When was it that you lost your youth or traded
It for something more for them to use so jaded
Why is it that you never said
I love you more than just a friend

I pray this gridlock never ends
And when we get there just depends
I found out recently that you are leaving
For good I hope I softly tell me ceiling

It's better now to be alive
Sleeping is my nine to five
I'm having nightmares all the time
Of running out of words that rhyme

Everything that you could never say
Would never matter anyway
I took a hammer and two nails to my eardrums long ago
Before that steak knife took my eyes

I looked up to the sky
For the last thing I would ever see
For the last time I'd cry
When was it that you sold your life or wasted

Every bite of that small slice you never tasted
I guess I should be one to talk
There's nights that I can't even walk
There's days I couldn't give a fuck

And in between is where i'm stuck
From blocks away I heard somebody screaming
That small child inside of you that you left bleeding
You stabbed him up not once but twice

Cubicles will now suffice
Some say it's the roll of the dice
I think they're wrong I know I'm right
Every breath that I could barely breathe

Could barely make it past my teeth
I took a blowtorch to both of my lungs a long, long time ago
Every step that I could take
Every one more difficult to make

Mr. Chainsaw came and took my legs a long, long time ago
In case you're wondering I'm singing about growing up and giving in
In case you're wondering we're singing about growing up
About giving up and giving in



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Track duration: 03:05

"Mr. Chainsaw" as written by Daniel Michael Andriano Mike Felumlee

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    General Comment:i think its funny when people are like i think the song is about growing up and blah blah blah blah. like fuck you no shit he says what its about at the end so most people posting on this song meaning discussion board are dumbshiittttts, kbai.
    Flag CagethePhant676on June 30, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:"It's better now to be alive
    Sleeping is my 9 to 5
    I'm having nightmares all the time
    Of running out of words that rhyme"

    Favorite rhymes ever. One of those that I wish I would have thought up first.
    Flag itastelikeorangeson December 21, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:This song is about not conforming to the general idea of what society says we should do. It's about chasing after your dreams and never never giving up and he's singing to a friend who gave up and fell among the others. He comments on how people think it's just luck so you shouldn't even try because it's like winning the lottery. "Some say it's the roll of a dice, I think they're wrong I know I'm right." He talks about how even though he lost his lungs and can't breathe anymore he never stopped going for it and he refused to conform. It's a very inspiring song

    ~DAn was here

    Flag kingbillison January 16, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:i think its about bad friends (mr. chainsaw), that stab you in the back. and you keep givin them second chances. so its like your hurting yourself, by givin them second chances! "I took a hammer and two nails to my eardrums long ago"
    "Mr. Chainsaw came and took my legs a long, long time ago"
    seems to me like the final below by mr. chainsaw.

    atleast; thats the way experince the song, a friend did the same to me 'along long time ago..'
    Flag thedude108on August 29, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:i think its about bad friends (mr. chainsaw), that stab you in the back. and you keep givin them second chances. so its like your hurting yourself, by givin them second chances! "I took a hammer and two nails to my eardrums long ago"
    "Mr. Chainsaw came and took my legs a long, long time ago"
    seems to me like the final below by mr. chainsaw.

    atleast; thats the way experince the song, a friend did the same to me 'along long time ago..'
    Flag thedude108on August 29, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I love the little commentary on Lee Ving from Scraps :)
    Flag matty337on August 18, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:this song pretty much says how I feel right now. lol how funny. Alk3 is the shit!
    Flag xlpianomoveron August 14, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:obviously about growing up but i think he points out the feeling that you may have missed out on things, (and or will miss the things that you've done) as a youth.
    Flag nealbforzodon May 03, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I'm the age they were when they wrote this and I know its simply about growing up, and giving in...It really sucks when your young life comes to the realization.
    Flag mgutieron January 02, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I'm pretty sure mr. chainsaw's just about being in a depression brought on by a bad breakup. mr chainsaw took his legs. i think it's a metaphor for being a lazy unmotivated adult.
    Flag spikejabberon November 11, 2007   Link

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