Napoleon XIV- I live in a split level head (Lyrics)

[HippieHoboJoe1]

i hear voices all the time sooooo yeah....

[TheINFJGuy]

This guy is a fucking asshole.

[MrFishy5]

Headphones, Volume up I feeling like I am crazy and I can hear both of the voices

[abSOULuteD]

A fourth voice is telling me to play this over...and over....and over

[abSOULuteD]

OOOOh man, I forgot Adventure Time is on and i'm listening to this song.. what the hell does that tell you haha

[hallowgirl1]

hehe rape the replay button

[FantasyAdventuress]

I got the joke by the end of the song. :)

[brokendollproduction]

Listen with earphones turned all the way up.. feels like your going insane ;D

[VanillaSilver]

I can't tell if it's better that this guy was crazy, or if I'd rather it be a real band...

[Loobs666]

Just sounds to me like one of Akon's more talented moments.

[Tekeydieb]

the left is a little ahead of the right, thats why it sounds like two people, tword the end it sounds like the right is ahead of the left though...

[Windofscarblade]

@Tekeydieb Actually, towards the end, each voice is in fact singing a different verse from the other.

[Tekeydieb]

@Windofscarblade they are. its a well done song : )

[Windofscarblade]

@Tekeydieb Indeed it is. It's almost hard to believe that this came out in the mid-late 60s. lol

[BanditRingtail23]

This is flippin' weird... XD

[sijag68]

it's those who profess to being strange that are normal,, beware of the ones who say nothing at all,, and avoid the subject like the plague!!!!

[16purplekittens]

If I picked a song to describe myself, it would be this one. Without a doubt.

[blondJasper]

It would appear that 4 people don't live in a split-level head.

[Charlytrippo]

Song makes sense either way.

But that might just be the crazy talking.

[meric2]

Take 50 benadryll. Song makes sense.

[gmccord1970]

4 schizos were offended by this video

[thenutintheushanka18]

@JuerguHildi At 0:19, the crazy man says, "Way up to a level where astronauts tread".

[tallcloebel]

....I'm....Dizzy.... 

[jackzabbaththeband]

Theres obviously three voices. Him, And his two alter egos. :D

[Rockzy911gottarun]

Is there 2 or 3 voices?????

[jackzabbaththeband]

@Rockzy911gottarun 3

[gleekforever321]

Is it bad that I can understandy voices now wen they talk all at once and wen they did that they wer plotting how to rule the world?

[Tanglenose98]

I can understand all the voices in my head now! AND Napoleon XIV! ^_^ I'm happy. And utterly mad now... 

[jelliclecatgirl]

i hear a fain voice in the background of the song

its like a chipmunk

[rsimcox]

That's Billy Mummy from Lost in Space.

[xfire905]

@rsimcox That's Jerry Samuels. Billy Mumy is half of Barnes & Barnes.

[originalruss]

Was perfectly sane until I heard this, now they're coming to take me away haha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­haha

[kristallivagina]

@originalruss me too.. HAHAAAAA!!!!! i couldnt care less.... HAHAAAAAA!!!

[VincentsRight]

OMG I hear the second voice

[MinoruIV]

Napoleon FTW!

[Sailormoonlovers101]

maybe I am insane but after listening to this they came to take me away me away hahahahahahahaha

[ValeriaCorvina]

Listened once, the second voice started the second time the lyrics started. Second time I listened? There were immediately two voices. 0_o

[RoyVanNistelrooij]

@ValeriaCorvina Some serious mindfuck huh?. wait... what?

[pkpgpk]

It started to blend together after 20 seconds. After an hour it went away completly.

After two hours they came to take me away.

[Friennds4eva]

is it just me that only hears 1 voice?

either my computer or me is insane...........

