The Distillers

Cincinnati

4 Meanings

Add Yours

Q&A

Cincinnati Lyrics

I've been to your town
Ain't nobody around
I've been to your city
Ain't no city like Cinicinnati

The first time I've been there
In the rollin' heat
I saw black love spent
And angel wings
I saw white dust choke
And kill and end the violence

And I know I'm running the American dream
Red, White, and Blue blood
Run at the seams
Bittersweet liberty
Don't mean shit to me

Hey, I've been to your town
Ain't nobody around
Hey baby, I've been
To your city
Ain't no city like Cincinnati

Hey, I run along to Mexico
Some water is cold up the coast
You know I bleed the sun
The resurrection

I run along to Ohio
Drive past the grave
Of an old romance
Never felt more alive than
Suicide Cincinnati

And I've been to your town
Ain't nobody around
Hey baby, I've been
To your city
Ain't no city like Cincinnati

Here we are...
Here we are...
Here were are...
In utopia

Submitted by

destilated On Dec 22, 2004

The Young Crazed Peeling

Lyrics saved successfully! Thanks!

These lyrics are currently locked and can only be edited by moderators and administrators.

You must be logged in to edit lyrics.

Unable to save lyrics. Please try again.

Lyrics cannot contain links.

Lyric edit submitted successfully and is pending approval. Approvals usually take 24 hours.

Keep it true to the song

Fix what’s wrong, but don’t rewrite what the artist wrote. Stick to the official released version — album booklet, label site, verified lyric video, etc. If you’re guessing, pause and double-check.

Respect the structure

Songs have rhythm. Pages do too. Leave line breaks where they belong. Don’t smash things together or add extra empty space just for looks.

Punctuation counts (but vibe-editing doesn’t)

Correct typos? Yes. Re-punctuating a whole verse because it ‘looks better’? Probably not. Keep capitalization and punctuation close to the official source.

Don’t mix versions

If you’re editing the explicit version, keep it explicit. If it’s the clean version, keep it clean. No mashups.

Let the lyrics be lyrics

This isn’t the place for interpretations, memories, stories, or trivia — that’s what comments are for. Keep metadata, translations, and bracketed stage directions out unless they’re officially part of the song.

Edit lightly

If two lines are wrong… fix the two lines. No need to bulldoze the whole page. Think ‘surgical,’ not ‘remix.’

When in doubt, ask the crowd

Not sure what they’re singing in that fuzzy bridge? Drop a question in the comments and let the music nerds swarm. Someone always knows.

scottdoesntknow628

2015-10-16 17:54:27

destilated

Submitter

2004-12-22 16:35:55

4 Meanings

Add your song meanings, interpretations, facts, memories & more to the community.

Sort by

Cover art for Cincinnati lyrics by Distillers, The

by coralfang

21y ago

cover song

Users:

Reply · 0 Share

by tommyateyou

19y ago

Whose the original by?

Users:

Reply · 0 Share

by drewenid

19y ago

i dont think this is a cover song..i did at first but then i looked it up and nothing came up but the distillers...soo..but whoever its by its just about a person who had overfilling expectations for cincinnati(probley from what they'd heard... and and when she gets there its not near as great as she though...and also metaphors for what she saw when just driving down the road...i love this song :]

Users:

Reply · 0 Share

by drewenid

19y ago

Users:

Reply · 0 Share

Questions and Answers

Ask specific questions and get answers to unlock more indepth meanings & facts.