Where Is My Mind?

Album: Surfer Rosa (1988)
Play Video
  • Ooh, stop

    With your feet on the air and your head on the ground
    Try this trick and spin it, yeah (yeah)
    Your head will collapse, and there's nothing in it
    And you'll ask yourself

    Where is my mind?
    Where is my mind?
    Where is my mind?
    Way out in the water, see it swimmin'

    I was swimmin' in the Caribbean
    Animals were hiding behind the rock
    Except the little fish
    Bumped into me, I swear he was trying to talk to me, koi-koi

    Where is my mind?
    Where is my mind?
    Where is my mind?
    Way out in the water, see it swimmin'

    With your feet on the air and your head on the ground
    Try this trick and spin it, yeah
    Your head will collapse, and there's nothing in it
    And you'll ask yourself

    Where is my mind?
    Where is my mind?
    Where is my mind?
    Way out in the water, see it swimmin'

    With your feet on the air and your head on the ground
    Try this trick and spin it, yeah Writer/s: Charles Thompson
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 38

  • Claerk from Idkthis song is so good and this helped me understand it
  • Burt MacklinHow are you going to have a clip of Trainspotting and not list it among movies with "Where is my mind?" by The Pixies in it?
  • Jon from Enumclaw , WaI love how this song is used at the end of Fight Club - so fitting and such a great song for such a great movie.
  • Rick from Outthere, CoRead the next 2 posts :

    Try this trick and spin it YEAH.....
  • Rick from Outthere, Cosoooooooo, feet in the air head on the ground ( All Turned Around )

    the lyrics: he swears
    Tryin' to talk to me, coy koi. ( All Turned Around } - I swear he ( the little fish ) was trying to talk to me.
  • Rick from Outthere, Coi was swimmin' in the Carribean ( Rich People Go There )
    animals were hiding behind the rocks ( Materialistic People Hiding Behind Their Wealth )
    except for the little fish ( Every Day People )
  • Karl from Ingatestone, United Kingdomi am surprised the space station NASA used this Pixies classic to wake up their system. i was delighted when i heard that, well, let alone if NASA came over to Ingatestone, they be playing 'Wave Of Mutilation' through the speakers
    Surfer Rosa! what an album. even though i have to wait until Christmas 2012 to get it
  • Jeff from Austin, Txthis song is better every time I listen to it....which must be over 1000 times since the early 90s.
  • Hunter from Flint, Migo to iTunes. there are dozens of covers, more than just placebo and toadies and whoever. none, of course, are nearly as good ad the original.
  • Jonas from Nashport, OhIm sure all them covers are great, but for a song so bizzare"most of the pixies songs" Its blasphemy to concider a cover better. original song writer + very innovative recording leads to a true masterpeice.
  • Gottfried from Cocks, AzerbaijanFrank Black, from the band, lives in Eugene Oregon, as I do. I heard in a guitar shop that he might live in a nearby neighborhood from where I live (the clerk was apparently lived somewhere near me).
    A guy who they toured with (somewhat recently) once served me a burger at McMennimens. It was very awesome.
  • Nicolas from Montreal, QcSometimes songs are so open to interpretation that many things can make sense. Frank Black said it was about snorkeling in the carribean, but I don't think that's how David Fincher felt about it. This song playing in the final scene of fight club is probably one of the most perfect moments in movie history, "where is my mind" can be seen as a perfect metaphor for being lost in a lifestyle of consumerism and empty goals, an ocean of useless things... "way out in the water see it swimming..." That's my interpretation, and that'S what's great about music.
  • Josh from Flint, MiThis song was also covered by M.I.A. in her song 20 dolla. Check it out.
  • Cody from Grafton, OhThe james blunt cover of this is terrible =[
    Daaron Malakian of system of a down also did a rare cover of this, it was very good. ^.^
  • Stephen from Baltimore, Md"Can anyone tell the placebo/pixies versions of this song apart?"