[toljb0]

@Friennds4eva u have to listen to it with head phones u hear TWO vioces!!!!! i know cool right lol

[Friennds4eva]

@toljb0 i am listening to it with headphones :) i heard it before, i just don't hear it now. :(

[dessakat]

@Friennds4eva it's the same thing for me...lol

[cat55xx]

wtf thats werid

[dessakat]

i've listened to this multiple times and i still ask: "there's more than 1 voice?" cause really....i dont hear it.....(ido)(no you dont(yes i do no you dont yes i do no thats impossible right ted? yeah you're crazy sally.right dyssa? yeah totaslly insane. what? im not crazy! yes you are. no im not say what again. YOU LIARS!! wait we should stop we're running outta characters...ok. fine. but you're stil crazy. no! ok bye now. bye bye.

[emoelmoninja]

this songs awesome



[mouse264]

Does it give anyone else a headache? D:

[scorpionstrike02]

Oh god, make it stop

[RhinoZherous]

I think... he's happy :)

[summerbubble100]

o m g

[summerbubble100]

omg

[Undertaker9711]

omg, i just listened to this for the first time. i nearly went insane with my headphones on lol

[GrimlyFiendishJr]

too bad...cuz Biz Markie made a point of saying he liked this song...so much for reciprocity...hee hee hee hee...

[harriscmh]

haha this is fun

[redreaper2020]

Less earrape than rap.

[Kendymary]

omg...i think ive gone crazy :|

[Sakaino95]

i cnt stop laughn i feel like i'm flippn drunk

[cott002367]

fun fact, this guy was technically one of the first rap artists

[NikoLiberty1000]

@cott002367 very true, but the rap music that emerged from the the 1970s evolved from soul and funk music

[shickasha]

drum beat is nauseous

[Stephline13]

Should I be worried that I'm able to listen to the part with both voices without it feeling weird somehow?

[dessakat]

@Stephline13 there is two voices? hmmmi didnt know that.....

[SamTheStrangeOne]

@Stephline13 Yes.

[1joeyaustria]

@Stephline13 NoNeeNein, that'sdatdas isisist quiteheelziemlich normalgewoonnormal.

[catsblood15]

@Stephline13 yes yes you should be xD

[auburntigersfan12]

the VOICES!!!nooo =p well they like me at least!

[TheNEWfilmfanatic99]

Momma, i'm hearing voices again

[TheSuperFungus]

goddamn, this song is nearly enough to make me crazy

[renewd]

I never thought I would hear another song by this guy other than "They're coming to takeme away"

[wawabooty]

@renewd

What about his ex's reply song?? Or "Theyre coming to take me away again HAHA"

[xoitsrachel]

i'm being mindfucked. slowly.

[capcos]

This just played on repeat for like a half hour (or longer?) on KFJC.

[ipw77]

@capcos that was so weird!!!! it played for at least an hour and a half.

[skyehoyt1971]

This could easily be turned into a badass punk jam.

[sorin1113]

because he likes to make songs in that genra i guess

[1787dude]

4 people dont live in a split level head

[douro20]

He didn't write all of the works on that album.

[sunlight23144]

Great song, I remember this!

But, you know the two other voices saying different things? IMO, it might be the "two alter egos" he's wed to singing with him.

[dogpetdog]

whoever puts this on during a psychedelic trip has a death wish

[azchrosette]

CUH-RAZY! But I love it! Haha it actually made my head start to pound :P

[SamTheStrangeOne]

This song is fun to listen to with headphones, you feel like you're going insane.

[baileytom78]

@SamTheStrangeOne Going?? Some of us are there

[xXPurplexLucarioXx]

LOLZ I actually sang that when I got bored XD

[russtherab]

I love this. It's one of my favorite songs when I was growing up

[mondocaneman]

Jerry Samuels!!! he's the genius behind this music! He's in his 70s still alive and kicking!

[vsrkev]

omg fuck god this is insane...

[ashleymorganrockss]

Make this go twice as fast and for ten minutes long.

