He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
But I thought we were close,
'Cause I saw the Holy Ghost,
And he...
And I'm just digging,
Well I'm digging deeper for your grave, grave.
I want you to know that I'm beautiful,
I'm taking my time to perfect dying alone,
Come on.
I've been hanging on,
It feels right moving along,
You left me with my lust,
I'm digging deeper,
Well I'm digging deeper for your grave, grave.
I want you to know that I'm beautiful,
I'm taking my time to perfect dying alone,
I'm cutting the string that binds me to you,
I'm writing a book on what not to do.
I'll cut you up,
I'm the Holy Ghost.
I'll cut you up,
I'm the Holy Ghost.
I'll cut you up,
I'm the Holy Ghost.
I want you to know that I'm beautiful,
I'm taking my time to perfect dying alone,
I'm cutting the string that binds me to you,
I'm writing a book on what not to do.
I want you to know that I'm beautiful,
I'm taking my time to perfect dying alone.
'Cause I saw the Holy Ghost,
And he...
And I'm just digging,
Well I'm digging deeper for your grave, grave.
I want you to know that I'm beautiful,
I'm taking my time to perfect dying alone,
Come on.
I've been hanging on,
It feels right moving along,
You left me with my lust,
I'm digging deeper,
Well I'm digging deeper for your grave, grave.
I want you to know that I'm beautiful,
I'm taking my time to perfect dying alone,
I'm cutting the string that binds me to you,
I'm writing a book on what not to do.
I'll cut you up,
I'm the Holy Ghost.
I'll cut you up,
I'm the Holy Ghost.
I'll cut you up,
I'm the Holy Ghost.
I want you to know that I'm beautiful,
I'm taking my time to perfect dying alone,
I'm cutting the string that binds me to you,
I'm writing a book on what not to do.
I want you to know that I'm beautiful,
I'm taking my time to perfect dying alone.
Lyrics submitted by 3wish3s
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