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Thirty licks with a belt - same old tricks on myself
And I wonder does everyone else live this way
A succession of tests a triumphant success
Each time I'm still intact at the end of the day
thirty drops in a glass - keep my temper and pass
With my breath held you bastards you lucked out again!
Its not really so bad, there's still mom there's still
Damage to do before they wrest the axe from my hands
its no mystery: you should obviously go
Before I break everything
You're always telling me that you're dying to know
But you're not really listening
how do I manage to station myself in harms way
And only get hit with a ticket for loitering
That I have no way to pay - and no strength to argue
My personal demons can scheme with professional care
Oh, god, they're after me
If I could shut them out just for an second
I swear
I could stop this catastrophe
thirty day guarantee
But they can't have meant me
After all I was born to a childproof world
No sharp corners or glass,
Small objects or plastic bags
Please, these are death to a delicate girl
its no mystery - you should obviously know
That I'll destroy everything
So don't go telling me that you're dying to know
Cause you'll get what you're asking for
and I still manage to station my self in harm's way
And only get hit with a ticket for loitering
Stating I came the wrong day
Now all the demons are screaming their wages aren't fair
I've left a secret kept
If I could shut them up just for a second I swear
It'll look like an accident
I could be decent yet
The magnificent end
I could be president....
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And interpriting with my own experiences this song is about a desire to hurt other people, as well as yourself. Just allowing things to happen to you that you know will cause damage but you just go the hell ahead and do it anyways. and then you dont get the punishment you wanted from people "only a ticket...", but it is still is too much. and you still hope things will work out even though you have damned yourself.
and also the wanting to actually get people who you blame for your problems outve your life, like Lizzie, opression and whatnot. i enjoy this song during bouts of self-indulgent sadness hehe
"I could be decent, yet. be magnificent. I could be president" seems to hold a little hope for the future, but it seems to me to be noted with wishing.
these are the lyrics I got from the version I've listed to (I've only heard on version, and I think it's the on from "A is for accident")
Thirty licks with a belt
same old tricks on myself
And I wonder, does everyone else live this way?
A succession of tests,
a triumphant success
Each time I'm still intact at the end of the day
Thirty drops in a glass
keep my temper and pass
With my breath held,
you bastards, you've lucked out again
It's not really so bad,
there’s still mom there’s still
damage to do before they wrest the axe from my hands
It's no mystery
you should obviously go
Before I break everything
You’re always telling me that you're dying to know
But you’re not really listening
How do I manage to station myself in harms way and only get hit with a ticket for loitering
That I have no way to pay
and no strength to argue?
My personal demons can scheme with professional care (though "flair" may be right)
Oh god, they're after me
If I could shut them up just for a second, I swear...
I could stop this catastrophe!
Thirty day guarantee, but they can't have meant me
After all I was born to a childproof world
No sharp corners or glass, small objects or plastic bags
Please, these are death to a delicate girl
It's no mystery
you should obviously know
That I’ll destroy everything
So don't keep telling me that you're dying to know
'Cause you’ll get what you're asking for
And I still manage to station myself in harm's way
And only get hit with a ticket for loitering
Stating I came the wrong... day...
Now all the demons are screaming their wages aren't fair
I've left a secret kept
If I could shut them up just for a hour, I swear...
It would look like an accident!
I could be decent yet!
Be magnifecent!
I could be president!
love love lovers...enjoy :)
"you're always telling me that you're dying to know, but you're not really listening."
on the other hand, if you do confide in them, they begin to treat you like something fragile and unpredictable.
i think this song is about the helpless, angry feeling that arises from being trapped in a cycle of depression. you know you're going to ruin your personal relationships, because nothing can stop someone who has loss interest in fixing his or her life--"it's no mystery, you should obviously go."
and in the background, there's always the bitter knowledge that you technically could fix your life, even though in the everyday, you feel too overwhelmed to do it.
But again... just my opinion.
the "You’re always telling me that you're dying to know
But you’re not really listening" seems like a reference to the doctors asking her questions, but then ignoring her answers to enforce their own ideas of what's wrong.
"If I could shut them up just for a second, I swear... I could stop this catastrophe!"
people who hear voices often feel that if they can have one moment of silence in their heads, they could figure things out.
mental illness seems especially applicable to the last lines - the idea that her illness is preventing her from all of the things she could be.
playing tricks on myself
And I wonder, does everyone else live this way?
A succession of tests,
a triumphant success
Each time I'm still intact at the end of the day
Thirty drops in a glass
keep my temper and pass
With my breath held,
you bastards, you've lucked out again (This line is occasionally played as "You bastards, I'll get you! but then...")
It's not really so bad,
there’s still mom there’s still da-
mage to do before they wrest the axe from my hands
It's no mystery
you should obviously go
Before I break everything
You’re always telling me that you're dying to know
But you’re not really listening
How do I manage to station myself in harms way and only get hit with a ticket for loitering
That I have no way to pay
and no strength to argue?
My personal demons can scheme with professional flair
Oh god, they're after me
If I could shut them up just for a second, I swear...
I could stop this catastrophe!
Thirty day guarantee, but they can't have meant me
After all I was born to a childproof world
No sharp corners or glass, small objects or plastic bags
Please, these are death to a delicate girl
It's no mystery
you should obviously know
That I’ll destroy everything
So don't keep telling me that you're dying to know
'Cause you’ll get what you're asking for
And I still manage to station myself in harm's way
And only get hit with a ticket for loitering
Stating I came the wrong... day...
(Occasionally, a lyric is also added here: "What kind of place is this?")
Now all the demons are screaming their wages aren't fair
I've got a secret kept
If I could shut them up just for a hour, I swear...
It would look like an accident!
I could be decent yet!
I could make up for everything!
I COULD BE PRESIDENT!
There... Those are what I use as vox when I play this song.
"its not really so bad, there’s still mom there’s still
damage to do before they wrest the axe from my hands"
I also got the impression of an insane asylum in this line.
"no sharp corners or glass
no small objects or plastic bags
please, these are death to a delicate girl"
It got me thinking because you aren't allowed to wear belts or sharp objects or anything that can be used as weapons in asylums for fear that the patient will hurt themself or someone else.