Lyrics / American Psycho

Cannibal- animal ain’t that original.  I think Chuck D used it in a Public Enemy song.  I’m not too up on hip hop, so it might not have been Mr D.  I just know I heard it somewhere before.  I believe the canonized- cannibal connection is original though.  

I might place your suggestion for the title as a subtitle in parenthesis so it reads:  American Psycho (I can’t divorce myself from myself).  

Thanks for the useful input.

Something to consider.  Thanks.

Title: American Psycho.  
Title taken from the book and movie of the same name. American Psycho is a work of bloody satire,  an overall not too exaggerated picture of American-Big-Business attitude.

Song focus:
American attitude: Screw everyone. Greed is the American dream.  It’s how we’re wired (as individuals) from birth.  It’s how we’re wired as a collective since the country’s founding.  The World (the overall majority of it) loathes us for it.

American culture: Everyone loves. Example: American music, American movies, American literature…  Even the Muslim radicals have taken to rap music to get their message across.  American culture is our greatest export.

In an ironic twist, our culture tells the world who we are. The world loves our bad guy stance as we portray it, and seek to emulate it (they want to roll like us,) but hate the effect of our bad guy reality (can’t help it dude, it’s how I’m wired) when they fall prey to it.

The song American Psycho is patterned as such: verse ramp chorus, verse ramp chorus, guitar solo, ramp, chorus.  Sub concepts for focus Time, and Space, Religion, Madness.
1st verse deals with time as seen by CEOs and wannabes.  
1st ramp takes the concept of racing against time to achieve one’s destination in life.
1st chorus is word play tying in wired and roll with the phrase “hit and run” with the word “integrated”.  

2nd verse begins with wordplay about the concept of space, then segues into religion by comparing one’s ascension in the world of business to ascension in the Christian sense.  
The song’s 2nd ramp amplifies the religious element and uses it to portray the singer’s (I write in character) descent into megalomania, not to mention the singer’s psychopathic attitude; after all, the song is entitled “American Psycho”.

Finally the 3rd ramp concerns the singer’s total disregard for law, and the rights of others-  again, a psychopathic attitude.  

My song is about life as seen through eyes of someone not quite there, yet not to be ignored.   Therefore, a disjointed, (but carefully thought out) style was needed to add realism to the perspective of the singer: American Psycho.  It’s a perspective not unlike “We-The-People”, if you know what I mean.