I'll make a shoehorn outta your shin
I'll make a lampshade of durable skin
And, oh, don't you know that I'm always feeling able
When I'm sitting home and I'm carving out your navel?
I'm just a sitting here carving out your navel
When will I realize that this skin I'm in? Hey, it isn't mine
And when will the kill be too much meat for me to hide on?
Hey, I could really use a couple of hands
To complete one hell of a plant stand
Oh, and don't you know that I'm caught here in the middle
Making rib cages into coffee tables?
I'm just making em into coffee tables
And when will I realize that this skin I'm in? Hey, it isn't mine
And when will the thrill be too much meat for me to find anymore?
Oh, because you know I can't hide but oh how hard I try
But this is just the shape I'm in
Although I know I can't hide but, oh, how hard I try
But this is just the shape I'm in, oh yeah, oh yeah
I'll make a lampshade of durable skin
And, oh, don't you know that I'm always feeling able
When I'm sitting home and I'm carving out your navel?
I'm just a sitting here carving out your navel
When will I realize that this skin I'm in? Hey, it isn't mine
And when will the kill be too much meat for me to hide on?
Hey, I could really use a couple of hands
To complete one hell of a plant stand
Oh, and don't you know that I'm caught here in the middle
Making rib cages into coffee tables?
I'm just making em into coffee tables
And when will I realize that this skin I'm in? Hey, it isn't mine
And when will the thrill be too much meat for me to find anymore?
Oh, because you know I can't hide but oh how hard I try
But this is just the shape I'm in
Although I know I can't hide but, oh, how hard I try
But this is just the shape I'm in, oh yeah, oh yeah
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their mentality. Obviously not condoning what they do, but they're fascinating. Ed Gein – do you remember the movie Silence
of the Lambs? Part of his story was used in the film. He was kind of like an Indian – he would make use of everything he
killed. He would use parts of human bodies for everything. He would make furniture out of their bones and use skin to make
lampshades. At the time of his arrest he had three full bodies of skin in his barn! He just peeled them off and he would dress up
in them and dance around.
It was horrible, but I believe there are two sides to everything. To find the humor in things can keep you going. Obviously
things like crimes against children I can’t find any humor in, which is the subject of ‘Car Seat.’ Because children are so pure,
and being a new father now I can really see it that way."
no shit!
But I love this song also, most songs about Ed Gein rock(Slayer "Dead Skin mask").
Glen: "Shannon's fascinated by that, it's his thing - he's got the encyclopedia of serial killers with him at all times."
I love this song. When i first heard it i was happy cuz of the kazoos and i love kazoos and i heard "carving out ur navel" and i had to replay it again to find out what it was about. ed gein was really sick but he took most of the body parts he made for furniture from women that were already dead. He used to rob their graves and take arms, hands, heads, whatever it was he wanted. ......
You know the local made ones would be nice
to see a little Dahmer like you
walking around with a couple of hammers like that
At least Ed Gein would
Ed Gein was a very good fellow you know
True story...check it out!
The Kazoos and the beat...the inflections that Shannon uses in his voice and the kinds of instruments that the band uses in this song make it awesome...just like the rest of Soup and Blind Melons other albums.
i love this song