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Slice Of Life Lyrics
Her gaze hit the side of mine
So I opened it out
To destroy what you thought was difference
So I lied to you once again
So I painted over you once again
So I die before you once again
'What's the difference'
Come clearly where the flavour is
Seen here in black and white
You've got two seconds baby boy
In burning light white light
'What's the difference'
Clear up what you are
Burn out these eyes
Rip up this place and scream
'I am your slice of life' (four times)
Shivering under lamposts
Shivering under glass
Your standing on charisma again
God knows it cannot last
'What's the difference'
Ice inside your body
Blood inside your soul
Yet still twelve faces stand around
Hugging your skinny bones
'What's the difference'
So clear up what you are
Burn out these eyes, rip up this place and scream
'I am your slice of life' (four times)
And the car opened him up to so much more
And the money is brighter with a wider smile
And the problem expands inside your head
'I am your slice of life'
So I opened it out
To destroy what you thought was difference
So I painted over you once again
So I die before you once again
'What's the difference'
Seen here in black and white
You've got two seconds baby boy
In burning light white light
'What's the difference'
Burn out these eyes
Rip up this place and scream
'I am your slice of life' (four times)
Shivering under glass
Your standing on charisma again
God knows it cannot last
'What's the difference'
Blood inside your soul
Hugging your skinny bones
'What's the difference'
Burn out these eyes, rip up this place and scream
'I am your slice of life' (four times)
And the money is brighter with a wider smile
And the problem expands inside your head
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This song is a tribute to the artist Barbara Kruger. It takes lines from some of her works (like "Your gaze hits the side of my face" and "I am your slice of life" and "You destroy what you think is difference"). Kruger typically took a black and white photograph and glued on some very acerbic messages in red paper with white or black text that typically heavily criticised consumer culture, materialism, and how it sucks the soul out of society.
this is about trying to understand how that "me-you" thing works.
Reincarnation.
Ice inside your body Blood inside your soul Yet still twelve faces stand around Hugging your skinny bones 'What's the difference'
You're dead, everybody is remembering your physical self.
Clear up what you are Burn out these eyes Rip up this place and scream 'I am your slice of life'
You are only in this body for a while. Clear up what you are. Rip shit up.
Shivering under lamposts Shivering under glass Your standing on charisma again God knows it cannot last
You're cold. You're rich. It doesn't matter. Soon enough it will be gone.
Where 'slice of life' itself is referring to the shortness of this life.
This is about the power of hatred to control people.
Yet still twelve faces stand around Hugging your skinny bones
Who had twelve faces around him all doing fucking nothing? And he dies for them...now what's the difference?
Still he told us that everyone of us can become just like him... Is that the difference (versus indifference)?
BTW. I love all the above reactions!