Tick tock, the clock of time and beauty
Mid-life crisis is crawling towards you
Consult your friends adults and kids
Hear out what they have to tell you
Even if it hurts you
Even if it kills you

Beep beep, the cars already running
I'm running late
I've always want to be right on time
Writeing everyone of you off
I just had to tell you
Even if it hurts me
Even if it kills me
If I don't let them touch me
How will they defeat me?

I'd love to know
What you were thinking about
With that thorn in your in foot
You should have pulled it out
And once the idea set in
Could you handle it?

I'd love to know
What you were thinking about
With that thorn in your in foot
You should have pulled it out
And once the idea set in
Could you handle it?

I brought the bad news
Could you take it from me
Coming from me
And even though it left my head
The thought of passing sleep is
Too much to handle

I brought the bad news
Could you take it from me
Coming from me
And even though it left my head
The thought of passing sleep is
Too much to handle



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    This song is quite obviously about the lead singer performing sodomy on someone. If you look at the lyrics and listen to the song, there's no doubt about it.

    Noodson August 12, 2005   Link
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    yeah that beep beep part is letting the other dude know hes ready push on in

    stonemeon August 12, 2005   Link
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    I can guarantee this song has nothing to do with anybody performing sodomy on anybody else.

    cutyouribbonon September 27, 2006   Link
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    This song is amazing. Asa Dawson has incredible vocals. i think this song has some innuedos in it abt him buttfucking sum1, but hey thts cool.

    homeskillit56on October 05, 2007   Link
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    Being Asa's brother, I can tell you the song is not about sodomy, haha, but about our father, to an extent.

    "Mid life crisis" is in reference to him. And the rest has to do about the dealing with the divorce.

    indieiraon November 05, 2008   Link

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