I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Beautiful tats
All over my back
Makes me so proud
I'm gonna shout it out loud
I got another tattoo, baby
Yeah, another tattoo, baby
(Noth-noth-nother tattoo, babe)
(Noth-noth-nother tattoo)
No part of me is blank, I'm really ink obsessed (yeah)
It's like an art show the moment that I get undressed (check it)
At every job interview, they're just so impressed (really?)
'Cause I got all my ex-wives on my chest (haha)
Over here is Clay Aiken, there's a side of bacon
And I'm in a torpedo fighting with Satan
Next to Hello Kitty and a zombie ice skating and wait
It's Ronald Reagan
I've got these dragons, I've got these dolphins
All inscribed on me indelibly
I've had bad reactions, bad infections
Even Hepatitis C
My friends think that I need therapy
Maybe some laser surgery
For the flaming goat skull on my knee
Knee (knee), knee (knee), knee, hey
Beautiful tats (yeah), all over my back (all over)
And I've got some space here, on the side of my face here (haha)
For another tattoo, baby
(Noth-noth-nother tattoo, babe, noth-nother tattoo)
Another tattoo baby
(Noth-noth-nother tattoo, babe, noth-nother tattoo)
No, I'm not high (high)
I'm really okay (okay)
I just love these scribbles (haha), that won't go away
I got another tattoo, baby
(Noth-noth-nother tattoo, babe, noth-nother tattoo)
Another tattoo, baby
(Noth-noth-nother tattoo, babe, noth-nother tattoo)
Yeah
Yes, there were a few
I got from a losing a bet
I misspelled a word or two
Still, there's nothing I regret
My shopping trips are no sweat
There's never stuff I forget
Check out this rad Boba Fett
He's playing clarinet
Beautiful tats (yeah), all over my back (all over)
And what the heck (haha)
There's still some room on my neck
I'll get another tattoo, baby
(Noth-noth-nother tattoo, babe, noth-nother tattoo)
Another tattoo, baby
(Noth-noth-nother tattoo, babe, noth-nother tattoo)
I don't know why (why)
But every day (day)
Whenever folks see me
They just back away (whoa)
I got another tattoo, baby
(Noth-noth-nother tattoo, babe, noth-nother tattoo)
Another tattoo, baby
(Noth-noth-nother tattoo, babe, noth-nother tattoo)
Yeah
D'ow
Deh, okay right there by my elbow, you see?
Yeah, I got a couple of square inches left
Uh, maybe a squid or a tarantula or something?
I dunno, surprise me
All over my back
Makes me so proud
I'm gonna shout it out loud
I got another tattoo, baby
Yeah, another tattoo, baby
(Noth-noth-nother tattoo, babe)
(Noth-noth-nother tattoo)
No part of me is blank, I'm really ink obsessed (yeah)
It's like an art show the moment that I get undressed (check it)
At every job interview, they're just so impressed (really?)
'Cause I got all my ex-wives on my chest (haha)
Over here is Clay Aiken, there's a side of bacon
And I'm in a torpedo fighting with Satan
Next to Hello Kitty and a zombie ice skating and wait
It's Ronald Reagan
I've got these dragons, I've got these dolphins
All inscribed on me indelibly
I've had bad reactions, bad infections
Even Hepatitis C
My friends think that I need therapy
Maybe some laser surgery
For the flaming goat skull on my knee
Knee (knee), knee (knee), knee, hey
Beautiful tats (yeah), all over my back (all over)
And I've got some space here, on the side of my face here (haha)
For another tattoo, baby
(Noth-noth-nother tattoo, babe, noth-nother tattoo)
Another tattoo baby
(Noth-noth-nother tattoo, babe, noth-nother tattoo)
No, I'm not high (high)
I'm really okay (okay)
I just love these scribbles (haha), that won't go away
I got another tattoo, baby
(Noth-noth-nother tattoo, babe, noth-nother tattoo)
Another tattoo, baby
(Noth-noth-nother tattoo, babe, noth-nother tattoo)
Yeah
Yes, there were a few
I got from a losing a bet
I misspelled a word or two
Still, there's nothing I regret
My shopping trips are no sweat
There's never stuff I forget
Check out this rad Boba Fett
He's playing clarinet
Beautiful tats (yeah), all over my back (all over)
And what the heck (haha)
There's still some room on my neck
I'll get another tattoo, baby
(Noth-noth-nother tattoo, babe, noth-nother tattoo)
Another tattoo, baby
(Noth-noth-nother tattoo, babe, noth-nother tattoo)
I don't know why (why)
But every day (day)
Whenever folks see me
They just back away (whoa)
I got another tattoo, baby
(Noth-noth-nother tattoo, babe, noth-nother tattoo)
Another tattoo, baby
(Noth-noth-nother tattoo, babe, noth-nother tattoo)
Yeah
D'ow
Deh, okay right there by my elbow, you see?
Yeah, I got a couple of square inches left
Uh, maybe a squid or a tarantula or something?
I dunno, surprise me
Lyrics submitted by JohnnyLurg, edited by Sarnac
Another Tattoo Lyrics as written by Bruno Mars Ari Levine
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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