"Whose suicide are you on"

[justlikemartinsaid]

For some reason, this phrase never made any sense to me, for 12 years now. I mean, how can you be on someone's suicide? And tonight I was mowing the lawn and replaying Something Is Me in my head, and it dawned on me for the first time that it was a play on the question, "Whose side are you on?"

I feel like a complete idiot! Oh well, it's not as bad as hearing "bingo jet had a light on" or "excuse me while I kiss this guy".

[Cotton]

I've always heard it:

this 9 to 5 bullshit
don't let you forget
the suicide your on


...meaning, the slow death from the life [you], the World Class Fad is leading.