This is the opening track from Delirium, an album that is based around the concept of a mental hospital, with each song being a different story told from a patient's perspective. Co-vocalist Andrea Ferreo explained to TeamRock: "It's probably the most catchy song on the album because it's just repeating the word 'delirium' over and over – that's actually where we got the title from. We wanted to have something that fit in the melody of the song that also made sense to the record, and that's what we decided on."
The song was inspired by a friend of Andrea Ferreo's mother. He said: "She's super-intelligent but at times lost it because her brain can't handle it. She refused to take her medication and ended up having the police break her out of a hotel room. It just showed me how quickly you can lose someone. It isn't written from her point of view, but she was in my mind when I was writing the lyrics."
"Delirium," meaning wild excitement or ecstasy, was originally a Latin word from the verb "deliare" ("deviate; be deranged") The literal meaning was "deviate from the furrow." A "delius" was thus a person who could not plough straight and was, therefore, crazy. Other artists that have penned songs with the word "delirium" in the title include Ladyhawke, Coheed and Cambria, Motion City Soundtrack, MGMT, Yes and Ellie Goulding.
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