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Throat Locust Lyrics
You save yourself and no one else
You take my time and call it yours
The things you touch all fade away
I'm a slave to my mind and no one else
Yeah, no one else
It won't mean a thing when you're gone
Won't mean a thing
It won't mean a thing when you're gone
Won't mean a thing
Can't break those toys with you
My tenure things you once do
Good friends you left behind
Cast, you thought, by a good light
Yeah, by good light
It won't mean a thing when you're gone
Won't mean a thing
It won't mean a thing when you're gone
Won't mean a thing
You are just a slave to dollar signs
You are a slave
You are just a slave to dollar signs
You are a slave
You take my time and call it yours
The things you touch all fade away
I'm a slave to my mind and no one else
Yeah, no one else
Won't mean a thing
It won't mean a thing when you're gone
Won't mean a thing
My tenure things you once do
Good friends you left behind
Cast, you thought, by a good light
Yeah, by good light
Won't mean a thing
It won't mean a thing when you're gone
Won't mean a thing
You are a slave
You are just a slave to dollar signs
You are a slave
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A couple of corrections first:
This is the second verse:
Can't break those toys with you My head a place You once knew Good friends you left behind Cast your thoughts Back to life Yeah back to life
Yes, another song about a relationship ending, and/or possibly a friend or lover dying. In it, the speaker thinks abuot realizing that all the pain problems will be meaningless without the person there. That both the good and bad of a situation fall into an irrelevant limbo once that situation is over.
An excellent song, TAD is/was great at putting complex ideas into simple concepts and songs.
I'm pretty sure the second verse is:
Can't break (bring?) those toys with you Material things you once knew Good friends you left behind Cast, you thought, by good light Yeah, by good light
Awesome song. One of the best by Tad.
I think it's about the rich, and how their wealth won't mean anything once they die. You work your entire life for money (you are just a slave to dollar signs) that won't matter when you die (it won't mean a thing when you're gone)