This song is about Cerpin Taxt, the protagonist of the album. In this track, he jumps to his death off a bridge after being released from the hospital, where he had been under a rat poison induced coma.
The Mars Volta have a sixth member who always remains unseen. He engineers the sound effects rife throughout the band's recordings, including the bird sound effects on this song.
Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers played bass on all of the tracks on Deloused In The Comatorium except this song. RHCP guitarist John Frusciante also joins them for "Cicatriz ESP."
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