With blood and feathers
On my torn paws
You ain't nothing but a dead duck
I ain't nothing but a hound dog.

You seep in the windows and vents.
I lay in the grass and I lose your scent.
If God gave me grace, then why aren't I graceful?
My joints are frozen, cold, old, and idle.

If it's by air
Then I don't want to know
If we all don't take cover
We're all gonna fall back in love again

You work late and fight off your boss
If the patient dies, take the night off

They worked out
All of the bugs
And if you have enough money
You can buy love

You work out your reception seating
While I sing, sing, sing
These ten lords still leaping
With the mark on your breast from your baby teething
Give him my name if he is needing.

If it's by sea
Then I don't want to know
If we all don't take cover
We're all gonna fall back in love again
"Bless your beautiful hide."
And curse your god when your friends die

If it's by air
Then I don't wanna know
If we all don't take cover
We're all gonna fall back in love again

You work late, fight off your boss
If the patient dies, then take the night off.



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    General Comment:i think it might be bless your beautiful 'life' not 'hide'
    i think it makes sense in context

    "Bless your beautiful life
    And curse your god when your friends die"

    like you're thankful and religious and all that when everything's fine but if something goes wrong you immediately blame god you know?
    Flag soulglowactivaturon January 21, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:i kinda feel like these are really really awesome lyrics being forced to fit the Untitled 3 structure. they deserve their own arrangement.
    Flag sorryicrashediton July 26, 2011   Link
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    Song Meaning:I think this song is about an old love of his getting married, hence the "work out the reception seating". He is jealous of the person she is marrying, and perhaps feels that she is marrying him because he has a money, unlike Jesse who is a "poor musician". Perhaps the man is a doctor which would explain the medical references. She is pregnant with a child and he wishes that she'd name the child after him so that he still feels like he is part of her life. He also imagines that his thinking of her and vice versa will cause them to remember their love and cause them to "fall back in love again" but he knows that now it'd be disastrous to her marriage and her future so they need to "take cover".

    Just my $0.02
    Flag HoundDogon December 09, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:untitled 03 lyrics sounds too much like "Your Favorite Weapon" which isnt there best stuff. the lyrics to aloC acoC are much more better...
    Flag uberbson April 19, 2010   Link
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    My Interpretation:to me, boss/pulse sounds like bones.. makes more sense. fight off your bones = work to pay bills or meet obligations, fight off going under. and with the second part, patient dies/you take the night off - the job sucks, you get pissed for whatever reason and just want out.
    Flag odibleon January 09, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:'bless your beautiful hide'...if that is what he says, cracks me up...because it reminds me of that cheesy song from 'Seven Brides from Seven Brothers'...which my mom used to make me watch.
    Flag mrfinchon September 10, 2009   Link
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    Song Meaning:The only problems I see are:

    *TORN paws
    &&&
    * bless your beautiful EYES

    When I first came onto the sight, I wanted interpretations, not people fighting over silly things. Here’s my interpretation…

    Love can be a dangerous thing
    It’s like a vapor that could seep in from anywhere… just by air.
    It’s not something that requires skill... the PEOPLE require skill and tact
    They require sensitivity and grace… but he has none
    He views the girl as a victim, caught in his jaws,
    most likely because he knocked her up
    she’s breastfeeding and working overtime… fighting for just one more hour
    Flag Whatdoyouthinkon May 23, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:This song always gets me. The beging quitar is so beautiful it draws you in so fast, and the meloncholy in Jesse Lacey's voice makes this song extreamly sincere. The song's about somehow mutilating a realationship, but also human flaws. I really wish they would have played this song at least one of the two times I've seen them.
    Flag doll_partson November 28, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:If you can find the audio on youtube, use a conversion program like Zamzar to convert it to mp3, that's what I did.
    Flag Motherwar_xxon September 23, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:you fail me, maybe it was the same version only with lesser quality. I know that depending on the speakers/system I listen to it on sometimes I can hear the guitar effects and other times I can't. When you can't hear the background electric guitar it does sound acoustic.

    But, then again, you could have had an actual acoustic version, with how everybody records songs at shows and such. So Idk if I helped you out or not, lol.
    Flag AccardiBacardion September 06, 2008   Link

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