Lyrics
I'd like to hang you from a tree
The speaker expresses a desire to harm or punish someone metaphorically.
Then make you watch what you don't want to see
The speaker wants the person to witness something unpleasant, perhaps as a form of retribution.
Find out what's really in your mind
The speaker wants to understand the true thoughts and intentions of the person.
Well are you that twisted and unkind?
Questioning if the person is morally twisted and unkind.
Shut up, shut up, words pound my head
The speaker is overwhelmed by words and wants the person to stop talking.
Shut up and get off my TV set
The person is unwanted on the speaker's television, suggesting a desire to avoid their presence.
Shut up, shut up, why aren't you dead?
The speaker expresses a strong negative emotion, wishing the person were dead.
Why aren't you hanging from a tree?
A repetition of the desire for the person to be hanging from a tree, emphasizing the speaker's anger.
I'd like to make you sit and spin
The speaker wants to make the person experience discomfort or suffering.
Until the lies eat through your skin
A metaphor for the destructive nature of lies penetrating the person's being.
Well there's no compassion in your soul
Accusing the person of lacking compassion in their soul.
Remorse is only for yourself
Suggesting that the person feels remorse only for themselves, implying selfishness.
Shut up, shut up, words pound my head
Reiteration of the overwhelming impact of words on the speaker.
Shut up and get off my TV set
The person is not welcome on the speaker's TV set, reinforcing a desire for distance.
Shut up, shut up, why aren't you dead?
Strongly wishing for the person's death.
Why aren't you hanging from a tree?
Repetition of the desire for the person to be hanging from a tree.
Little man with big ambition
Describing the person as a small individual with ambitious and arrogant qualities.
Arrogant by self admission
Acknowledging the person's arrogance based on their own admission.
I just wish the world could find a way to make you shut up
Expressing a general wish for the world to find a way to silence the person.
Shut up, shut up, words pound my head
Restating the overwhelming impact of words on the speaker's mind.
Shut up and get off my TV set
Reiterating that the person is not wanted on the speaker's TV set.
Shut up, shut up, why aren't you dead?
Repetition of the strong negative emotion, questioning why the person is not dead.
Why aren't you hanging from a tree?
Reiteration of the desire for the person to be hanging from a tree.
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