i heard
you were passing out nails to my closest friends
and i heard
you were jealous of the hand the carried my coffin
a daydream inspired my illness
thoughts grew more poisonous
exhausted from the peer pressure
my lover put me six feet under

my, my lover
put me six feet under
my my my lover
put me six feet under

i heard
you were a missing child at my funeral
and i heard
you were jealous of the shovel that dug my grave
death-bed as a roadside attraction
tourists would admire my condition
i am a psychic wonder
my lover put me six feet under

my, my lover
put me six feet under
my my my lover
put me six feet under


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    it's a bleak outlook—but "nails" most probably is "sex" in this connotation. (as i can't imagine it being anything else.)

    i.e. passing out nails = selling yrself sexually

    shrug

    enough about love and sex already.

    medicineon March 24, 2006   Link
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    General Comment

    this song is about girls being idiots and guys letting them get to you but then they all the sudden care a lot about you and your meaninglessness after you dont matter. the chinese stars are awfully love/sex/death/drug oriented lyrically, but its all to dance to so don't worry about what it MEANS just frikin dance.

    extremebeastmanon April 17, 2006   Link
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    you sound like my exgirlfriend

    medicineon July 27, 2006   Link

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