Drag Me Down

All Paul - Drag Me Down

All Paul - Drag Me Down (Coach Oleander Version)

“Ha ha! Yes! Let me hear you make some NOISE! It’s getting CRAAAAAAZY in here!”

–Coach Oleander while performing on stage.

“Keep trying, Razputin. End this tasteless display!”

–Sasha Nein.

Drag Me Down in-universe is the second song on the album "Paul The Way" by All Paul, boy band which produced popular pop music and said band meet their demise when the cruise where they were performing sinked into the Rhombus of Ruin.

The song was written and arranged by Paul O'Rourke, Double Fine's Senior Sound Designer; and also performed by Greg Rice, Duncan Boehle, and Richman Neumann. A cover made by Nick Jameson (Coach Oleander and Dr. Caligosto Loboto’s voice actor) was made for Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin when Oleander is performing at the Sunken Cruise Ship in front of many Fish Guards.

Lyrics

Verse 1

I'm on my way to gain my freedom,
I won't let you hold me down again,
I curse the day I let you become my everything,
But I just can't depend on you,

Verse 2

You're never at home,
Even when you are girl I still feel alone,
Never in my life have I been this low,
I wanna run away but you won't let go,
And I can't really see us working out,
I think it's best if we both go a different route,

Verse 3

When we met it was the best thing that I've known,
I gave you everything you asked,
Never worried it could lapse but here we are,
Now I'm wondering what it ever meant to love,
I just want to rise above but you're holding me,

Verse 4

Down down down,
All you do is drag me down,
I don't want you around,
Can you promise me when you leave you won't drag me down down down,
I can't take it anymore,
Yeah, you're rotten to the core,
No you're never gonna let me soar because you drag me down

Trivia

• It is Coach Oleander's favorite song and Coach himself owns the vinyl of All Paul.
• Dr. Loboto has this song on one of his computers in the Rhombus of Ruin.
• Drag Me Down is played in Psychonauts 2 at Astral Lanes Bowling Alley.