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Richard Hung Himself Lyrics

Needles stabbed into the walls
The executioner's curtain call
Fighting back, he found his life drowning
And there was no way up

'Cause Richard hung himself, Richard hung himself
It happened just the other day
Jesus come and pushed him off the shelf
He thought he'd find a better way
With slashing and stabbing and maiming and ramming

Death room with black curtains where his clothes once lay
The roof kicked out, and the rope tied to the rafters
A quick kick of the chair and it's all through
If Richie only knew

'Cause Richard hung himself, Richard hung himself
It happened just the other day
Jesus come and pushed him off the shelf
He thought he'd find a better way
With needles injecting, and shooting subcutaneously

His life suddenly flashed right before his eyes
What a swingin' guy
Turnin' grey with mold
This is how he died
Give it up, give it up, throw it all away

Boiling acid bath
Pulmonary wrath
Feel the pulling surge
It won't let you go
Throw it all away, throw it all away
Throw it all a-, throw it all a-
Throw it all away

Swingin' in his room, Richard won't come out to play
'Cause Richie hung himself the other day
Oh how the years seemed to fly by
Is death the final high?

'Cause Richard hung himself, Richard hung himself
It happened just the other day
Jesus come and pushed him off the shelf
He thought he'd find a better way
With burning and stabbing and ripping and stabbing
And shredding and stabbing, and shredding and stabbing
And ripping and tearing, attacking and maiming
And taking the body God gave to you
i gotta get out
What do iI do?
Die

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these lyrics are incomplete. anyways, i always wondered what the statement the singer makes at the end means. at first i thought it was "Your answer is non secular" but it's a different word.

@80smoviesguy : If you listen to any of the later live recordings (by either DI or the Ads), it's clearly "Your answer is non sequitur". Presumably meaning that Richard hanging himself was not a logical response to his problems, but an abrupt and nonsensical one.

On the EP, it sounds more like "segliter", which isn't a word. But I suspect that's just because Casey didn't know how to pronounce the Latin-based idiom very well.

@80smoviesguy 'Your answer is non sequitur'

 
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