In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Yeah yeah
Yeah yeah
Oh
Bad
Yeah yeah yeah
Come clean
Fix up
Tell all spill guts off the veil
Stand revealed
Show the card bring it on break the seal
Ladies and gentlemen
Step right up and see the man who taught the truth
Swing the noose again
Pierce the apple skin
You bit more than you need
Now you're choking on the bad seed
On the bad seed
Ah choking
Yeah
Let it on
Load up
Confess
Care so
At the mercy cat is out
Drop through the sky
Spit it up spit it out
And now what you've all been waiting for
I give you he who suffers the truth
Swing the noose again
Pierce the apple skin
Yeah, you bit more than you need
Now you're choking on the bad seed
Choking on the bad seed yeah
Off the veil, stand revealed
Bring it on, break the seal
At the mercy cat is out
Spit it up, spit it out
Spit it up, spit it out
Spit it out now
At the mercy
Swing the noose again
Pierce the apple skin
You bit more than you need
Choking on the seed
Swing the noose again
Pierce the apple skin
Yeah, you bit more than you need
Now you're choking on the
Choking, choking, choking on the bad seed yeah
Off the veil, stand revealed
Bring it on, break the seal
At the mercy cat is out
Spit it up, spit it out
Spit it out, spit it out
Spit it out now yeah, yeah
Choking on the bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad seed
Yeah yeah
Oh
Bad
Yeah yeah yeah
Come clean
Fix up
Tell all spill guts off the veil
Stand revealed
Show the card bring it on break the seal
Ladies and gentlemen
Step right up and see the man who taught the truth
Swing the noose again
Pierce the apple skin
You bit more than you need
Now you're choking on the bad seed
On the bad seed
Ah choking
Yeah
Let it on
Load up
Confess
Care so
At the mercy cat is out
Drop through the sky
Spit it up spit it out
And now what you've all been waiting for
I give you he who suffers the truth
Swing the noose again
Pierce the apple skin
Yeah, you bit more than you need
Now you're choking on the bad seed
Choking on the bad seed yeah
Off the veil, stand revealed
Bring it on, break the seal
At the mercy cat is out
Spit it up, spit it out
Spit it up, spit it out
Spit it out now
At the mercy
Swing the noose again
Pierce the apple skin
You bit more than you need
Choking on the seed
Swing the noose again
Pierce the apple skin
Yeah, you bit more than you need
Now you're choking on the
Choking, choking, choking on the bad seed yeah
Off the veil, stand revealed
Bring it on, break the seal
At the mercy cat is out
Spit it up, spit it out
Spit it out, spit it out
Spit it out now yeah, yeah
Choking on the bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad seed
Lyrics submitted by fennsk, edited by ExitLight7, Ashram
Bad Seed Lyrics as written by Kirk Hammett James Hetfield
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