Spare me the suspense
Spare me the suspense
I got no currency, but I'm heaven-sent

So spare me the suspense
Just spare me the suspense

Hey, lady wraith
Oh, I so hope you try
You're late, babe you know it's your time

I won't let you sit by
So cold in the pitch night
Alone you can't make amends

No, I won't let you sit by
So cold in the pitch night
We should dance like two fucking twins
Just spare me the suspense

There are seven ancient pawnshops along the road
I know seven aching daddies you may want to know

Oooohhh, right on

Hey, lady wraith
Oh baby I can't deny
I got a taste, a taste, a taste and it's time

But I won’t let you sit by
So cold in the pitch night
Alone you can’t make amends

No, I won’t let you sit by
So cold in the pitch night
It’s enough with this fucking incense
Just spare me the suspense

There are seven ancient pawn shops along the road
Oh I know seven aging daddies you may want to know

When you played your heart out
You made me turn around

Oooohhh, right on

Wait, oh you froze in the night
You're late, there's a hole in the sky
No haste, no lesson, no lie
Got a taste that I can't deny

(Spare me the suspense)

And you wait till you know that it's time,
You wait till you know that it's time
You wait till you know that it's time
You wait till you know that it's time
You say to me, set black fires, do you know?
You say to me, set black fires



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Track duration: 04:13


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    Song Meaning:I agree that this is about his girlfriend's petty BS & being a pouty drama queen and he's saying "let's solve this". But she puts him off for so long he's beginning to lose patience in solving the issue, some of which is not about him (but her own issues). She's not communicating clearly, too subtle for him, and he admits he is clumsy & argumentative in trying to solve the problem.

    Spare me the suspense
    - Stop with the silent treatment & not clearly communicating what is wrong

    I got no currency, but I'm heaven-sent
    - He doesn't know how to fix things (no currency = ability or right way of communicating), but he has good intentions (angelic)

    Hey, lady wraith
    - An angry woman, obviously

    Oh, I so hope you try
    - He hopes she tries to solve the problem.... to communicate what is wrong.

    You're late, babe you know it's your time
    - I imagine this could be referencing PMS (ha!), but it could also mean that she's not quick to speak up when she has a problem, that it's her turn to communicate better

    I won't let you sit by
    So cold in the pitch night
    Alone you can't make amends
    - He's not going to leave her alone (as someone may request when angry "just leave me alone"), & instead he wants to talk it out & make amends

    We should dance like two fucking twins
    - This is sarcastic, mocking the idea that two people in a relationship will never have conflict or will always understand each other like twins.

    There are seven ancient pawnshops along the road
    - I think this is a reference to past grievances or grudges from previous relationships which are being dredged up in the current relationship

    I know seven aching daddies you may want to know
    - He did not "father" these grievances - he's pointing out that they came from other people, probably past romantic relationships. He's saying she may want to discover the real root of her anger, and that it's not him.

    I got a taste, a taste, a taste and it's time
    - He's got a taste for arguing sometimes

    It’s enough with this fucking incense
    - A pun of sorts.... where there is smoke, there is fire, so incense is like the smell of being incensed (angry); her bad mood is like a subtle smell filling a room

    When you played your heart out
    You made me turn around
    - When she finally opened up about how she was feeling, it caught his attention; he cares

    Wait, oh you froze in the night
    You're late, there's a hole in the sky
    - She never came around to work it out. The hole in the sky is their future, which will suffer because she didn't try to solve their conflict.

    No haste, no lesson, no lie
    - They weren't quick to solve the problem, no lesson has been learned

    Got a taste that I can't deny
    - He can't lie that now he just has a desire to argue, less desire to bend & make amends; perhaps he's entertaining just ending the relationship now

    You wait till you know that it's time
    You say that you set black fires
    - She waits until it's the prime opportunity to get her way...?
    "Where there is smoke, there is fire" reference again, she is saying she gives clear signs of when she's upset like black smoke - but to him it was like incense - subtle, hard for him to grasp.
    Flag voodoodollyon April 25, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:I think it's about a whore/golddigger. He doesn't have money to take care of her but he's a good guy. He wants her and is lustful yet he also wants to be there for her and not leave her out in the cold.

    There are seven aching daddies you may want to know -- sugar daddies guys who will buy her stuff and are just aching to sleep with her
    There are seven aging daddies you may want to know -- old guys with lots of money who she could be with.
    But he wouldn't leave her out in the cold.

    The pawnshops are a representation where she could be poor and then contrasted with - or she could live in wealth with this guys that would own her pretty much and not care about her.

