"Who Will Save the Sane?" is a song by Type O Negative, included on their fifth album World Coming Down, released in 1999. This song has science talk for the psychiatric treatment on Steele. One line of lyrics displays pi to nine decimal places—3.141592653. The song features low-toned keyboard that is reminiscent of The Beatles.
Lyrics[]
Periodic tableware
Psychotropic science fair
But who will save the sane?
Some beings just can't change
Now crawl on by
A fake tear in your eye
And think isn't he strange
Pseudogasmic chemistry
Necromorphic apathy
But who will save the sane?
Some beings just can't change
Now crawl on by
A fake tear in your eye
And think isn't he strange
Physical laws unapplied Hamper my quest
Unsurreal world of unfailed HIV tests
Der ubermensch warning of pi techno junkies - 3.141592653
Come on boy
Tell me
Tell me
Tentative ambulance date bound for G Ward
Bear trap psychiatrist bait chew my paw off
Unmercilessly we will take you away to slumber
But only if you can recite Avogadro's number
Come on boy
Tell me
Tell me
But who will save the sane?
Some beings just can't change
Now crawl on by
A fake tear in your eye
And think isn't he strange
Now crawl on by
A fake tear in your eye
And think wasn't he strange
Personnel[]
Group performers
- Peter Steele – vocals, bass, additional keyboards
- Kenny Hickey – guitar
- Josh Silver – keyboards
- Johnny Kelly – live drums, backing vocals
Enginucers
- Peter Steele – writing, preprogramming, production
- Mike Marciano – engineering, mixing
- Josh Silver – samples, effects, deprogramming, production
- Johnny Kelly – drum programming
- Kenny Hickey – deprogramming
- George Marino – mastering