Camisado Lyrics
The I.V. and your hospital bed
This was no accident, this was a therapeutic chain of events
[Verse]
This is the scent of dead skin on a linoleum floor
This is the scent of quarantine wings in a hospital
It's not so pleasant and it's not so conventional
It sure as hell ain't normal but we deal, we deal
The anesthetic never set in and I'm wondering where
The apathy and urgency is that I thought I phoned in
It's not so pleasant and it's not so conventional
And it sure as hell ain't normal but we deal, we deal
[Pre-Chorus]
Just sit back, just sit back
Just sit back and relax
Just sit back, just sit back
Just sit back and relapse again
[Chorus]
Can't take the kid from the fight, take the fight from the kid
Sit back, relax, sit back, relapse again (Ba-ba-ba-doh)
Can't take the kid from the fight, take the fight from the kid
Just sit back, just sit back
You're a regular decorated emergency
You're a regular decorated emergency
[Verse]
This is the scent of dead skin on a linoleum floor
This is the scent of quarantine wings in a hospital
It's not so pleasant and it's not so conventional
It sure as hell ain't normal but we deal, we deal
The anesthetic never set in and I’m wondering where
The apathy and urgency is that I thought I phoned in
It’s not so pleasant and it's not so conventional
It sure as hell ain't normal but we deal, we deal
[Chorus]
Can't take the kid from the fight, take the fight from the kid
Sit back, relax, sit back, relapse again (Ba-ba-ba-doh)
Can't take the kid from the fight, take the fight from the kid
Just sit back, just sit back
[Post-Chorus]
Sit back, sit back, relax, relapse
Sit back, sit back, ba-ba-ba-doh
You can't take the kid out of the fight
[Bridge]
You're a regular decorated emergency
The bruises and contusions will remind me what you did when you wake
You've earned your place atop the ICU's hall of fame
The camera caught you causing a commotion on the gurney again
You're a regular decorated emergency
The bruises and contusions will remind me what you did when you wake
You've earned your place atop the ICU's hall of fame
The camera caught you causing a commotion on the gurney again
Can't take the kid from the fight, take the fight from the kid
Sit back, relax, sit back, relapse again (Ba-ba-ba-doh)
Can't take the kid from the fight, take the fight from the kid
Just sit back, just sit back
[Post-Chorus]
Sit back, sit back, relax, relapse
Sit back, sit back, ba-ba-ba-doh
You can't take the kid out of the fight
[Outro]
The I.V. and your hospital bed
This was no accident, this was a therapeutic chain of events
About
Camisado is the name of a military technique: a surprise attack occurring at night, or at daybreak, when the enemy is supposed to be asleep.
Panic! guitarist Ryan Ross wrote this about his dad’s battle with alcoholism. It gives an unforgiving view on Ross' father’s inability to deal with his problems. The song depicts his anger through a very vivid representation of the worst aspects of a hospital. In a 2006 Rolling Stone interview, when asked about his father’s opinion on this track, Ross replied:
We haven’t really talked about it [the album] directly. I’m sure that he knows they’re about him, and he hasn’t acted differently toward me, like he’s mad or disappointed. He plays the CD all the time – it’s kind of funny.
Though the song regards his own personal family issues, Ross wants us to discover our own underlying messages in relation to our own lives:
Some of the stuff [in the track] is really personal, and I felt like people didn’t understand what they were singing. There’s not much I can do about that. People take lines and they’ll ask me, “What does this mean?” I don’t really answer them – if it helps them relate to something, I don’t want to take that away.
The sound keeps the rock/pop-punk that’s so prevalent in A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
- 1.Introduction
- 5.Camisado
- 8.Intermission