Freeze Your Brain

"Freeze Your Brain" is the fifth song of Act One of Heathers the Musical. In this song, Veronica Sawyer runs into J.D. at the local 7-11 before she heads to Ram Sweeney's party. J.D. begins to tell her why he finds comfort in a 7-11, while also revealing some of his past to her. Veronica also asks about J.D.’s mom which he then answers, “When mom was alive, we lived halfway normal…” which J.D. is letting Veronica a little into his personal life.

Lyrics
 [J.D.]

I’ve been through ten high schools

They start to get blurry

No point planting roots

Cause you’re gone in a hurry

My dad keeps two suitcases packed in the den

So it’s only a matter of when

I don’t learn the names

Don’t bother with faces

All I can trust is this concrete oasis

Seems every time I’m about to despair

There’s a 7/11 right there

Each store is the same from Las Vegas to Boston

Linoleum aisles that I love to get lost in

I pray at my alter of slush

Yeah, I live for that sweet frozen rush

Freeze your brain

Suck on that straw

Get lost in the pain

Happiness comes when everything numbs

Who needs cocaine?

Freeze your brain

Freeze your brain

Care for a hit?

[VERONICA]

Does your mommy know you eat all that crap?

[J.D.]

Not anymore

When mom was alive

We lived half way normal

Now it’s just me and my dad

We’re less formal

I learned to cook pasta

I learned to pay rent

Learned the world doesn’t owe you a cent

You’re planning your future

Veronica Sawyer

You’ll go to some college

And marry a lawyer

But the sky’s gonna hurt when it falls

So you’d better start building some walls

Freeze your brain

Swim in the ice

Get lost in the pain

Shut your eyes tight

‘Til you vanish from sight

Let nothing remain

Freeze your brain

Shatter your skull

Fight pain with more pain

Forget who you are

Unburden your load

Forget in six weeks

You’ll be back on the road

When the voice in your head

Says “You’re better off dead”

Don’t open a vein

Just freeze your brain

Freeze your brain

Go on and freeze your brain