    The taste is about his lustful thoughts for her..but also his care for her.

    And she sits alone in the night where she can't make amends for just using men and sleeping with men for their money.

    That's what I got.

    Flag ThisIsMeThatIsYouon November 18, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:i dont know if this is right but to me this song says that hes sick of his significant others BS
    there is other versions that say instead of alone in the pitch night its supposed to be so call in the kids night thats why he says we should dance like some fuckin twins and on a few other websites those are the lyrics they use but yea based on those lyrics hes basically sayin his sick of her childish games she can make amends on her own and spare him the suspense of filling him on what shes pissed about now


    now if the lyrics are so cold in the pitch night i think hes basically saying lets call a spade a spade spare him the suspense because they are both the same and shes tryin to bullshit a bullshitter
    "got a taste that i cant deny" hes done wateva shes done too
    "we should dance like to fuckin twins" Twins meaning their identical
    "spare me the suspense" again saying no need for her to hold out he already knows cuz hes done the same
    "I wont let u sit by so cold in the pitch night alone u cant make amends" shes in the dark thinking shes the only one and he saying u cant figure it out on ur own cuz u don realize im the same

    my first lyric meaning review so i can be TOTALLY wrong but thats my 2 cents and hey tell me wat u think
    Flag sMokeNmiRrorson March 13, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:this song is so sexy.
    Flag Sunshine9908on February 20, 2010   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:I think this song is about going to a strip club or something, secretively and being ashamed of it, but wanting to fulfil a lust and quickly, impatiently - 'spare me the suspense' and 'enough with this fucking insense' make me think of someone teasing but the narrator just wants to satisfy his urge immediately.
    Flag Testing 1,2,3on October 06, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I think this song is about a fortune teller

    Spare me the suspense
    Spare me the suspense
    I got no currency, but I'm heaven-sent

    The fortune teller is trying to stall for money

    So spare me the suspense
    Just spare me the suspense

    Hey, lady wraith
    Oh, I so hope you try
    You're late, babe you know it's your time

    She's still stalling, and he really wants to know what is up. The part that made me think this was about a fortune teller was 'lady wraith' For some reason is just made me think of a fortune teller.

    I won't let you sit by
    So cold in the pitch night
    Alone you can't make amends

    No, I won't let you sit by
    So cold in the pitch night
    We should dance like two fucking twins
    Just spare me the suspense

    There are seven ancient pawnshops along the road
    I know seven aching daddies you may want to know

    Oooohhh, right on

    Hey, lady wraith
    Oh baby I can't deny
    I got a taste, a taste, a taste and it's time

    But I won’t let you sit by
    So cold in the pitch night
    Alone you can’t make amends

    No, I won’t let you sit by
    So cold in the pitch night
    It’s enough with this fucking incense
    Just spare me the suspense

    she keeps doing things like lighting incense and he's getting ticked.
    There are seven ancient pawn shops along the road
    Oh I know seven aging daddies you may want to know

    When you played your heart out
    You made me turn around

    She told him something that changed his direction in life

    Oooohhh, right on

    Wait, oh you froze in the night
    You're late, there's a hole in the sky
    No haste, no lesson, no lie
    Got a taste that I can't deny

    (Spare me the suspense)

    And you wait till you know that it's time,
    You wait till you know that it's time
    You wait till you know that it's time
    You wait till you know that it's time
    You say to me, set black fires, do you know?
    You say to me, set black fires

    I'm not very confident on this, but that is what I think.
    Flag DarkSideMoonon July 06, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I belive that this song is about a girl that is pregnat and the baby is not of her boyfriend and when she tells him, he tells her that he is gonna help her with all even if he doesn't have enough money and he tells her that he is not leaving her....also I think that "There are seven ancient pawnshops along the road" means that they can buy all the baby's stuff there
    Flag Marissa Brightsideon April 03, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:It could be about the devil's who's waiting for the girl to end her own life so he can take her with him.
    Flag Nescioon September 08, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I didn't much care for this song when I first heard it but after listening to the album nonstop for 7 days, it's grown to be one of my favorite songs on the album. I love the strong sense of emotion and anger in this song. It's touching.
    Flag evildotphoenixon August 30, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:he swears in the live version of a few songs on the black album too

    this song does sound like the knocked up idea
    maybe that shes cheating and she thinks that he'll leave her if she tells him
    but hes gonna stay with her "But I won’t let you sit by
    So cold in the pitch night
    Alone you can’t make amends"
    saying hes gonna help even if it isnt his
    Flag akriddrummeron August 26, 2007   Link

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