Ed Sheeran sings about missing his former partner and learning important life lessons in the process on “Punchline.” This track tells a story of battling to get rid of emotions for a former lover, whom he now realized might not have loved him the same way. He’s now caught between accepting that fact and learning life lessons from it and going back to beg her for another chance.
Sometimes bored, sometimes lonely.
Pimple faced and rather homely.
He wasn't much for socializin'.
The TV kept him mesmerizin'.
In one ear and out the other.
Picked up a trick from his older.
Got him a can of sniffin' sauce.
Pinned him mind upon the cross.
Lacquer Head knows but one desire.
Lacquer Head sets his skull on fire.
Lacquer Head knows no inbetweens.
Huffin' on bags of gasoline.
Sniffin' paint since the seventh grade.
She was high on gin and Gatorade.
On turpentine, she lost her luck.
Fell in front of a speeding pick-up truck
He was a boy of soft demeanor.
And he loved his carburetor cleaner.
The vapor made a sweet aroma.
He sniffed himself into a coma.
Lacquer Head feeds his one desire.
Lacquer Head sets his skull on fire.
Lacquer Head know no inbetweens.
Huffin' on bags of gasoline.
Keep on sniffin' till yer brain goes pop
Pimple faced and rather homely.
He wasn't much for socializin'.
The TV kept him mesmerizin'.
In one ear and out the other.
Picked up a trick from his older.
Got him a can of sniffin' sauce.
Pinned him mind upon the cross.
Lacquer Head knows but one desire.
Lacquer Head sets his skull on fire.
Lacquer Head knows no inbetweens.
Huffin' on bags of gasoline.
Sniffin' paint since the seventh grade.
She was high on gin and Gatorade.
On turpentine, she lost her luck.
Fell in front of a speeding pick-up truck
He was a boy of soft demeanor.
And he loved his carburetor cleaner.
The vapor made a sweet aroma.
He sniffed himself into a coma.
Lacquer Head feeds his one desire.
Lacquer Head sets his skull on fire.
Lacquer Head know no inbetweens.
Huffin' on bags of gasoline.
Keep on sniffin' till yer brain goes pop
Lyrics submitted by knate15
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Punchline
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Midnight
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Ed Sheeran
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Trouble Breathing
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While the obvious connections with suicide or alcoholism could be drawn easily, more subtly this song could be about someone who views the world through a negative lens constantly and how as much as the writer tries to show the beauty in the world, this person refuses to see it. It's one or another between the rope and the bottle. There is no good option for this person. They can't see it. Skiba sings it in a kind of exasperated way like He's tired of hearing this negative view constantly and just allowing that person to continue feeling the way they feel knowing he can't do anything about it. You can hear it when he says maybe you're a vampire.
Somewhere Only We Know
Keane
Keane
Per the FAQ on Keane's website, Keane's drummer Richard Hughes, stated the following:
"We've been asked whether "Somewhere Only We Know" is about a specific place, and Tim has been saying that, for him, or us as individuals, it might be about a geographical space, or a feeling; it can mean something individual to each person, and they can interpret it to a memory of theirs... It's perhaps more of a theme rather than a specific message... Feelings that may be universal, without necessarily being totally specific to us, or a place, or a time..."
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It's pretty damn obvious what the BASS KING is talking about. Inhaling Laquer. Waisting your life away. Nice thomping bass line
im suprised Fred durst could have anything to do with something this good. This song is incredible and the bass break in it is mind blowing. Les is one of the greatest bassists to ever live.
this song is about solvent abuse which has already been established but it tells the tale of two kids who both abuse solvents. Les himself talks about it on the animals should not try to act like people commentry
i think this song is about a kid that sniffed lacquer and ended up dying, im not sure if there is a metaphor envolved...
This song, as stated by Mr. Claypool him self, is an "Anti-Drugs" message. The problem MTV had with it was that it was too graphic of an Anti-Drugs message, so the video was banned.
Don't sniff inhalants.
Bad ass, love Primus
Why oh why does fred durst have to have vocals on this song
yea im pretty sure fred durst doesnt sing in this song
Durst produced the song, but never sang on it. Durst has a very big position in Interscope.