Crooked Spoons Lyrics

Lyric discussion by LoneW666 

Cover art for Crooked Spoons lyrics by Otep

I think that this song is majorly about drug use,addiction and the life around it. i am probably over simplifying the whole song... oh... and i kinda went overboard on the examples...

Title. crooked spoons, a stereotypical way to cook up drugs are in bent spoons.

Let's lick my wounds. it is a common practice to lick the injection site after a shot.

So they say I killed a man. So they say I took his head - probably that she got another person hooked... So they say He was a scourge - common belief is that users are just punishing them self "the scourge of drug abuse"

Digging swiftly - trying to find a vein fast. Out of hell - so she can get high Madness helps me save myself - to escape reality

Crooked spoons on every wall - the only thing she has to show is the results of her drug abuse Ten gauge needles and a prayer - a 10 gauge needle is a exaggerated huge needle.

We feed until we're engorged - none stop craving,using

We preach and scream forbidden truth - they are always trying to correct the false idea about drugs and users that the general public has We're through with you - but no one listens I'm choosing to lose my mind - so she gives up

For you'll never wake me - is too deep in addiction to even want to get out, or, she is delusional about her own addiction

My wrists are kissed with tarnished stitches - sounds like the only reason she has to live is the drugs.

(this part i think she illustrates the drugs as a person.) The venom that slips from your lips - every time she kiss "take drugs" she is a little more poisoned. The tiny lies shining in your eyes - and the drugs makes her delusional to think that everything is ok Pain in my veins - referring to iv use shallow Hollow, incarcerated soul - trapped in addiction.

My Interpretation