[TheAcriNom]

Ack, I should have read the comments before I listened to this. xD I wore my headphones, and they're right. It's like having a chipmunk on each shoulder. x'D

[Thulgore]

@TheAcriNom It's awesome, to this day I've never heard anyone do this with music. It's almost zen insanity.

[XxMadMoshinMonsterxX]

This is creepy as hell lol.

[SamSodine]

this make people crazy ò_ò

[hotelmario510]

I have a pair of earphones, but only one works...it's less confusing that way.

[Dyingdeathwolf]

>< I could't decide which voice to listen to and now I have a head ache

[td49]

Always thought this was the song that inspired Rap.

[Citrus3000]

@td49

WTF are you talking about?

[td49]

@Citrus3000

I can just picture some rapper like Eminem in his style updating this 60's rant.

[Citrus3000]

@td49

You are an idiot.

[whato1986]

@td49 dear god i hope not

[alxndr01]

@td49 I think Napoleon XVI started Rap.

[unrities]

haha. i seriously can only hear 2 vocies...lol. though im listening to this song on headphones

[DivineMalice9]

I downloaded A crazier version, I dont know if it was from the same author, but reminded me the same like the pots and pans would go faster throughout and he would say I have 3 alter egos I sleep with two people i love to live in a split lil head over and over like brainwashing XI

[TimberWolfCub]

I listen to this on headphones and, as people have pointed out, you do hear all the voices. I've counted two or three voices. The one on the right is easier to understand, to me. But you can understand all of them. xD I LOVE THIS SONG.

[ryoko65]

haven't heard this in some time ..... you have to listen to this in headphones.... it really messes with your head to hear two different sets of lyrics at the same time on either sides of your head.... but it's fun! :)

[MrCynicalbastard]

I count anywhere from 2-4 voices...and I understand them all perfectly...BWAHAHAHAHA *.*

[aNathalieGirl]

He's brilliant! :'D

[Genesty]

if you listen to it carfully there two different thing said at once

[SuperDucky89]

lmao this is funny take a breath lol

[GiminiGirlDWN019]

I can understand both of the voices. 8D

[DarkNoraneko]

This song is freakier if you listen to it with headphones on!

O_o cause on the left side you hear the lower voice and on the right you hear the higher voice!! D: It freaks me out!!

[spacecadet404]

love this song!

[XRagnorrokX]

ahh i cant follow even one of the voices when theyre all talking, maybe im going insane, mabye theyre coming to take me away right now haha

[M4OR]

this song is brilliant!

[martindinesjd]

on the record version of there coming to take me away (the single) on the B side it plays backwards, you have to take the belt off the record player and spin the disc backward and it will play foward.

[ScottishPeterYoalky]

why do people keep sayin to play it backwards? what does it say?

[ForwardN2Unknown]

Nothing. It just sounds even wackier.

[ScottishPeterYoalky]

thats what I thought. This song rocks

[XRagnorrokX]

@ScottishPeterYoalky the crazy songs backwards dont say anything backwards they just kinda funny and creepy at the same time cause theres wacked up music and jibberish

[ScottishPeterYoalky]

@XRagnorrokX  ah yes that makes sense. Thanks man

[xavious13]

It disturbs me that I can understand all three voices at the same time. Perhaps I was disturbed before I knew that. Then again I may be able to do that because I am disturbed. Disturbing!

[colonist067]

@xavious13 Wait... there was a third one?

[ForwardN2Unknown]

I just exceded my comment limit and the word I had to type was "backwards"! It's just one of those days.

[smedleylt]

I just listened this at 2:28 am...with headphones on...

[ForwardN2Unknown]

now play it backwords

[colonist067]

@ForwardN2Unknown .s"drow"kcab ti yalp ,seY

[McRabbid9]

It's nice to see people enjoy Napoleon XIV's works besides "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haa". Good thing I'm not the only diehard Napoleon XIV fan.

[ScottishPeterYoalky]

@McRabbid9 wait but i is also a die hard fan

[sabserab]

LOL theme song of my life!!!!

[Chris2myfriends]

This was awesome.

