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The king's crossing was the main attraction
Dominoes are falling in a chain reaction
The scraping subject ruled by fear told me
Whiskey works better than beer
The judge is on vinyl, decisions are final
And nobody gets a reprieve
And every wave is tidal if you hang around
You're going to get wet
I can't prepare for death any more than I already have
All you can do now is watch the shells
The game looks easy that's why it sells
Frustrated fireworks inside your head
Are going to stand and deliver talk instead
The method acting that pays my bills
Keeps the fat man feeding in Beverly hills
I got a heavy metal mouth that hurls obscenity
And I get my check from the trash treasury
'Cause I took my own insides out
It don't matter 'cause I had no sex life
All I want to do now is inject my ex wife
I've seen the movie and I know what happens
It's a Christmas time
And the needles on the tree
A skinny Santa is bringing something to me
His voice is overwhelming, but his speech is slurred
And I only understand every other word
"Open your parachute and grab your gun
Falling down like an omen, a setting sun
Read the part and we turn out fine
It's a hell of a role if you can keep it alive
But I don't care if I fuck up
I'm going on a date with a rich white lady
Ain't life great?
Give me one good reason not to do it (because we love you)
This is a place where time reverses
Dead men talk to all the pretty nurses
Instruments shine on a silver tray
Don't let me be carried away
Don't let me be carried away
Don't let me be carried away
Dominoes are falling in a chain reaction
The scraping subject ruled by fear told me
Whiskey works better than beer
The judge is on vinyl, decisions are final
And nobody gets a reprieve
And every wave is tidal if you hang around
You're going to get wet
I can't prepare for death any more than I already have
All you can do now is watch the shells
The game looks easy that's why it sells
Frustrated fireworks inside your head
Are going to stand and deliver talk instead
The method acting that pays my bills
Keeps the fat man feeding in Beverly hills
I got a heavy metal mouth that hurls obscenity
And I get my check from the trash treasury
'Cause I took my own insides out
It don't matter 'cause I had no sex life
All I want to do now is inject my ex wife
I've seen the movie and I know what happens
It's a Christmas time
And the needles on the tree
A skinny Santa is bringing something to me
His voice is overwhelming, but his speech is slurred
And I only understand every other word
"Open your parachute and grab your gun
Falling down like an omen, a setting sun
Read the part and we turn out fine
It's a hell of a role if you can keep it alive
But I don't care if I fuck up
I'm going on a date with a rich white lady
Ain't life great?
Give me one good reason not to do it (because we love you)
This is a place where time reverses
Dead men talk to all the pretty nurses
Instruments shine on a silver tray
Don't let me be carried away
Don't let me be carried away
Don't let me be carried away
Lyrics submitted by Mopnugget, edited by Jate, Fclssns3, ian1774721, Mellow_Harsher, dogcity, TheBee, sloathe, allaf
King's Crossing Lyrics as written by Steven Paul Smith
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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I usually don't comment on songs anymore, i used to but it's just projecting opinions since none of us know what any of the songs really mean. Also unless it is stated then the song isn't a narrative coming from the singer and therefore couldn't be a "suicide note." Just like when Poe got semi-famous after writing the Raven everyone thought he was deranged and that he was the central character in every work he wrote. In the same way you have to remember that songs are just songs, not suicide notes, one of the album's themes might have been death but it's not the only one. Likewise the line, 'i can't prepare for death any more than i already have' might have been about death but in the same way i feel prepared to die after i almost did last summer, that doesn't mean i'm going to kill myself just that i can accept things for what they are now.
I feel like dissecting the song since no one commented on everything yet. I'll start with 'the method acting' which is going through the motions and putting out records on big labels; of course the 'fat man' is corporate record labels. He had to disregard his conscience, 'took my own insides out' to get his 'check from the trash treasury' which is the big labels again. 'Inject my ex wife' came from the velvet underground lyric 'heroin, it's my life, it's my wife.' When he says, 'i've seen the movie and i know what happens,' he could mean this movie about drug abuse called 'Less than zero' which seems appropriate with the song but i think it just meant he knows what going to happen with drug use. 'It's christmas time and the needles on the tree' is one of the best lines on the album i think; the needle is for drug use again and the skinny santa could represent a drug user but more often a malnourished body represents a malnourished soul. Lastly, the 'rich white lady' is a double entendre for cocaine(which he has used before in the white lady loves you more) and also probably the way our society is going with Hollywood and all, got to date that blonde reality tv star and everything will be great.
Dante