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Hard Lines, Sunken Cheeks Lyrics
As a child I was given the gift to entertain you.
But through blood I inherited a life that could destroy you.
I drink all day. I smoke all day. I've done it all but tap
The vein.
These hard lines and sunken cheeks are text book reasons
All these Christians come alive and try to sell you
My soul for a goat, yet I'll outlive the old.
You know it's bad, some may say sad, a hangover is
Inspiration. Like a junkie I hurt for it. A bad trip, the
Emptiness. I never sleep, or always sleep a lack of
Fulfillment to me is me. The big picture.
These hard lines and sunken cheeks are part of
What the Christians mean to immortalize my situation.
My soul for a goat. Yet I'll outlive the old.
Embrace some religion. To get close to some
Undivine ejaculation point.
Simply to thy ghost I cling.
Simply to thy ghost I reject.
Simply to thy ghost I give spit.
Tempter, tempting, tempt me. Molest me. You know that I'll
Submit. For this is my weakness and
it saves me from relationships
With those Christians. You know they'll sell you my soul
For a goat. Yet I'll outlive the old.
But through blood I inherited a life that could destroy you.
I drink all day. I smoke all day. I've done it all but tap
All these Christians come alive and try to sell you
You know it's bad, some may say sad, a hangover is
Inspiration. Like a junkie I hurt for it. A bad trip, the
Emptiness. I never sleep, or always sleep a lack of
Fulfillment to me is me. The big picture.
These hard lines and sunken cheeks are part of
What the Christians mean to immortalize my situation.
Embrace some religion. To get close to some
Undivine ejaculation point.
Simply to thy ghost I reject.
Simply to thy ghost I give spit.
Submit. For this is my weakness and
it saves me from relationships
With those Christians. You know they'll sell you my soul
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"hard lines, sunken cheeks" is how people look after a long time of heroin addiction....
I must say this; Sometimes what the booklet says is not always what they sing on the CD. I know this from an alice in chains song called frogs, in the booklet there's a line saying "flowers watched through wide brown eyes" they sing "flowers watched through wide eyes blue" but do I know Anyway hard lines and sunken cheeks is one of many cool song by Pantera does anybody know that Pant(h)era is latin for big cat?
@Snapper J no shit, panther, pantera. DUH
@Snapper J no shit, panther, pantera. DUH
I THINK...and don't quote me on this...but I've been told that the line after i smoke all day is I took madonna's breath away...I dunno...but if you listen, it really does sound like that's what he's saying.
Anyway..this song is fucking great and Pantera is one of the greatest metal bands of all time. \m/
no its i drink all day, i smoke all day, i've taken the dragons breath away. dragons refers to herion, and yea i know he done it all short of tap the vein
@krazylarry No, actually it's " I took Madonna's breath away" because Madonna apparently loves PanterA and actually tried (and failed) to cover their song A New Level.
@krazylarry No, actually it's " I took Madonna's breath away" because Madonna apparently loves PanterA and actually tried (and failed) to cover their song A New Level.
I can't believe only 2 comments on this song.. OMG this has to be one of Pantera's best. I love it
"My soul for a goat. Yet I'll outlive the old." Anybody who understand this? It's really cool anyway. I have my own explantion.... No I don't:D.
@JtK Well since Phil was always ahead of his time and today a GOAT means greatest of all time, there is a possibility that he was trying to say that he gave his soul to be the greatest of all time (referring to doing drugs to numb the pain so he could still perform at his best). That's just my theory.
@JtK Well since Phil was always ahead of his time and today a GOAT means greatest of all time, there is a possibility that he was trying to say that he gave his soul to be the greatest of all time (referring to doing drugs to numb the pain so he could still perform at his best). That's just my theory.
Actually, according to the Far beyond Driven booklet, it does say "I smoke all day, I drink all day, I've done it all but tap the vein". This is definitely one of Pantera's best songs!
It's actually "I drink all day , I smoke all day , I took your daughters breath away , I've done it all but tap the vein".
These lyrics read like some sort of personal diary. It's about Phil's public image, about people (especially Christians) who throw shit on him and criticisize his behavior. But he's saying: "yeah, you think I'm mad and I'm rotten inside, yet I'm going to fuck you all"
I assumed "My soul for a goat" had something to do with Baphomet.