Nodding Acquaintance Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Adieu_X 

Cover art for Nodding Acquaintance lyrics by Enter Shikari

Here is what i think 1)And you’d better be yourself yourself tastes better better than pieces of your heart

Someone who has changed, being told it would be better to be thierself 'and you'd better be yourself'

A good person underneath 'yourself tastes better'

However accidicted possibly to liquor 'tastes better'

So they arn't being theirself as they have an alcahol or drug addiction 'pieces of your heart'

2)Buy me some Indians to oppose my bored dead cowboys Buy me some time to spend Staring into your eyes...

they are being asked to start fighting for thierself 'buy me some indians'

as the person trying to help them is bored of their actions 'to oppose my bored dead cowboys '

3)Caught sipping from the cup of denial your precious addiction Your lies taste vile

[this is where i get the feeling it is an alcahol addiction]

the one addicted is caught again drinking 'caught sipping from'

they will not admit they they are addicted 'the cup of denial'

and someone says to them yes, you are addicted 'your precious addiction'

and the lies, the lies that they are not drinking (remember caught sipping from) are just wrong 'your lies taste vile'

4)And a nodding acquaintance will be all that’s left for us I’ll swear I used to know you but obviously not enough?

The person trying to help finaly gives up after catching them at drinking again 'and a nodding aquaintance will be all thats left for us'

they simply say that they thought better of the person, that they thought they knew them but obvviously not enough 'I’ll swear I used to know you but obviously not enough'