Like a worm boring through cinders and rock and ash I think I need a broom
To sweep away the day cleanse us of the shame we're in I'm in
Like a stray with the mange runs and lies and man
I think I need to bathe to wash away the day
Cleanse us of the past and rid me of the taste

[Chorus]
You keep leading me you keep driving me you keep pushing me out to pasture to graze
Can't keep strangling cant keep ignoring me cant keep judging me
Climbing a clock tower you keep telling us
You keep shoving us you keep forcing us out to pasture to graze
You stopped listening you stopped listening you stopped hearing me
So I'm loading my gun

Like a bum sifting through dumpsters and trash and garbage
I think I need some food I've starved away all day
Cleanse us of the hunger we're in
I'm in like a snake sliding through sand and the dirt and desert I think I need a tomb
To blacken out the day peel me from the sun and keep me in my place

[Chorus]

It seems to me there are so many things they don't want to share
Now doesn't that seem strange it seems to me
It's all for one but doesn't it seem strange that no one's for none
Not you not me no one and doesn't it seem strange that we don't know a thing
Doesn't it feel the same as the cattle out to graze

Don't you think it's strange that we can't find our way
Don't you feel the same doesn't it seem strange that we don't know a thing
Doesn't it feel the same as the cattle out to graze
Don't you think it's strange that we cant find our way don't you feel the same

[Chorus]


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Out to Pasture Lyrics as written by Greg Tribbett Chad L. Gray

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

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    My Interpretation

    To me, this song is about the control of information. Do any of us really know that anything we've been told about anything is true, or do we just accept what's been fed to us from teachers and parents and the news and the government? We're just like cattle put out to graze and chew on the cud of information that's been fed to us, but we don't really know what's true and what's bull shit. To me, this is the best song on this album, which was overall kinda weak for Mudvayne.

    longhairedcountryboyon September 28, 2010   Link
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    General Comment

    Such an intricate and precise song of Mudvaynes. The pacing of it is brilliant too.

    Shows how talented the band really are.

    Lirraciston February 03, 2010   Link
  • -4
    General Comment

    this song is about a mentally retared child being raised out in a pasture around alot of cows.this child doesnt speak only mimics the sounds of the cows and survives off milk and grass.

    funeraldanceron December 23, 2009   Link

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