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Shaking Hand Incision Lyrics

nothing ever changes
except scenery rearrangements
in the affectionate hands of
horsepower assault
best keep your pants on, boy
behind the armor of fault
homeless makeshift triggers
you'll never walk again, you'll never walk again

in the choked mouths of rivers
parted like a sea of loaded infidelity
best keep your stitched lips
starched in a giggle
homeless makeshift triggers
you'll never walk again

in piles of clothing sleep the.....
stitched lips starched in a giggle
in piles of clothing sleep the dead
no wire coat hangers
never again
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cbennett On Jan 27, 2002
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I don't have anything to say about this song beyond that it's title is very similar to Trembling Hand Precision, which is a game theory concept. When I couple that with non-zero possibility, it becomes obvious that someone in this band has a bit of advanced--grad level--mathematical knowledge. How much so is up for grabs. It adds character and that does not surprise me. These guys aren't dimbulbs.

Aleph

Cover art for Shaking Hand Incision lyrics by At the Drive-In

It`s "Shaking Hand Incision" not "Indecision". I just thought I should point that out.

Cover art for Shaking Hand Incision lyrics by At the Drive-In

This song is amazing, if you haven't heard it you are missing atd-i at their best. I really cant figure out the meaning to it though, can anyone else?

Cover art for Shaking Hand Incision lyrics by At the Drive-In

this song is about abortion i figured it out by reading the lyrics(no wire coat hangers...never again) coat hangers are used for bloody home abortions which can kill or paralyze

Cover art for Shaking Hand Incision lyrics by At the Drive-In

i agree with 6 to 8, cuz the incision is by the coat hanger and wouldnt your hands be shaking if you were doing that?

Cover art for Shaking Hand Incision lyrics by At the Drive-In

wow i do see that.....wow

Cover art for Shaking Hand Incision lyrics by At the Drive-In

I believe Omar said before that this was about surgery and not an abortion, but it doesn't make sense otherwise.

Cover art for Shaking Hand Incision lyrics by At the Drive-In

song's actually about a past abortion, and its traumatic effects on a woman, and how she's chosing abstinence. look at the first part "keep your pants on boy" "horsepower assault" refers to the actual gruesome abortion that has taken place "in choked mouths of rivers, parted like a sea of infidelity"

that actually sounds more like a rape, but i could be mistaken. but i don't see it as a regular surgery, unless its a visectame (i definitely spelled that wrong) or something else. stictched lips sounds like the vaginal cavity being sewn shut. haha i know it sounds gross but its possible

Cover art for Shaking Hand Incision lyrics by At the Drive-In

The song could be out a rape and then subsequent abortion due to pregnancy, what youeatpoop pointed out about "stitched lips" is, I guess, a metaphor for abstinence, which youeatpoop also pointed out.

Cover art for Shaking Hand Incision lyrics by At the Drive-In

"stitched lips" could also mean female circumsition(mutilation) performed in africa and in the middle east.

 
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