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Tongue-Splitter Lyrics
Psycho therapist once claimed I had acute neurosis
I only said a couple words and he made his diagnosis
He said I could say whatever I want because I never chose this
So i spat, grinned, then i looked at him and i blew him a glass cold kiss behind
Knows just when i let a bottom be dead
Never too sure if it's the truth or a lie
I'm not asking for your pity, woe is me sarcastically
I'm not losing sleep pathetically while waxing so poetically
But I'm waning waiting alphabetically
As I keep dropping bombs
Dropping bombs
Dropping bombs apologetically
It was a wicked whimpering winter plagued night
when my tongue grew wings and took to flight
the thought had never crossed my mind before that moment
is the truth so bent, it can't be broken
Jealousy got the best of me and had a conference with the rest of me
and said if this is all that's left for me then there's so little room for regret
Little voice
Little voice
Little voice inside
Said if you don't regret nothing then you might as well be dead
Might as well be dead
So I apologize, mostly to the four of my guys
Who stand behind me on the stage every night
as the mic starts to whisper
and the words start to blister in my mouth... that i know aren't right
I gotta get back to who i was before my last ten years on auto-pilot
It's the mask that quite often starts to eat into your face
So wear it lightly like a cap that can quickly be replaced
I gotta get back to who i was before my last ten years on auto-pilot
So tell me again how my life should have been before i was spineless
before i gave in
because everybody thinks it's timeless... Well time's running out
One thing i'll never regret is i never shed my face
I only said a couple words and he made his diagnosis
He said I could say whatever I want because I never chose this
So i spat, grinned, then i looked at him and i blew him a glass cold kiss behind
Never too sure if it's the truth or a lie
I'm not losing sleep pathetically while waxing so poetically
As I keep dropping bombs
Dropping bombs
Dropping bombs apologetically
when my tongue grew wings and took to flight
the thought had never crossed my mind before that moment
is the truth so bent, it can't be broken
and said if this is all that's left for me then there's so little room for regret
Little voice
Little voice
Little voice inside
Said if you don't regret nothing then you might as well be dead
Might as well be dead
Who stand behind me on the stage every night
and the words start to blister in my mouth... that i know aren't right
It's the mask that quite often starts to eat into your face
So wear it lightly like a cap that can quickly be replaced
before i gave in
because everybody thinks it's timeless... Well time's running out
One thing i'll never regret is i never shed my face
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first line should be "acute neurosis" instead of "a cue neurosis"
Lines I think could corrected, but only if you agree:
"so I smiled" could be "so I spat"
"whoa is me" should be "woe is me"
"time for regret" should be "room for regret"
"live for nothing" should be "regret nothing"
"last ten years are not ???" should be "last ten years on auto-pilot"
"so unlikely like a cop that can quickly be replaced" should be "so wear it lightly like a cap that can quickly be replaced"
"before I came back" should be "before I gave in" or "caved in"
Not positive on this one, but I feel like "thinks his time is" could be "thinks it's timeless"
fixed, thanks for the feedback
fixed, thanks for the feedback
If you have been to protest show you know exactly what this is about. I am curious what the line " It was a wicked whimpering Winnipeg night,". What happened in Winnipeg that caused so much regret it became a song???
can you elaborate? Like what happened??
can you elaborate? Like what happened??
It's definitely:
"mostly to the four or five guys"
I think instead of "i blew him a glass cold kiss" it's "I blew him a glassgow kiss" referring to the British slang for headbutt.
Plain and simple, this song is about regret and living with regret. I have always said, “If you don't regret anything, you're not doing enough.” This song is about a few things I specifically regret, but it's also about how glad I am for those things happening. You learn a lot about yourself when you truly dislike yourself. Regret makes you more conscious of what you do on a regular basis–the worse you fuck up, the more conscientious you become.
The vocals on this song are AMAZING! Protest just keeps getting better
it should be "glasgow kiss", not glass cold kiss. A glasgow kiss is a headbutt
Knows just when i let a bottom be dead Never too sure if it's the truth or a lie
The first line, I'm pretty sure, should be: "Closed just one eye, and let a part of me die"
I always interpret this as him sitting in the psychotherapist's office, squinting to look more carefully at a Rorschach test, or something similar. It correlates with the therapist assigning a "negative" diagnosis to what Rody knows is just his own personality, regrets, quirks and all. By resigning to the diagnosis he has let "a part of himself die."