Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
As a child I was given the gift to entertain you
But through blood I inherited a life that could destroy you
I drink all day, I smoke all day, I took Madonna's breath away
I've done it all but tap the vein
These hard lines and sunken cheeks are text book reasons
All these Christians come alive and try to sell you
My soul for a goat
Yet I'll outlive the old
You know it's bad, some may say sad a hangover is inspiration
Like a junkie I hurt for it, a bad trip, the emptiness
I never sleep or always sleep, a lack of fulfillment to me
Is me the big picture
These hard lines and sunken cheeks
Are part of what the Christians mean
To immortalize my situation
My soul for a goat
Yet I'll outlive the old
Simply to thy ghost I cling (simply to thy ghost I cling)
Simply to thy ghost I reject (simply to thy ghost I reject)
Simply to thy ghost I give spit (simply to thy ghost I give spit)
Simply to thy ghost I cling (simply to thy ghost I cling)
Simply I reject (I reject)
Tempter, tempting, tempt me, molest me
You know that I'll submit
For this is my weakness and it saves me from relationships
With those Christians you know they'll sell you
My soul for a goat
Yet I'll outlive the old
But through blood I inherited a life that could destroy you
I drink all day, I smoke all day, I took Madonna's breath away
I've done it all but tap the vein
These hard lines and sunken cheeks are text book reasons
All these Christians come alive and try to sell you
My soul for a goat
Yet I'll outlive the old
You know it's bad, some may say sad a hangover is inspiration
Like a junkie I hurt for it, a bad trip, the emptiness
I never sleep or always sleep, a lack of fulfillment to me
Is me the big picture
These hard lines and sunken cheeks
Are part of what the Christians mean
To immortalize my situation
My soul for a goat
Yet I'll outlive the old
Simply to thy ghost I cling (simply to thy ghost I cling)
Simply to thy ghost I reject (simply to thy ghost I reject)
Simply to thy ghost I give spit (simply to thy ghost I give spit)
Simply to thy ghost I cling (simply to thy ghost I cling)
Simply I reject (I reject)
Tempter, tempting, tempt me, molest me
You know that I'll submit
For this is my weakness and it saves me from relationships
With those Christians you know they'll sell you
My soul for a goat
Yet I'll outlive the old
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"hard lines, sunken cheeks" is how people look after a long time of heroin addiction....
I must say this; Sometimes what the booklet says is not always what they sing on the CD. I know this from an alice in chains song called frogs, in the booklet there's a line saying "flowers watched through wide brown eyes" they sing "flowers watched through wide eyes blue" but do I know Anyway hard lines and sunken cheeks is one of many cool song by Pantera does anybody know that Pant(h)era is latin for big cat?
@Snapper J no shit, panther, pantera. DUH
I THINK...and don't quote me on this...but I've been told that the line after i smoke all day is I took madonna's breath away...I dunno...but if you listen, it really does sound like that's what he's saying.
Anyway..this song is fucking great and Pantera is one of the greatest metal bands of all time. \m/
no its i drink all day, i smoke all day, i've taken the dragons breath away. dragons refers to herion, and yea i know he done it all short of tap the vein
@krazylarry No, actually it's " I took Madonna's breath away" because Madonna apparently loves PanterA and actually tried (and failed) to cover their song A New Level.
I can't believe only 2 comments on this song.. OMG this has to be one of Pantera's best. I love it
"My soul for a goat. Yet I'll outlive the old." Anybody who understand this? It's really cool anyway. I have my own explantion.... No I don't:D.
@JtK Well since Phil was always ahead of his time and today a GOAT means greatest of all time, there is a possibility that he was trying to say that he gave his soul to be the greatest of all time (referring to doing drugs to numb the pain so he could still perform at his best). That's just my theory.
Actually, according to the Far beyond Driven booklet, it does say "I smoke all day, I drink all day, I've done it all but tap the vein". This is definitely one of Pantera's best songs!
It's actually "I drink all day , I smoke all day , I took your daughters breath away , I've done it all but tap the vein".
These lyrics read like some sort of personal diary. It's about Phil's public image, about people (especially Christians) who throw shit on him and criticisize his behavior. But he's saying: "yeah, you think I'm mad and I'm rotten inside, yet I'm going to fuck you all"
I assumed "My soul for a goat" had something to do with Baphomet.