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My drum, my drum, my drum
Gonna make ya
My drum, my drum, my drum
Gonna make ya come
My book, my book, my book
Gonna make ya
My book, my book, my book
Gonna make ya look
My hand, my hand,
My hand going under
My hand, my hand,
My hand going under stand
My fall, my fall
My fall gonna break ya
My fall, my fall
My fall gonna break your wall
I'm mad, I'm mad, I'm mad
Like a big dog
I'm mad, I'm mad, I'm mad
Like a big dog yeah
My god, my god, my god
Gave me a rod
My god, my god, my god
Gave me a rod
Fishing, fishing, fishing
Fishing, fishing, fishing yeah
Won't you beat
My drum, my drum, my drum
Gonna make ya
Won't you beat, Won't you beat
My drum, my drum, my drum
Gonna make ya come
Won't you read
My book, my book, my book
Gonna make ya
Won't you read, Won't you read
My book, my book, my book
Gonna make ya look
Won't you push
My hand, my hand, my hand
Going under
Won't you push, Won't you push
My hand, my hand, my hand
Going understand
Won't you break
My fall, my fall, my fall
My fall gonna break ya
Won't you break, Won't you break
My fall, my fall, my fall
My fall gonna break your wall
Bang
I'm mad, I'm mad, I'm mad
Like a big dog
Bang, Bang, Bang
I'm mad, I'm mad, I'm mad
Like a big dog yeah
My god, my god, my god
Gave me a rod
My god, my god, my god
Gave me a rod
Fishing, fishing, fishing
Fishing, fishing, fishing yeah
Gonna make ya
My drum, my drum, my drum
Gonna make ya come
My book, my book, my book
Gonna make ya
My book, my book, my book
Gonna make ya look
My hand, my hand,
My hand going under
My hand, my hand,
My hand going under stand
My fall, my fall
My fall gonna break ya
My fall, my fall
My fall gonna break your wall
I'm mad, I'm mad, I'm mad
Like a big dog
I'm mad, I'm mad, I'm mad
Like a big dog yeah
My god, my god, my god
Gave me a rod
My god, my god, my god
Gave me a rod
Fishing, fishing, fishing
Fishing, fishing, fishing yeah
Won't you beat
My drum, my drum, my drum
Gonna make ya
Won't you beat, Won't you beat
My drum, my drum, my drum
Gonna make ya come
Won't you read
My book, my book, my book
Gonna make ya
Won't you read, Won't you read
My book, my book, my book
Gonna make ya look
Won't you push
My hand, my hand, my hand
Going under
Won't you push, Won't you push
My hand, my hand, my hand
Going understand
Won't you break
My fall, my fall, my fall
My fall gonna break ya
Won't you break, Won't you break
My fall, my fall, my fall
My fall gonna break your wall
Bang
I'm mad, I'm mad, I'm mad
Like a big dog
Bang, Bang, Bang
I'm mad, I'm mad, I'm mad
Like a big dog yeah
My god, my god, my god
Gave me a rod
My god, my god, my god
Gave me a rod
Fishing, fishing, fishing
Fishing, fishing, fishing yeah
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SO, on that establishment, the song title generally means; 'Me, my penis, and me'.
You can probably guess correctly the entire song now that I have cleared up that bit for you (every guy, at least). This song is VERY simple, there is very little that is too profound in this song. Even the music. It is ONE musical line throughout the entire song, at different levels of intensity.
My drum (my penis... you beat it off)
"My drum, gonna make you come (cum)"
My book (My life story)
"My book, gonna make you look" (My life story is beginning now that I am discovering love/sex, I'm gonna make it a good one, or at least a full one!)
"My hand goin under" (You really need a description? Just guess...:-))
"My hand gonna understand" (Getting used to the idea of sexuality and masturbation)
"My fall..." (I'll admit, I find this one harder to understand... I would guess it means the fall from innocence, after all, now that you have discovered sex, you're not all that innocent any more)
"My fall, gonna break your wall" (Past the wall of insecurity/doubt on this subject)
"I'm in like a big dog" (I'm no longer a stranger to this crazy world of 'sex' and such, I'm a big boy now.)
"My god gave me a rod, for fishin'" (Acceptance of his thing between his legs. His god made him sexual, he's gonna act on it!!)
It's not too difficult a song to understand! Every guy has been through this! :-) It is a song about a teenage boy discovering his body and himself for the first time. And his journey to accepting his sexuality and eventually "f%&$ it, god gave me this thing for a reason, I'm going to use it". Even the intensity of the way he sings the lines gets more and more as he sings through the song, by the end, he is virtually fully confident and shouting them out.
I think his "fall" comes from Italian "fallo" (Late Latin "phallus"), which basically means penis.
My drum....my book- Here he's saying that his music brings all sorts of people to him.
My hand going under...that's the only line i can't really de-code.
My fall .... His fall from his morals is going to shatter his girlfriend when she finds out about his infidelities.
I'm made like a big dog cause my god gave me a rod for fishing.
He's pissed because God gave him both the talent that his luring these women in and a sex drive that makes it nearly impossible to not give in to temtation.
Just my two cents.
"Cause my god, my god, my god
Gave me a rod
My god, my god, my god
Gave me a rod
For fishing, fishing, fishing
Fishing, fishing, fishing, yeah"
Some of the most primal lyrics I've ever read in my life.
What I find fascinating about the song is that it's played by sliding from A minor to the 10th fret, then F major to the 10th fret, which is that cool slide. But if you watch it, it looks like he's jerking his guitar. Given Damien's fascination with sex and his confusions with it, I don't think this is an accident.
Anyways I did research and Damien Rice says at concerts that a man was lonely and figured out masterbation and donated sperm until he couldn't no more, so I don't this is about a man not Damien, well I think so.
You know Damien: Sweet smile, dirty mind ;)
But back to the meanings
You beat on a drum, and your well, you know
Book means pornograpy
Hand, haha well your hand
Breaking a wall, virginity but the man is lonely so makes perfect sence
I'm mad like a big dog, well a dog is active when it sees something attractive, realtionsions to guys, lol?
My god give me a rod, The man needs a "part" that works, or it's probably small
For fishing, the man is lonely needs a woman
Note: Lisa doesn't sing with Damien in the song ha ha, independent song for men, well Damien Rice and his little lonely friend