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Lift the Veil, Kiss the Tank Lyrics
Here comes the man with
concussions in his pocket.
Here comes the man with a
laser-guided rocket.
Here comes the man with a fistful
of pills so you can kill with no
remorse, with no recourse, dance on
your conscience until it's a corpse
War never ends
War never begins
Hoist up the hag of destitution!
His mouth's an empty room where
wild woes wander.
Young machetes in lingerie charm
us all into a frenzy.
His mouth's an ugly hole full of
quadriplegics.
Here comes the man.
So you charge into battle,
muscles rippling, tanks tingling.
Before you fire a shot a white flesh
feels up your flesh and cloaks you
in a robe of blood, maydays you in a
ship of mud.
War never ends.
War never begins.
Hoist up the hag of destitution!
His mouth's an empty room where
wild woes sleep slow.
Young machetes in lingerie charm
us all into a frenzy.
His mouth's an ugly hole full of
quadriplegics.
They left you for dead in the desert
haunted with the ghosts of
prostitutes.
They want you!
They want you!
Dress my corpse up in a low-cut
dress.
Drizzle lipstick on my charred
French kiss.
Dip my severed jaw in cheap cologne,
push-up bras dangling from
snapped elbows.
But death's just death no matter
how you dress it up.
concussions in his pocket.
Here comes the man with a
laser-guided rocket.
Here comes the man with a fistful
of pills so you can kill with no
remorse, with no recourse, dance on
your conscience until it's a corpse
War never begins
His mouth's an empty room where
wild woes wander.
us all into a frenzy.
His mouth's an ugly hole full of
quadriplegics.
muscles rippling, tanks tingling.
Before you fire a shot a white flesh
feels up your flesh and cloaks you
in a robe of blood, maydays you in a
ship of mud.
War never begins.
wild woes sleep slow.
us all into a frenzy.
quadriplegics.
They left you for dead in the desert
haunted with the ghosts of
prostitutes.
They want you!
dress.
Drizzle lipstick on my charred
French kiss.
Dip my severed jaw in cheap cologne,
push-up bras dangling from
snapped elbows.
how you dress it up.
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i think it might be
"that's just dumb no matter how you dress it up" or even
"death's just dumb no matter how you dress it up"
No, it's "Death's just death, no matter how you dress it up."
As quoted by Jordan Billie, this song "is about the process of dressing up war and making it something you can sell to the public."
upon further listening i have concluded that the posted lyrics are indeed correct.
except why would it be "hoist the hag" isnt it hoist the flag? i havent even listened to it lately so im probably wrong im at school
The lyrics, as they're shown in the booklet, are "hoist the hag of destitution".
I never would have thought so before, but the war meaning really makes sense. The Blood Brothers always have such abstract, crazy lyrics, though... Awesome lyrics, but crazy nonetheless.
"hoist the hag of destitustion" seems like its just a play on words and some interesting imagery. I love this song though. it seems more explicit than most blood brothers songs.
also anyone have an idea on what young machetes are? ive always kind of thought it meant young arab soldiers.
eh, i tend to just take the lyrics as they are. instead of searching for meaning in a phrase or song i'll just say, "oh, that's cool, he's talking about hoisting hags up." :/ but maybe i'm just a simpleton.