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A song for the deaf, that is, for you
Nobody's coming down the hall
Nobody echoes in my head
Broken reflection, outta luck
Nobody ever needed it
I got what was
I want to take what's left
(Ready now)
Beautiful senses are gone
Canary in a gilded cage
Singin'
Sweet, soft and low
I will poison you all
Come closer, racin' to your tongue
I got what was
Want to take what's left
No talk will cure
What's lost, or save what's left
(For the deaf)
The blind can go get fucked
Lie beside the ditch
This halo 'round my neck
Has torn out every stitch
Who are you hiding? Is it safe for the deaf?
Beautiful cancer, infiltrate then forget
Yeah, I saw you coming and I heard not a thing
A mistake not to listen
When I knew where you'd been
And I got what was
I want to take what's left
No talk will cure
What's lost, or save what's left
(For the deaf)
You're listening to W.A.n.t.
The high desert wonder valley favorite radio station
S'been a good night
Dave Catching here
Not saying goodnight
Just saying
Ha ha ha ha ha ha haaaa
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haaa
Ha ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha, hah hah haaah
Ha ha ha ha ha
Nobody's coming down the hall
Nobody echoes in my head
Broken reflection, outta luck
Nobody ever needed it
I got what was
I want to take what's left
(Ready now)
Beautiful senses are gone
Canary in a gilded cage
Singin'
Sweet, soft and low
I will poison you all
Come closer, racin' to your tongue
I got what was
Want to take what's left
No talk will cure
What's lost, or save what's left
(For the deaf)
The blind can go get fucked
Lie beside the ditch
This halo 'round my neck
Has torn out every stitch
Who are you hiding? Is it safe for the deaf?
Beautiful cancer, infiltrate then forget
Yeah, I saw you coming and I heard not a thing
A mistake not to listen
When I knew where you'd been
And I got what was
I want to take what's left
No talk will cure
What's lost, or save what's left
(For the deaf)
You're listening to W.A.n.t.
The high desert wonder valley favorite radio station
S'been a good night
Dave Catching here
Not saying goodnight
Just saying
Ha ha ha ha ha ha haaaa
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haaa
Ha ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha, hah hah haaah
Ha ha ha ha ha
Lyrics submitted by ikari, edited by Per_Killer
A Song for the Deaf Lyrics as written by Mark William Lanegan Josh Homme
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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Might be a pretty general idea, but I think it's about him not sensing that a relationship with some girl who breaks his heart is coming to its end, and it renders him "senseless". I think some of the lyrics up there might be wrong so it could change my interpretation though.
But the first verse is him all alone and sees "her" in his broken reflection (he's obsessed over it cuz he sees her in his reflection, which I'm guessing is a mirror, since I think he says he's "outta luck" not "had a look"). Both choruses are talking about him "getting" how things really were between them, and he's desperate and wants to take whats left between them, which will not be fixed or saved by any talk from himself or anyone.
The 2nd and 3rd verses are him being left senseless and trapped in his depression, and he feels like just killing the whole world. The verse about being in a ditch could mean something else depending on the real words, but I think that's just him in hate-life mode. And the last verse just pretty much reiterates and provides a little more detail about the whole shebang, what with him getting blindsided and shit on by this "beautiful cancer" (pretty self explanatory metaphor there). So yyyup that's pretty much what I think this is about, but that could just be cuz I've had my own girl problems lately :X haha
Are we talkin' about the same guy/girl? He has always had a girlfriend with the exception of a month or two over the past few years. When s/he didn't, s/he was picking girls up at clubs. S/he's had a friggin' pen pal whom s/he has dangled on a string for all that time, and then told her just today to take a hike because s/he needs space. S/he even had the nerve to leave it in God's hands when s/he's an atheist:) And now s/he's whining? She has no additional blood to give; s/he has intentionally drained her so she will walk away and s/he can boast that once again s/he was left behind (for it's easier than for him/her to catch up to her). THAT would take courage. As for tonight, s/he's heading out to score while the celibate one is baking cookies for others. Hmmmmmmmmmmm. Yup, s/he's depressed. So you can stuff your song interpretation!!!