I'm unfolding little scraps of paper
I'm dotting "I's" and crossing "T's"
Like a ghost you were the gardener
That snuck in and planted seed
Decay
Your world's acidic taste
I'm unfolding little scrap paper
But I'll pluck you like a dead bug from
My feet

No more voices on the radio
No more waiting by the telephone

Arrows aim to crack rib cages
But your venom's weak in my blood
Your poison scabs, coagulated
Your hardest try is never enough
Decay
Your world's acidic taste
I'm unfolding little scrap paper
But I'll pluck you like a dead bug from
My feet

This tooth is rotten, yank it out
Your words are cancer in my mouth
This captain's ship is going down


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    This is such an incredible song! I love the line "this tooth is rotten yank it out, your words are cancer in my mouth."

    andywarholgroupieon May 13, 2004   Link
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    this

    scornfulon July 03, 2005   Link
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    song

    scornfulon July 03, 2005   Link
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    is

    scornfulon July 03, 2005   Link
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    fuggin

    scornfulon July 03, 2005   Link
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    amazing

    scornfulon July 03, 2005   Link
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    .

    scornfulon July 03, 2005   Link
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    "Your words are cancer in my mouth" is the best line! Does anyone know what this song is about?

    Deckerson August 18, 2005   Link
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    getting rid of someone who's standing in yer way or limiting you somehow. that's kind of what it says to me. reminds me of how good friends of mine used to date girls who tried to control them and their lives all the time. luckily my friends use their brains and dumped the girls.

    proximaon October 28, 2005   Link
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    I think its about someone whos treated you wrong, told you lies and made you believe something. And you've realised and said. well fuck this.. no more.

    This band is too amazing.

    johnnyqueston April 16, 2006   Link

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