He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
hold me down, hold me down,
someone better hold me down.
can’t say what i’m bound to do if you don’t.
counted to ten, i grit my teeth,
bite my tongue but i am leaking,
and i don’t know how much longer i can go.
details as sharp as nails,
poking through my skin like jimson weed
bursting through the astro-turf-plastic-coating,
keeping the beast in me
properly concealed and maintenance free.
but now its out
but now its out
quarantine or ticker tape parade?
neither one will be pretty dear
so cover up your eyes,
there are wicked wicked truths
and we are happier in our delightful lies.
but now its out
hold me down, hold me down,
someone better hold me down.
can’t say what i’m bound to do if you don’t.
someone better hold me down.
can’t say what i’m bound to do if you don’t.
counted to ten, i grit my teeth,
bite my tongue but i am leaking,
and i don’t know how much longer i can go.
details as sharp as nails,
poking through my skin like jimson weed
bursting through the astro-turf-plastic-coating,
keeping the beast in me
properly concealed and maintenance free.
but now its out
but now its out
quarantine or ticker tape parade?
neither one will be pretty dear
so cover up your eyes,
there are wicked wicked truths
and we are happier in our delightful lies.
but now its out
hold me down, hold me down,
someone better hold me down.
can’t say what i’m bound to do if you don’t.
Lyrics submitted by GRb
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