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I Was A Teenage Hand Model Lyrics
Cozied up to the toilet
Face stuck to the floor
I met expectations that I was tryin to ignore
Job had such patience
I wonder, what's that like?
One hundred thousand million
But I hearThat's what you like
So I was thinkin
So these cities are sprouting
Like a spit in the eye
And this world isn't waiting
It's just passing me by
I just peak in the window
Lookin inside
The butcher's got a fork in your face
I'm standing alive
And I was singin
Face stuck to the floor
I met expectations that I was tryin to ignore
Job had such patience
I wonder, what's that like?
One hundred thousand million
But I hearThat's what you like
So I was thinkin
So these cities are sprouting
Like a spit in the eye
And this world isn't waiting
It's just passing me by
I just peak in the window
Lookin inside
The butcher's got a fork in your face
I'm standing alive
And I was singin
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interviewer: Where did "I Was a Teenage Hand Model" come from?
Josh: I moved to Seattle before the whole Screaming Trees thing and I just wanted to move somewhere where I didn't know anybody and where the whole music scene was just dead. Everyone I knew in San Francisco was on drugs, and everyone in San Diego and LA just weren't doing it. So I went to Seattle, because I still wanted to be on the West Coast. So I was in this bar, there's a lot of bitter people there, especially music types. Anyway, I'm in this bar and there's this guy saying the stupidest bitter drunk rant about how he was a model when he was young. He was just a toothless bum screaming about being a child actor, model and shit.
whaha, thought the song was about the regular live of a teenager; drinking, puking while cozied op a toilet
Amazing song.
I always picture someone the morning after a huge party. Waking up at 3, hungover and eating <insert breakfast item here>
Hmmm...the title made me think it was about someone wanking...lol but anyway....I guess your theories are right...kickass song!
I don't think "hand model" is a very common word over here.
Baddass song.
damn, you beat me to it! lol
cool story...great song...great end to the album.... do dat do dat.....
Best hotbox song, I might add.
great song, but the ending hurts your ears a bit. argh! :P
Os artistas geralmente tem esse lance de misturar duas situações ou mais nas musicas/letras. Entendi (pela entrevista que o cara postou acima) que o compositor estava trocando ideia com um cara dizendo que quando adolescente era modelo de mão, e isso deu a ideia de escrever uma letra que mostra "o quão insignificante" nossa vida pode ser. O cara só ganha dinheiro e fica de boa.