Tarpit

As gigantic of a Dinosaur fan I am....and the fact that I understand completely how hard it is to understand this song....I can tell you that these lyrics are almost 100% wrong.

1. "For getting hard" > "Forget and hide"
2. "But how should I know" > "Hatch it out now"
3. "It's time to burn, I hope I score" > "It's time to burn the hope I store"

The gas part, I'm not too sure about....

4. "Strike this little, be outdone" > "Still, your righteousness won't be outdone"

Confusing song, I know, but the lyrics for it on here have been butchered.

I thought it said "Stay in paint my face"

It's about some unfortunate shellfish that got stuck in a tarpit.

Haha, I'm not entirely sure, but it seems to be about having sex. About two very young, unexperienced people having sex.

Oh, jesus, penelopetree, that would make so much sense. See, when i would listen to it, I didn't know what the fuck he was talking about. But when I read it and I see things like "let the shelter swell inside", "hash it out now and watch her squirm", and the whole thing about "down there screaming" and then saying it's not fair (i guess that he didn't have a girlfriend or some shit). Damn that's funny. Fuckin pillow fucking j mascis.

Here's what I got on the lyrics,

Hey what's bubling down under there? Why's it screaming? What's unfair? Please excuse it, forget and hide let the shellfish swell inside hatch it out now, watch it squirm it's askin me what's that I learned

Stay inside, pull me out of space trip me - sprinkling, grey stay and paint my fate

thought I knew you, stuck out my hand you bit, whish I could understand it's a twisted feelin' that's there and gone now it's time to burn the hope i've stored wait for me there, the gash and run still your righteousness won't be out done

Stay inside, pull me out of space, trip me - sprinkling, grey, stay and paint my fate

paint my fate (repeated)

My guess is that the song is about a bad relationship (maybe it feels like a Tarpit)

The first verse seems to be about something (a feeling, hunch or emotion?) building that one doesn't want to admit, but it gets under their skin (like an oyster with a grain of sand maybe? shellfish? swell? just a thought) before eventually surfacing in all it's uglyness. they blame themselves for not having learned their lesson the last time.

The second verse seems to be about being hopeful about someone/something, trusting them/it and only getting hurt/betrayed because of it. The other party acts deviously/maliciously (wait for me there, the gash and run...) but still pretends/portrays themself as righteous and irreproachable.

I have no Idea what the chorus is about; maybe being inside on a rainy day (sprinkling, grey), trying to express the feeling of going from cloud 9, to flat on your face?

or maybe I'm reading way to much into this.

I believe it's "stay and pave my fate."

And I think it's generally about J's inability to open up/relate to/get close to other people, but there seems to be someone he trusts enough to help him work things out, cos he probably won't do it on his own.