Monkey Wrench

General Commentto me, this song is pretty much the ultimate way of saying i've put up with so much shit from you and now i'm done with being nice to you, fuck you and fuck off, and i've wanted to say this to you for so long. pretty much all the lines mean something to me. to me, this is a song about how the anger is building up and you're thinking about losing it and then you finally do, even if it turns you into something you're not, and that when you're upset, you can say things you never thought you were capable of saying, but that it just had to happen.
"what have we done with innocence", to me means that noone is too nice not to cop shit from arseholes.
"it disappeared in time it never made much sense", that to some people nice doesn't exist.
"adolescent resident", that you still behave like a kindergarten child despite the fact that you are an adult.
"wasting another night on planning my revenge", that i'm thinking about a way to let you know that i've had enough and that i'm not having it anymore.
"one in ten", that's pretty much the only line where it means nothing to me.
"don't want to be your monkey wrench", i don't want to be your tool and be used by you.
"one more indecent accident", that 1 more incident and i could explode.
"i'd rather leave than suffer this", that i'm prepared to ditch friends to ditch arseholes.
"i'll never be your monkey wrench", i'm done once and for all with you.
"all this time to make amends", you've had so many chances to stop and even redeem yourself.
"what do you do when all your enemies are friends", that the people that you hang around with are actually against you and you feel trapped.
"now and then i'll try to bend", i have bent my arse over for you more often than not.
"under pressure wind up snapping in the end", the pressure has gotten to me and i'm this close to exploding.
"temper, temper, temper", there's someone telling me to calm down and control myself, but you know what, i have for so long and now this is what i want to say to you.
"one last thing before i quit i never wanted anymore than i could fit intio my head i still remember every single word you said and all the shit that somehow came along with it still there's 1 thing that comforts me since i was always caged and now i'm free".
the song was building up to that part, and that's how i feel, that bit where he yells and loses his temper is to me like saying i've held myself for so long but being nice hasn't worked, and that i was caged with no escape but now i'm free from you and your curse. ultimately this is probably a song about ending a relationship of some sort.

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Song FactGrohl told Mojo magazine January 2010 this is about the disintegration of his marriage to photographer Jennifer Youngblood: "It's about living with someone and feeling like you're living in a fu--ing cell. And then I wound up getting a divorce," he said.

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General CommentDont Wanna be your monkey wrench = I refuse to let you make me your tool just to make your life easier

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General CommentHere's what Dave said about Monkey Wrench in an interview ...

Dave Grohl: "This is a song about realising that you are the source of all of the problems in a relationship and you love the other person so much, you want to free them of the problem, which is actually yourself."

It's about his ex-wife, they got divorced during the making of "The Colour and the Shape." album.

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General Comment1 in 10 friendships fail. Now whether those are the statistics and whether that's what the Foo Fighters or the individual thinks is up to them. It sounds good enough to me.

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General Comment"Monkey Wrench is a song about realising that you are the source of all of the problems in a relationship and you love the other person so much, you want to free them of the problem, which is actually yourself." -Dave


thats from fftabs.com

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General Commentthis song is without a doubt about the state the media left grunge bands in, and record companies bacame pressurising and using bands to market shit, thats why he "dont wanna be your monkey wrench"

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General CommentWhat???

What the hell are you talking about
One in ten of my fingers has a wart on it, does that mean the song is about warts???

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General CommentBasically its either:
-Not wanting to be used.
-Not wanting to be the one who causes problems and slows the other down.
-Or not wanting to just be another "tool in the shed", so to speak.

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General Commenti think Dave Grohl just has an obsession with monkey wrenches. or u guys could be right i guess. but i like my answer better

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