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Hands and Faces Lyrics
How can I not taste it
When it's right there put it in my hand
And let's not put it in their faces
Hide the obvious just a little bit
It's coming to this
You'll know they'll never face it
They're just a face all covered with a rag
And they can't stop talking
so the bigger it gets
And yeah they take up space but still nothing's wasted
A lie is a lie with crossed hearts and hopes to die
You can find me underground
where I can't hear a sound
I watched you get down on your knees
in hopes that I would turn around
So now you'll find me underground
where I can't hear a sound
I tried hard to erase it
I tried not to use it cause' I can
And don't tell me what a race is
Cause I can get fucked up more than a little bit
It's coming to this
We pay to watch it wasted
They're just a face all covered with a rag
And they might keep running
but the slower they move
And those moves in time with their perfect placement
What can I say
I would have gone another way
Cause that isn't me
I was born to fade away
It's nothing you did, just something I felt as a kid
And now I can't feel
I can't feel anything at all
It's nothing at all
I feel nothing at all
When it's right there put it in my hand
And let's not put it in their faces
Hide the obvious just a little bit
It's coming to this
They're just a face all covered with a rag
And they can't stop talking
so the bigger it gets
And yeah they take up space but still nothing's wasted
You can find me underground
where I can't hear a sound
I watched you get down on your knees
in hopes that I would turn around
So now you'll find me underground
where I can't hear a sound
I tried not to use it cause' I can
And don't tell me what a race is
Cause I can get fucked up more than a little bit
It's coming to this
They're just a face all covered with a rag
And they might keep running
but the slower they move
And those moves in time with their perfect placement
I would have gone another way
Cause that isn't me
I was born to fade away
It's nothing you did, just something I felt as a kid
And now I can't feel
I can't feel anything at all
It's nothing at all
I feel nothing at all
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Bert explained it two times to Kerrang!:
Frontman and songwriter Bert McCracken explained the song's meaning to Kerrang!: "The song is about our place in music, from our perspective. We started this band because we love music - period. We never really wanted to be the biggest band in the world: none of us aspired to be really famous or to be rockstars. I think that's an idea that doesn't really exist anymore."
McCracken explained the meaning of the lyric, "They're just a face all covered with a rag," to Kerrang! "I think that imagery speaks volumes about the amount of people who are in the music industry for the wrong reasons," he said, "A&R guys, record label reps and radio guys. That includes people in bands, who want to have their fat 10 minutes of f---ing whatever. That idea is poisonous in music, and that's what those lyrics refer to."