I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
You are a chainsaw through my heart
Ripping right through me from the start
You make me go crazy all night long
I need you so bad, I know it's gotta be wrong
You get on my nerves, you make me so mad
It's times like these that I just can't stand
You're so far away and I can't hurt you now
I guess I'll just use myself like I know how
Rip out my hair
Wish that it's yours
Cut my own skin
Pretend that it's yours
Call you up in tears
Then you'll take back all the things that you said
And we can be ourselves once again
Goddamn, how you make me scream and shout
I don't wanna run around my room and pout
But you make me do it and I can't hardly stand it
You've got my heart and you know you've always had it
But now you're so far away
And there's no way to make you pay
So I'll go around my room and break anything I want
And in my head imagine breaking your heart
Rip out my hair
Wish that it's yours
Cut my own skin
Pretend that it's yours
Call you up in tears
You're such a tease, you're such a jerk
Why do I waste my time?
I'll make you take back all the things that you said
I'll make you take back all the things that you said
You're such a tease, you're such a jerk
Why do I waste my time?
I'll make you take back all the things that you said
I'll make you take back all the things that you said
You're such a tease, you're such a jerk
Why do I waste my time?
I'll make you take back all the things that you said
I'll make you take back all the things that you said
You're such a tease, you're such a jerk
Why do I waste my time?
I'll make you take back all the things that you said
I'll make you take back all the things that you said
And we can be ourselves once again
You are a chainsaw through my heart
Ripping right through me from the start
You make me go crazy all night long
I need you so bad, I know it's gotta be wrong
You get on my nerves, you make me so mad
It's times like these that I just can't stand
You're so far away and I can't hurt you now
I guess I'll just use myself like I know how
Ripping right through me from the start
You make me go crazy all night long
I need you so bad, I know it's gotta be wrong
You get on my nerves, you make me so mad
It's times like these that I just can't stand
You're so far away and I can't hurt you now
I guess I'll just use myself like I know how
Rip out my hair
Wish that it's yours
Cut my own skin
Pretend that it's yours
Call you up in tears
Then you'll take back all the things that you said
And we can be ourselves once again
Goddamn, how you make me scream and shout
I don't wanna run around my room and pout
But you make me do it and I can't hardly stand it
You've got my heart and you know you've always had it
But now you're so far away
And there's no way to make you pay
So I'll go around my room and break anything I want
And in my head imagine breaking your heart
Rip out my hair
Wish that it's yours
Cut my own skin
Pretend that it's yours
Call you up in tears
You're such a tease, you're such a jerk
Why do I waste my time?
I'll make you take back all the things that you said
I'll make you take back all the things that you said
You're such a tease, you're such a jerk
Why do I waste my time?
I'll make you take back all the things that you said
I'll make you take back all the things that you said
You're such a tease, you're such a jerk
Why do I waste my time?
I'll make you take back all the things that you said
I'll make you take back all the things that you said
You're such a tease, you're such a jerk
Why do I waste my time?
I'll make you take back all the things that you said
I'll make you take back all the things that you said
And we can be ourselves once again
You are a chainsaw through my heart
Ripping right through me from the start
You make me go crazy all night long
I need you so bad, I know it's gotta be wrong
You get on my nerves, you make me so mad
It's times like these that I just can't stand
You're so far away and I can't hurt you now
I guess I'll just use myself like I know how
Lyrics submitted by CoreTaKnee
Twisted Nerve Lyrics as written by John Eatherly Jemina Pearl Abegg
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"Rip out my hair Wish that it's yours Cut my own skin Pretend that it's yours"
argh.. definately my least favourite BYOP song
yeah but you have to admit that its definitley a good tune in itself. makes you get up and dance. that line is kindof tacky, but the rest of the lyrics really go to heart with me so im in love.
.....i like it
it annoys me that they rhymed "pout" with "shout". that's just such a predictable, unoriginal rhyme... not their best.
i think it's also my least favorite from the get awkward album
whaaaat are you talking about! i love this song, when im in a bad mood i put it on and.. go around my room and break anything i want! so much anger. i love it.
holy balls. i actually really don't get when people say they don't like get awkward... how could you not !? :S the songs are actually about SOMETHING. personally though, i prefer listening to get awkward. half the songs get you in a kick ass mood, and the other half is reserved for when you're pissed, or hating your friends or the people where you live.
i definetely agree with frannyb3an or whatever,&honestly i dont mind the self mutilation bit at all, its like youdont havet o be a wrist cutter to be able to relate,seriosly people get with it or get akward -_- haha <3