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I wanna help you
I sense you're riding pretty low
I got the feeling, when your hair hits the ceiling
Something, babe, you oughta know
I won't cry if you walk by
But if we both kind of stumble, maybe I'll say hi
That's my best, I never try that much
'Cause I'm scared of feeling that healing touch
You gotta get through my maze
And pass every test
'Cause I'm choosin' one love
To tattoo across my chest
Know the time has come
I ain't gonna fester no more
Let the world be free of my disease
I never knew a rubber doll would be so hard to please
Now I'm reachin' out
One last burst, before I retract
No one will know 'til I finally let go
of the one thing I ain't never gonna get back
I want to help you
baby, can't you see
You're better than my pillow
'Cause you don't stain so easily
You know it's hard just to finally let go
And leave all the pictures behind
Hope I brought you some happiness, I believe I just had to get on
It just wasn't the world I was hoping to find
I sense you're riding pretty low
I got the feeling, when your hair hits the ceiling
Something, babe, you oughta know
But if we both kind of stumble, maybe I'll say hi
That's my best, I never try that much
'Cause I'm scared of feeling that healing touch
And pass every test
'Cause I'm choosin' one love
To tattoo across my chest
I ain't gonna fester no more
Let the world be free of my disease
I never knew a rubber doll would be so hard to please
One last burst, before I retract
No one will know 'til I finally let go
of the one thing I ain't never gonna get back
baby, can't you see
You're better than my pillow
'Cause you don't stain so easily
And leave all the pictures behind
Hope I brought you some happiness, I believe I just had to get on
It just wasn't the world I was hoping to find
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Since submitting a lyrics edit gets no result, here are the correct lyrics.
I wanna help you I sense you're riding pretty low I got the feeling, when your hair hits the ceiling Something, babe, you oughta know
I won't cry if you walk by But if we both kind of stumble, maybe I'll say hi That's my best, I never try that much 'Cause I'm scared of feeling that healing touch
You gotta get through my maze And pass every test 'Cause I'm choosin' one love To tattoo across my chest
Know the time has come I ain't gonna fester no more Let the world be free of my disease I never knew a rubber doll would be so hard to please
Now I'm reachin' out One last burst, before I retract No one will know 'til I finally let go of the one thing I ain't never gonna get back
I want to help you baby, can't you see You're better than my pillow 'Cause you don't stain so easily
You know it's hard just to finally let go And leave all the pictures behind Hope I brought you some happiness, I believe I just had to get on It just wasn't the world I was hoping to find
Excellent love song about a guy and his blow-up doll. Beautiful solo by Mascis.
I think some of it's about a real person. Maybe the rubber doll bit started off as a metaphor and became a cover?
Tom Maginnis @ allmusic.com made a good observation about the song, saying that, "Mascis, realizing the personal nature of the lyrics, backed away from such painfully reveling sentiments by making the object of his desire an artificial doll and thereby downgrading the song's wounded beauty to a mere adolescent sex joke."
I agree. The song starts off very mellow, talking about how he's afraid of healing contact (that line, by the way, should be, "healing," not, "appealing"). Then the rubber doll comment rolls around, and J basically dismantles any emotional momentum he had, before one more lyric bit, and then a beautiful solo. A song that jerks you around emotionally, indeed.
One month ago, I submitted an edit correcting the several errors contained within the lyrics listed here, and it credits me as having done so, yet the same errors are all still there. What is the point of having an edit form if this site isn't going to bother to apply an edit?