This song is timeless, and nearly 20 years after its creation, still possesses the mystique it did the first time i heard it ~1994. To me, at first blush, all those years ago, it had some kind of homo-erotic allure. The line "so that the others may do" tells of something which must be done for others to follow suit. It felt like like some kind of roxy-glam-pop invitation to sexual liberation.
Upon further introspection I think the song may not have an intrinsic meaning, but simply represents a sort of "holding open the door" for people who otherwise might be affronted by this song/band's unusual style. I know, as a sort of armchair rock-historian, that there have been few bands so daring and so true to the sound that wanted to emerge from within, whether the creator wanted it or not. This band handled it with elegance and grace seldom, if ever, seen.
Cut myself wide open/with every word you say
Something deep within you/made you crawl away
How did I let you get to me?/in your bed, in your eyes
How did I let you get to me?/every single fucking time
Fuck it, lie to me
You bring it back to me
How I cut myself wide open
Just to see it snatched from me
Fuck it, lie to me
The rivets back in me
And as I cut myself wide open
I see it snatched from me
Tore myself wide open/for you to take apart
Left me like a sun room/burned out from the start
How did I let you get to me?/in your eyes, in your bed
How did I let you get to me?/every single word you said
Fuck it...
Left myself wide open/for you to crawl inside
Left me cold and broken/tearing me away from your lies
How did I let you get to me?/in your bed, in your eyes
How did I let you get to me?/every single fucking time
Life...
Life is so......seamless.....without you......through my own eyes.....through my own life....
Come out of the....aging shadows....through the distance....through my nightmares.....
Understanding dawns like/my own hand it comes like/fallen landing still I/see you standing
Fuck it, lie to me
You bring it back to me
How I cut myself wide open
Just to see it snatched from me
Fuck it, lie to me
The rivets are back in me
And as I cut myself wide openI see it snatched/I see it snatched from me
Fuck it, lie to me
Fuck it, lie to me
Fuck it, lie to me
You fucking lied to me
Something deep within you/made you crawl away
How did I let you get to me?/in your bed, in your eyes
How did I let you get to me?/every single fucking time
Fuck it, lie to me
You bring it back to me
How I cut myself wide open
Just to see it snatched from me
Fuck it, lie to me
The rivets back in me
And as I cut myself wide open
I see it snatched from me
Tore myself wide open/for you to take apart
Left me like a sun room/burned out from the start
How did I let you get to me?/in your eyes, in your bed
How did I let you get to me?/every single word you said
Fuck it...
Left myself wide open/for you to crawl inside
Left me cold and broken/tearing me away from your lies
How did I let you get to me?/in your bed, in your eyes
How did I let you get to me?/every single fucking time
Life...
Life is so......seamless.....without you......through my own eyes.....through my own life....
Come out of the....aging shadows....through the distance....through my nightmares.....
Understanding dawns like/my own hand it comes like/fallen landing still I/see you standing
Fuck it, lie to me
You bring it back to me
How I cut myself wide open
Just to see it snatched from me
Fuck it, lie to me
The rivets are back in me
And as I cut myself wide openI see it snatched/I see it snatched from me
Fuck it, lie to me
Fuck it, lie to me
Fuck it, lie to me
You fucking lied to me
Lyrics submitted by Psychedeliasmith
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