuns N' Roses
AlbumUse Your Illusion I [1991], Track 16
GenreRock
Duration10:15
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Song lyrics
Hey you caught me in a coma
And I don't think I wanna
Ever come back to this... world again
Kinda like it in a coma
'Cause no one's ever gonna
Oh, make me come back to this... world again
Now I feel as if I'm floating away
I can't feel all the pressure
And I like it this way
But my body's callin'
My body's callin'
Won't ya come back to this... world again
Suspended deep in a sea of black
I've got the light at the end
I've got the bones on the mast
Well I've gone sailin',
I've gone sailin'
I could leave so easily
While friends are calling back to me
I said they're
They're leaving it all up to me
When all I needed was clarity
And someone to tell me
What the fuck is going on
Goddamn it !

Slippin' farther an farther away
It's a miracle how long we can stay
In a world our minds created
In a world that's full of shit

Help me
Help me
Help me
Help me
Bastard

Please understand me
I'm climbin' through the wreackage
Of all my twisted dreams
But this cheap investigation just
Can't stifle all my screams
And I'm waitin' at the crossroads
Waiting for you
Waiting for you
Where are you

No one's gonna bother me anymore
No one's gonna mess with my head no more
I can't understand what all the fightin's for
But it's so nice here down off the shore
I wish you could see this
'Cause there's nothing to see
It's peaceful here and it's fine with me
Not like the world where I used to live
I never really wanted to live

Zap him again
Zap the son of a bitch again

Ya live your life like it's a coma
So won't you tell me why we'd wanna
With all the reasons you give it's
It's kinda hard to believe
But who am I to tell you that I've
Seen any reason why you should stay
Maybe we'd be better off
Without you anyway
You got a one way ticket
On your last chance ride
Gotta one way ticket
To your suicide
Gotta one way ticket
An there's no way out alive
An all this crass communication
That has left you in the cold
Isn't much for consolation
When you feel so weak and old
But if home is where the heart is
Then there's stories to be told
No you don't need a doctor
No one else can heal your soul

Got your mind in submission
Got your life on the line
But nobody pulled the trigger
They just stepped aside
They be down by the water
While you watch 'em waving goodbye
They be callin' in the morning
They be hangin' on the phone
They be waiting for an answer
But you know nobody's home
And when the bell's stopped ringing
It was nobody's fault but your own
There were always ample warnings
There were always subtle signs
And you would have seen it comin'
But we gave you too much time
And when you said
That no one's listening
Why'd your best friend drop a dime
Sometimes we get so tired of waiting
For a way to spend our time
An "It's so easy" to be social
"It's so easy" to be cool
Yeah it's easy to be hungry
When you ain't got shit to lose
And I wish that I could help you
With what you hope to find
But I'm still out here waiting
Watching reruns of my life
When you reach the point of breaking
Know it's gonna take some time
To heal the broken memories
That another man would need
Just to survive


14 comments 

 Song comments
  24-11-2011 16:18 Gohel 
Gohel
 
70 posts
Gives me nightmares, but it's awesome
  04-11-2011 22:32 Jules12 
Jules12
 
53 posts
Gives me shivers
  22-04-2009 16:20 elpako 
elpako
 
4 posts
Im not really sure if that's their greatest song ever, tho Estranged is nearly the best... A really grat 9.9 for this one!!!!
  03-01-2007 16:00 hunnyangel 
hunnyangel
 
81 posts
This song is fantastic!! The Guitars, the Drums, the Lyrics, Everything!!
  28-12-2006 15:57 VivaAxl 
VivaAxl
 
113 posts
this is one of the best ny GNR, but it's a little annoying with the doctor's voice instead of Axl's singing..
  21-01-2006 20:10 dools_4000 
dools_4000
 
26 posts
Coma is one of those songs I start to love purely for the rhythm section. I hear that bassline, and while it reminds me almost too much of Metallica's Enter Sandman, it's addictive. *hums it*

I memorized the lyrics almost immediately after hearing it over a year ago... my favourite part of those? "It's so easy to be social, it's so easy to be cool, yeah it's easy to be hungry when you ain't got shit to lose" to me it says "yeah, sure, you can be what you want, but you need something to start off with"

typically I draw things to exclusively Coma. I just think it brings out my creativity in being so random and together at the same time.

Factor in that it was an Axl/Slash cowrite, and you get an immediate 5 for lyrics.

vocals... I like when axl proves the smoking's hasn't completely killed his lung capacity. He's not horribly nasally where it's unnecessary... it seems like he found a balance. I'd still rather the voice from Its So Easy, but I like this one too.

It's not overly long, especially if you take my theory that they went to Metallica and said "Yo, can we steal a riff?" as the truth, but I haven't found proof of it... and since the POV seems to switch it's just as long as it needs to be.
  19-07-2005 21:27 Rijst 
Rijst
 
5 posts
Kind of makes me wonder what it is about exactly..
  24-04-2005 04:16 crazy_colt 
crazy_colt
 
9 posts
this is like my theme soo i gotta love it!! but it be a lil hard to do live without a difibulator like they used.. but overal love the song!!!!
  23-04-2005 20:53 axluk05 
axluk05
 
17 posts
This i can relate to
  24-03-2005 13:03 Sword 
Sword
 
64 posts
i bet slash is pround of this song (well hope he is) i dont think it is that long .but this song is one of the best ever i would hate to try and remeber the lyrics for this song but hats off to G&R for another kick ass song
  23-03-2005 04:12 CA_PAckers 
CA_PAckers
 
5 posts
My favorite Gn'Fn'R song. It is an emotional roller coaster that makes you happy, pissed, and question life all in a short (not TOO long) 10 minutes.

P.S. People need to stop bashing Axl for getting a huge ego. As far as I'm concerned he IS Guns N' Roses!
  13-03-2005 03:31 sweet_lil_thing 
sweet_lil_thing
 
14 posts
hey,who cares if its long!one of their songs is 6 minutes and 46 seconds so shove off!go axl go slash!!!!!i love u axl!!!ur the best singer in the whole entire world and apparently im not the only one that thinks that!!!!!
  03-03-2005 05:30 rosco44 
rosco44
 
93 posts
umm its a bit too long....! This song has potential only cuz the lyrics are good but the melody and rhythm is not too good at all. hmmm yeh there's a fair bit that cud of been improved but it's ok!

rosco
  08-01-2005 16:50 fr0st 
fr0st
 
3 posts
COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL


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