Me, My Yoke and I Lyrics

Lyric discussion by cucumber139 

Cover art for Me, My Yoke and I lyrics by Damien Rice

First of all, did you even listen to the song? You have the lyrics way wrong. These are the correct lyrics.

My drum, my drum, my drum Gonna make ya My drum, my drum, my drum Gonna make ya come

My book, my book, my book Gonna make ya My book, my book, my book Gonna make ya look

My hand, my hand, my hand My hand going under My hand, my hand, my hand My hand going understand

My fall, my fall My fall gonna break ya My fall, my fall My fall gonna break your wall

I'm mad, I'm mad, I'm mad Like a big dog I'm mad, I'm mad, I'm mad Like a big dog yeah

Cause my god, my god, my god Gave me a rod My god, my god, my god Gave me a rod

For fishing, fishing, fishing Fishing, fishing, fishing, yeah

My drum, my drum, my drum Gonna make ya My drum, my drum, my drum Gonna make ya come

My book, my book, my book Gonna make ya My book, my book, my book Gonna make ya look

My hand, my hand, my hand Going under My hand, my hand, my hand Going understand

My fall, my fall, my fall My fall gonna break ya My fall, my fall, my fall My fall gonna break your wall

I'm mad, I'm mad, I'm mad Like a big dog I'm mad, I'm mad, I'm mad Like a big dog yeah

My god, my god, my god Gave me a rod My god, my god, my god Gave me a rod

For fishing, fishing fishing Fishing, fishing, fishing, yeah yeah

Won't you beat my (repeated)

Fishing, fishing, fishing, Fishing, fishing, fishing, yeah. yeah. yeah.

My interpretation is way different. Its about his music and the effect he has on people

"My drum gonna make you come" = first I'm gonna get you with the sounds of my music "My book gonna make you look" = then I'm going to get you really thinking because of my lyrics "My hand going understand"= the way I put my music together will make you understand "My fall gonna break your wall" = you are going to relate to me because I've been through what you have "I'm mad like a big dog" =I'm mad and you can feel your emotions through my music "Cause my god gave me a rod for fishing" = I have a gift (a rod) for music, and its going to get to people in a way others can't

"Won't you beat my..." = so join the bandwagon, feel this music with me

Just my thought. Tell me what you think.

i agree. thinking tht this song is about masturbation and sex completely ruins it for me. its like finding out your favorite love song was written about a ham sandwich. i would like to think this song has a deeper meaning cause its so amazing.