Lyrics
It'll come down and look you in the eye
Anticipation of a significant event or confrontation.
The way you're gonna go with no place to die
The uncertain path one is taking without an escape from death.
My water breaks like turpentine
Metaphorical reference to a painful or difficult experience, like childbirth.
I sit dead in the sacrifice
Being motionless in a ritualistic act of offering or surrender.
You get to watch, you get to watch
An observer witnessing a significant event.
Now you get to watch me die
A declaration of impending personal demise, perhaps metaphorical.
Bless my body and bless my soul
An invocation for divine protection for both body and soul.
Wrap it in turpentine
Symbolic covering or preservation using turpentine.
I see you standing, whatever for?
Questioning someone's presence or purpose.
All the lads know I like it cold and raw
Preference for a harsh or unfiltered experience.
Who really knows where the ruby rides?
Uncertainty about the path or choices in life.
I see all the sick reflections in your ruby eyes
Seeing flaws and distortions in someone's eyes.
And I know all you devils by your Christian names
Familiarity with negative influences or forces.
And I know all you bitches by your Christian names
Familiarity with negative individuals.
You get to watch, I get to watch
Role reversal in witnessing the demise of others.
Now I get to watch you die
The speaker observing the death of someone else.
Bless my body and bless my soul
A repetition of seeking divine protection for body and soul.
Wrap it in turpentine
Repeating the symbolic act of preservation with turpentine.
Acrid, syphilic coteries
Describing unpleasant and disease-like social circles.
Put your head up over your legs
A distorted image of self or others.
Count backwards from infinity
An abstract reference to time or existence.
Eat the rose and the dirt it grows in
A surreal image of consuming something unconventional.
They don't even know what hole that's supposed to go in
Confusion or ambiguity regarding a situation.
And now you're mad and you're slapping me
Expressing anger or frustration in a physical manner.
It stinks up here in the junkie tree
An uncomfortable or undesirable situation in a metaphorical "junkie tree."
You get to watch, you get to watch
Reiteration of the role reversal in witnessing death.
Now you get to watch me die
A repetition of the speaker's impending demise.
Bless my body and bless my soul
Repeating the plea for divine protection.
Wrap it in turpentine
Repeating the symbolic act of preservation with turpentine.
Acrid, syphilic coteries
Describing unpleasant and disease-like social circles again.
Put your legs up over your head
Symbolic contortion or distortion of self.
I've been walking to your suicide
Reference to a self-destructive path or journey.
See the human hometown suicide
An acknowledgment of the destructive nature of one's hometown.
I've ceased to exist on the Christmas list
Being overlooked or ignored in a symbolic Christmas list.
I've ceased to exist in your disease
Cease of existence within societal ailments or problems.
I lie right down, baby, give it to me
A submissive plea for an intimate act.
I lie right down
A repetition of lying down, perhaps indicating vulnerability.
Nowhere to walk, backwards, forwards
A sense of confusion or disorientation, emphasizing the lack of direction.
Nowhere to walk, backwards, forwards
-Nowhere to walk, backwards, forwards
-Nowhere to walk, backwards, forwards
-Nowhere to walk, black was gold
-Nowhere...
Continuation of the theme of nowhere, with a mysterious reference to black and gold.
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