[heliumtrophy]

I never thought it was possible to outdo They're Coming To Take Me Away Ha-Haa! but my god this really does the trick!

[WombatAtLeythemore]

Headphones required.

[ruin4you]

I hear 2 voices!

[PrincessT87]

This song mysteriously ended up on my iPod somehow, it was on shuffle and this came on. I was like "w...tf..". I totally don't get this song. Lol

[unclemeat2u]

You were probably born after the 60's.

;)

[swampEMT]

You don't have to understand it, just embrace the insanity.

[dessakat]

@PrincessT87 i think your alter egos played a trick on you XD

[MrChicagoPaul]

MUST we bicker about the lyrics... just go with them.If you play this backwards, it is "You Light Up My Life" by Debbie Boone. Try it.

[101darklord101]

This song is great.

[me123xlovesxwho]

if you hi-light the page there is little white boxes next 2 every thing!!

[me123xlovesxwho]

ur right it does say "If anyone bugs me I climb metal stairs

Way up to a level where astronauts tread,"

[marchingeagle987]

no, it only sounds that way, if you think on the context of the piece, i climb my stairs way up to a level where i feel no threat makes more sense

[Parodynamic]

I'm pretty sure that in the second set of lines, it's,

"If anyone bugs me I climb metal stairs

Way up to a level where astronauts tread,"

instead of

"If anyone bugs me I climb up my stairs

Way up to a level where I feel no threat."

But I could be wrong. It's hard to tell with two people going on at once.

[AnimeFreakForever1]

ur right.

[dessakat]

@Parodynamic  it says both. lol

[me123xlovesxwho]

Napoleon XIV is my best singer ever

[narutoisacow]

i have a split level head

dog is so cute hes an ass no hes not yes he is ur talking about a donke no im talking about our dog at least i love fuck

ur over rated

[avianmosquito]

I live in a split level head too, trust me, it's overrated. No it's not. Yes it is.

Hold on, I have something to do with. No I don't. I do, believe me. What's that supposed to mean? I hate me, that's what it means!

Hold on.

[crazzymonky94]

lol no its not. sheil makes real things do really weird stuff in his writings and makes them funny but this person mixes up sentences to make them sound awsome and makes them funny lol but i love this guy

[warrenwr]

I'm not entirely sure, but I think the late, great Shel Silverstein wrote this poem. If he didn't, whoever *DID* pen them needs to be recognized as a great artist! Draynaz is right on ... you "CAN'T" be "Normal" and like this kind of stuff -- and I love it, too! ("NORMAL" is a terrible insult, especially in Bush-II America!)

NICE JOB! HILARIOUS! Six stars out of a possible five!

[PengunaFilms]

ROFL

no this isn't shel silverstein

[dessakat]

@warrenwr what's normal again?

[BobMonkfish]

He didn't have much of a range in his subject matter did he?

[Cosmikh0bo]

This is where you go when you pop too much acid and smoke iowa pot :P Haha j/k ! But love these lyrics, bordercases <3

[elpouel666]

lolll

[retardedidiot]

Your life, spelling and creativity "sux".

[thomasedge4life]

you are as you say,look at your username

[retardedidiot]

At least I'm open about it, unlike you trying to spell with numbers.

[KnucklesOwnsGC]

this is very trippy while stoned

[Lawls8]

Me too! and i'm diagnosed too!

[maynya]

Me 3!Love it too

[Draynaz]

All who likes this music is insane ... I LOVE IT! O_-

[eggflipsupreme]

...I've got the Album - one of the few!

Never quite recovered, hahaagghhh!!

[garra1300]

this is awesome! i love how he came up the lyrics and then you start hearing multiple voices.

[klauzes]

I remember listening to this long time ago...how old is it ?

[katiekawaii]

@ klauzes It must be about 44 years old now.

[cheitin]

awesome. why is that guy always singing about insanity? :)

[DonnaHuana]

Don't you think becouse the misic is insane?