Stuck sitting in your own mess sinking
Call up arms to search for a better word
A mess you made, a smell you chose
I wont break in front of you

Better off on your own you said
I've seen that look in your eye
its embarrassing
one know cold And make this quite a pleasant poison and its

My life
My pesticide
Will tell the tide
Make it last a long one
Its my life
But leave this time
My pesticide
Slow to kill your dreams

Stay in bed and that's another day wasted
Colors fade to grey like they never do
The whole things spins
And yes you chose
To think for only you
So pull the pin and let the whole thing go
Between that smile and look its embarrassing
Sell your soul and let this quite a pleasant poison and its

My life
My pesticide
Will tell the tide
Make it last a long one
Its my life
But leave this time
My pesticide
Slow to kill your dreams

Slow, slow, slow, slow to kill your dreams

My life
My pesticide
Will take the tide
Make it last a long one
Its my life
But me this time
My pesticide
Slow to kill your dreams

Slow, slow, slow, slow to kill your dreams



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Track duration: 03:05


My Pesticide song meanings
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    General Comment:I thought it went:

    My life
    My pesticide
    Works overtime
    Making the last of my word

    the "works overtime" bit sounds right, however the "making the last of my word" bit don't as much.
    Flag KONKER606on April 12, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:It's being stuck in self-destructive habits. And not just being stuck, but being too proud to let it go and trying to find something to be proud of in something you're so ashamed of.
    Flag kissthestars6258on September 22, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:i think this song is talking about someone leaving you because of drugs.
    It seems like it because hes saying "my life, my pesticide" but at the same time, some of it seems like hes talking about a relationship at the same time.
    Flag whoaaastephon July 25, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I think he likes this girl but she doesn't like him back
    Flag animaljackpoton May 22, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:The "???" line, phonetically, is "uh wun no hole".
    Factoring in Bert's style of dropping consonants, this leaves the line very largely open to interpretation until an official lyrics sheet comes out.

    uh: A, I
    wun: won, one
    no: no, know, (wan)na, note
    hole: hole, whole, hold, hoe?
    ... "to make this quite unpleasant poison"

    For the line to read grammatically, the four syllables would have to read into a noun (A one-note hole) or a full sentence (I won no hoe). "Poison" almost sounds like "for yah", but there's definitely a "Z" between the syllables.

    I'm partial towards "I wanna hold [pause] to make this quite unpleasant poison", but everything past the root sounds is merely interpretive.
    Flag LyricalAvengeron April 25, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I agree GAMEchief.
    Flag DreamersDiseaseon April 24, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I first thought of drug addiction, but I can see how it could be about a relationship.

    "Stuck here, sitting in your own mess, sinking,"
    He's in a mess with drugs, and it's getting worse.

    "Call up arms - a search for a better word."
    A better word than "addiction," maybe?

    "A mess you made, a smell you chose to break in front of you."
    Depending on the drug, it probably has a distinct smell. It's the smell he chose when he decided what he wanted to unknowingly "kill his dream" with. It will "break" him.

    "'Better off on your own,' you said."
    Screw life, life, jobs, etc. Just like an addict, all that matters is getting high.

    "I've seen that look in your eye - it's embarrassing,"
    Desperation.

    "[???] to make this quite unpleasant poison, and it's"
    Prolly an insult, talking about whoever invented whatever he's on.

    "My life, my pesticide, works over time."
    Obvious.

    "Make it last, well, I would."
    He wants it to last as long as possible.

    "It's my life, by me this time."
    He made this choice. He's self-destructive, and he's following it.

    "My pesticide, slow to kill your dream."
    His dream - maybe to be a singer - is harder to obtain/maintain with his addiction.

    "Staying paralyzed, another day wasted."
    High all day, day's gone.

    "Colors fade to gray, like they never do. The whole thing spins"
    He's coming down. Bye-bye hallucinations.

    "and, yes, you chose to think for only you;"
    Prolly means the same thing as "it's my life."

    "So pull the pin and let the whole thing go."
    Destroy himself with the drug.

    "Between that smile and that look, it's embarassing."
    Prolly the same desperation or some other related emotion.

    "A shallow soul to let this quite unpleasant poison, and it's"
    to let this quite unpleasant poison [take over oneself]
    Flag GAMEchiefon September 24, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:pretty obvious meaning in this song.

    the song is about breaking up with someone because the other person could not commit, or didnt want the relationship to work out.

    "I wont break in front of you"
    he wont cry or act all hurt in front of her

    "Better off on your own you said"
    her telling him that its better if they break up

    "Its my life, But leave this time"
    hes telling her to not come back crying and stuff saying that she wants to get back with him

    "And yes you chose, To think for only you"
    again talking about how she didnt think about how she hurt him.

    awesome song.
    in berth they showed bert recording this in the beach at night.

    my favorite lies for the liars song right now :]]]
    Flag rickm1991on June 29, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:What does he say where the ??? are?

    It's something like a one ___ hole? Other sites state a one known cold, but it's not much sense to me.

    Love this song.
    Flag dag_102on June 21, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:Sarcasm translates poorly over the internet og tool

    lol, yay me :D
    Flag B12on June 11, 2007   Link

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