    The answer is simple Linus; the placebo cover is much clearer, that is you can actually hear the words pronounced. Also, the placebo cover leaves out some parts as well as the wooooo thing just doesn't fit
  • Stephen from Baltimore, MdActually the the lyric is "coy koi", it tripped me up for a while till I was watching Fight Club with captions, luckily they had captions for the song as well.
    My personal interpretation of the song is this: The singer has gone insane and is describing a trip to the carribean.
  • Bobby from Boston, Maoh, um, Seth depending on the situation it's perfectly fine to refer to (here i go again) the pixies as just that. unless i was "going to get pixies tickets". why don't you be "smart or something" before you try to school us.
  • Bobby from Boston, Ma"koi koi"? break-dancing?
  • Lexi from Lansing, KsJames Blunt version is NOT good at all.
  • Garoud from Arica, Chilethe "talk to me koi koi" is refered to a type of carp,a fish, that in japanese is called koi.
    "so many useless facts...until now!!"
  • Echo from Normalville, Maand it's not about break dancing
  • Echo from Normalville, Mavery beautiful, very eery song.
  • Kara from Louisville, KySo the best part of this whole song is when he say :"talk to me koy koy"....nobody ever notices how funny that is
  • Ema from Darwin, AustraliaJames blunt also did a cover.
    p.s FIGHTCLUB!!!<3
  • Albert from North Hollywood, CaThis song has been mashed together with Bob Dylan's "Blowin in the Wind" It's pretty good so you all should check it out. The song is called "Blowin' in My Mind"
  • Linus from Hamilton, On, CanadaCan anyone tell the placebo/pixies versions of this song apart?
  • Ej from New York City, NcGreat song to listen to when you're stoned.
  • Sarah from Greensboro, Ncthis song never gets old...
  • Seth from Simpsonville, Scfor future reference, let it be known to everyone that the band is Pixes, just Pixies, not "The Pixies." Not that it really matters, but just a tid bit of information so you can look smart, or something.
  • Noah from Sherborn, Mayeah, craig, you might wanna let your music comments go unsaid from now on....
    anyway, great song, perfect placement in Fight Club
  • Robert from Bergen, NorwayThe song is obviously about a man who breaks his scull trying to do weightless stuff on dry land. Why does he try it? Because his brain is out swimming and thinks the body is in the same element...
  • John from Brighton, MiHearing them play this as the encore of their Lollapalooza set (2005) was a definite all-time highlight. Kim Deal's voice is still angelic yet creepy, and toward the end the crowd was singing the weird background line along with her. Chills!
  • Anne from London, Englandplacebo did cover this song. it's been officially released in 2003 on the special edition of their 4th album 'sleeping with ghosts'

    in 2003 frank black joined placebo on stage for their first live dvd 'sleeping with ghosts - live in paris'.

    placebo watched the pixies perform this song at the hurricane festival 2004 and sung along 'the wohoooo' with their own fans, which had placed themselves infront of the stage to see placebo perform as friday's co-headliner.
  • Ben from Punxsutawney, PaYeah, wow... breakdancing indeed. This song is just awesome. The riff is just so strange and all blended together. Awesome.
  • Leon from Waterbury, CtCraig...next time you have a thought, just let it go.
  • Craig from Beverly Hills, MaThe beginning of the song is about break-dancing.
  • Jason from Everywhere, United StatesThe Toadies also covered it, not a bad rendition considering the only recording is live one.
  • Maddie from Knoxville, TnNo comments on this one? I love this song! The Nada Surf version was not nearly as good at the Pixies. The Pixies rock.
see more comments

Editor's Picks

Christmas Songs

Christmas SongsFact or Fiction

Rudolf, Bob Dylan and the Singing Dogs all show up in this Fact or Fiction for seasonal favorites.

Daryl Hall

Daryl HallSongwriter Interviews

Daryl Hall's TV show is a hit, and he's been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - only one of these developments excites him.

The Real Nick Drake

The Real Nick DrakeSong Writing

The head of Drake's estate shares his insights on the late folk singer's life and music.

Wolfgang Van Halen

Wolfgang Van HalenSongwriter Interviews

Wolfgang Van Halen breaks down the songs on his debut album, Mammoth WVH, and names the definitive Van Halen songs from the Sammy and Dave eras.

Phil Hurtt ("I'll Be Around")

Phil Hurtt ("I'll Be Around")Songwriter Interviews

Phil was a songwriter, producer and voice behind many Philadelphia soul classics. When disco hit, he got an interesting project: The Village People.

David Sancious

David SanciousSongwriter Interviews

Keyboard great David Sancious talks about his work with Sting, Seal, Springsteen, Clapton and Aretha, and explains what quantum physics has to do with making music.