In this hole that is me
The dead are rolling over
In this hole, thickening
Dirt shoveled over shoulders

I feel it in me, so overwhelmed
Oh, this pressured center rising
My life overturned, unfair the despair
All these scars keep ripping open

Peel me from the skin
Tear me from the rind
Does it make you happy now?
Tear me from the bone
Tear me from myself
Are you feeling happy now?

In this hole that is me
A life that's growing feeble
In this hole, so limiting
The sun has set, all darkens

Buried underneath, hands slip off the wheel
Internal pathways to contention

Peel me from the skin
Tear me from the rind
Does it make you happy now?
Tear me from the bone
Tear me from myself
Are you feeling happy now?

(Are you) happy? (Are you) happy?
Are you feeling happy?

In this hole that is me
Left with a heart exhausted
What's my release, what sets me free?
Do you pull me up just to push me down again?

Peel me from the skin
Tear me from the rind
Does it make you happy now?
Tear me from the bone
Tear me from myself
Are you feeling happy now?

Peel me from the skin (peel me from the skin)
Tear me from the rind
Does it make you happy now?
Tear me from the bone (tear me from the bone)
Tear me from myself
Are you feeling happy now?

Does it make you happy? Are you feeling happy?
Are you fucking happy
Now that I'm lost, left with nothing?

Does it make you happy?
Are you feeling happy?
Are you fucking happy
Now that I'm lost, left with nothing?


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Happy? Lyrics as written by Greg Tribbett Chad L. Gray

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    This song's not about drugs at all.. infact in an interview with Mudvayne about the new album and the "reinventing" of the band, they clearly state that they have turned over a new leaf.. "No Facepaint, no gimmicks, and no drugs"... instead concentrating on their music and giving their all to their fans.

    This songs pretty simple.. its about someone being vindictive. About them pushing and pulling someone around until breaking point, and then rhetorically asking "are you happy with what you have done"..

    It seems to be a very angry song, no doubt written out of hatred from a destroyed relationship.

    Either way this song fucking rips, as do Mudvayne,

    Lirraciston April 02, 2005   Link

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