Does nobody else notice that it doesn't say "shrinking in your head" above, it says "shaking in your hand"? Most other sites have the former and not the latter, and most of the "explanations" here ignore the line in the above transcript. The "Fantastic Planet" copy that I used to own was dubbed so I don't know if the lyrics were printed on the inside of CD sleeve, but I've always thought, as it would seem, correctly, that the lyric is "shrinking in your head"; however the line printed here, "shaking in your hand", is actually better, imho (I've always wanted to use that cliche'd abbreviation. Score!), as it would be a reference to the side effect of many psychoactive and stimulant drugs, as well as a symptom of the withdrawal syndrome of pretty much anything, really; and it also may be a "tell" for, in addition to the use of the just-mentioned types of drugs, a variety of mental/neurological disorders, and would therefore fit nicely with the apparent theme of this song, which I personally can relate to for every reason I just mentioned, and because of my unfortunately and undeservedly recurring incarceration / institutionalization, which has turned out to be one of the predominant themes of the tragedy that I just call "my life" (and I am not - nor could I be because I was born in 1979 - in spite of what that last sentence might suggest if referring to a much younger [and therefore unqualified to portray themselves as so miserable] person, a f**king emo, or goth, or whatever you kids are calling it in modern times. (but I apparently am an old, curmudgeonly bastard. Thanks for listening, and if any of you don't know, Failure is supposed to release their first album in 18 years in 2015. Hell, maybe they already have - I wouldn't know since I don't keep up anymore, because, as you may remember from half a second ago, I'm a curmudgeon.