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Limb By Limb Lyrics
The shoulder that I leaned on was carved out of stone
But when I'm done freezing I want to be alone
Never want my hand cut off
Never want a hacking cough
Never need a cliffside push
Never turn my brain to mush
Always give me what I lack
Always take the best parts back
Always recognize your fate
Always just a moment late
Left is where I always turn
Left is how I'm forced to learn
Left the route my walking takes
Left alone with my mistakes
Up against the person who
Up 'til now I never knew
Up from hell the answer blew
Up or down it's up to you
Drop me off the Chinese wall
And peel my fingers off the rim
I come unglued while in midair and land to reform
Limb by limb
And I am taken far away...
Lingering slowly melting away
Tossed with the salad and baled with the hay
Pooling like water that drips from above
Trampled by lambs pecked by the dove
But when I'm done freezing I want to be alone
Never want a hacking cough
Never need a cliffside push
Never turn my brain to mush
Always take the best parts back
Always recognize your fate
Always just a moment late
Left is how I'm forced to learn
Left the route my walking takes
Left alone with my mistakes
Up 'til now I never knew
Up from hell the answer blew
Up or down it's up to you
And peel my fingers off the rim
I come unglued while in midair and land to reform
Limb by limb
Tossed with the salad and baled with the hay
Pooling like water that drips from above
Trampled by lambs pecked by the dove
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i enjoy the wordplay.
"The shoulder that I leaned on was carved out of stone" - But then again, we don't hug walls though do we?
This is my favorite Phish song. Their songs are always up for interpretation. I believe this song is about losing something and having a guilty feeling after its gone when you realize how important it really was in the first place. I will never forget the two Phish shows I had the privilege to see. I can't believe they're done. Viva la Phish!
the_toolshed, no idea what you mean, or the lyrics for that matter .
one thing i like about the song is that each line could have its own individual interpretation.
this is probably the coolest phish drum beat... o jon
I'm with mjwhit, it sounds to me like someone that has had their whole world yanked out from under them and their struggle to pull it back together.
definatly aobut recovery
there are missing lyrics at the end
the silence is suddenly smothering me nothing I touch and nothing I see ????????????????????? If I am the drone then where is my bee
the_toolshed:
"The shoulder that I leaned on was carved out of stone"
Could be statue, perhaps a religious statue...
It's about an impulsive suicide where after the jump the narrator has second thoughts.