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The Devil Is Beating His Wife Lyrics
A white ghost
Making his way up the west coast
Trying to focus his high hopes
On a vagina or two
He's taking his chances
Meanwhile
Back in his living room
Bright smiles
Are watching his toddler run speed trials
Over his grandmothers rug
And nature advances
Up the interstate
He's been awake
And pretty drunk for three whole days
No one wants to stop
Until they get to where they're going
I'll get to where I'm going
Pretty soon
So he takes another drink
He's watching the scenery bleed
Into each similar scene
It isn't as sweet
As it had been in his dreams
It's faster
To buy cigarettes and some cold beer
If you don't rattle the cashier
By asking her back to your room
She's calling security
A car's on fire in the parking lot
And nobody wants it to rain
But God isn't listening
So all the windshields glisten
The water and oil mix
Causing the fire to spread
To five or six
Innocent automobiles
Waiting in the nearby spots
Oh, what a cruel God we've got
So he takes another drink
He's watching the scenery bleed
Into each similar scene
It isn't as sweet
As it had been in his dreams
Making his way up the west coast
Trying to focus his high hopes
On a vagina or two
He's taking his chances
Back in his living room
Bright smiles
Are watching his toddler run speed trials
Over his grandmothers rug
And nature advances
He's been awake
And pretty drunk for three whole days
No one wants to stop
Until they get to where they're going
Pretty soon
He's watching the scenery bleed
Into each similar scene
It isn't as sweet
As it had been in his dreams
To buy cigarettes and some cold beer
If you don't rattle the cashier
By asking her back to your room
And nobody wants it to rain
But God isn't listening
So all the windshields glisten
Causing the fire to spread
To five or six
Innocent automobiles
Waiting in the nearby spots
He's watching the scenery bleed
Into each similar scene
It isn't as sweet
As it had been in his dreams
Song Info
Submitted by
jonathanbindel On Feb 07, 2006
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god, the part of this song after "what a cruel god we've got" is just amazing. the almost primal wails/moans. amazing.
to me, this song is about "solutions" that don't end up solving anything. the first few verses deal with a guy that's hit the road, leaving his family behind. but the endless monotony of highway after highway isn't the solution to his problems that he dreamed it would be. his family, his attachments, weren't the problem. and now he's asking some convenience store clerk back to his room.
My Lord! How could have I not listened to these guys before!? I'm listening to this song right now, I've had it looped for a while now, it's the first and only song I have ever heard by them, and it's amazing. Good, good stuff.
fuckin rad.
It's the metaphor of the burning car that gets me:
A car's on fire in the parking lot And nobody wants it to rain But God isn't listening So all the windshields glisten
The water and oil mix Causing the fire to spread To five or six Innocent automobiles Waiting in the nearby spots
Oh, what a cruel God we've got
...that all of our actions have an effect on others, for the man in the song, he ditched his child and the listener questions what effect that will have on the toddler's life. On a greater plane, though, it reminds us that all of our choices have an impact on many, many other people. This is my favorite song on this album. It holds deep sentimental value for me.