Turning to the right, feel it getting tight
Demand of the heart, my hands rip apart
I'm so afraid, my welcome overstayed
Never find a way to make all this O.K.
Sleepless nights, I am forever awake

Just one taste--won't let it go to waste
The way I feel--Never to reveal
Just one taste-of my own space

Fucking sick of this, hope my tongue don't slip
Familiar trips, loosen up its grip
Instinct never worked anyway, what I've seen I just can't say
My sight's been taken, my eyes betray

Just one taste--won't let it go to waste
The way I feel--Never to reveal
Just one taste-of my own space

My hands at my back, pushing violent acts
The truth an artifact
The rabbit in the hat
Kicking out this make believe
Dedicate a new belief
The risk runs high, but I've gotta try
Hold it all inside, until the day I die


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    this song could be about trying to keep a secret, and feeling it weighing on your conscience. It seems that in the song they have to keep a secrect about something they have seen because telling the truth would involve betraying someone close to them.
    freelance_mercenaryon March 29, 2005   Link
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    actually, now i think this song is specifically about trying to keep a secret from the police. The police are riding him hard and hes a suspect in a major crime. Possibly a crime of passion and he wants some space from the police. eventually in the last verse it seems that the cops try beat a confession out of him while he is handcuffed. "My hands at my back, pushing violent acts The truth an artifact" "Kicking out this make believe" so they beat him untill he confesses a false version of events. Or something like that.
    freelance_mercenaryon May 14, 2006   Link

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