Warren wanted a Beach Boys thing for this one, and Carl Wilson and Billy Hinsche came in, with Carl arranging the vocal parts. The other harmony vocalists (credited as the "Gentlemen Boys") were Jackson Browne, J.D. Souther, Zevon's longtime backers Waddy Wachtel and Jorge Calderon, and Linda Rondstadt/Stone Poneys guitarist Kenny Edwards.
If you pull too hard,
Then the string will break.
And if you leave the slack,
Then the string won't hold..
So how can we find ourselves
Trapped in our own private hells
Where we just scream
But no one can hear.
'X' marks the spot where the dig begins
The treasure is found within
The broken hearts, that are soaked with fear.
Fill the glass to the brim
And it will spill out
And keep a shotgun next to you
Drop it, it will, it will be so blunt.
So how can we find ourselves
Trapped in our own private hells
Where we just scream
But no one can hear.
'X' marks the spot where the dig begins
The treasure is found within
The broken hearts, that are soaked with fear.
Me, I wanted, more, your lies.
Everytime I, awful thought.[x4]
(So how can we find ourself, trapped inside our own private hells) So how can we live on
(Where we just scream but no one can hear) Without your lies
(X marks the spot where they the dig begins) And do without
(The treasure is found within the broken hearts that are soaked with fear) Doing any
Don't try to hide
Doing distempt
I go messed up
Messed up what i had
Then the string will break.
And if you leave the slack,
Then the string won't hold..
So how can we find ourselves
Trapped in our own private hells
Where we just scream
But no one can hear.
'X' marks the spot where the dig begins
The treasure is found within
The broken hearts, that are soaked with fear.
Fill the glass to the brim
And it will spill out
And keep a shotgun next to you
Drop it, it will, it will be so blunt.
So how can we find ourselves
Trapped in our own private hells
Where we just scream
But no one can hear.
'X' marks the spot where the dig begins
The treasure is found within
The broken hearts, that are soaked with fear.
Me, I wanted, more, your lies.
Everytime I, awful thought.[x4]
(So how can we find ourself, trapped inside our own private hells) So how can we live on
(Where we just scream but no one can hear) Without your lies
(X marks the spot where they the dig begins) And do without
(The treasure is found within the broken hearts that are soaked with fear) Doing any
Don't try to hide
Doing distempt
I go messed up
Messed up what i had
Lyrics submitted by heartattack
Slow Dance Lyrics as written by Buddy James Nielsen Garrett Zablocki
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threexover has many good points...this song is sick though...i'm not sure what the songs means...i think it's about like...balancing everything out...cus how he talks about pulling the rope too hard...and it will break...that could mean like...if you try at something too hard...you'll fail...but then if you leave some slack...it won't hold...if you don't try hard enough at something, it won't happen. I don't know what i'm talking about really.