Green Day - Brain Stew Lyrics Meaning

Obviously spun out on some kind of stimulant...mouth dry, face numb, spine cracked or something I forget exactly how he worded it but its obviously from staying in the same position with extremely tense muscles..as you come down you get back all that feeling in your neck and back...eyes feel like they are gunna bleed because they have been wide open..when the central nervous system is stimulated and adrenaline is released it makes your body think its in danger ..kinda like shock..pupils dialate and you blink less...also with sleep deprivation you tend to just gaze into space...clock laughing is a typical hallucination..scary hallucinations and racing voices and thoughts is the brains way of telling you to stop and get rest because its extremely damaging to the brain to keep it racing like that on speed when its burnt out..Brain Stew..obviously those racing negative thoughts on a typical come down

I wouldn't say they are meth heads but they have said "started popping ritalin" in another song and that will give you simialar effects ritalins chemical name is Methylphenidate, and adderall another a.d.d. medication is called Amphetamine...meth is slang for methamphetamine/ methylamphetamine/desoxyephedrine..

the lead singer has dark rings under his eyes which happens when you abuse these drugs and stay awake, it doesn't go away for along time