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I can't get them up
I can't get them up
I can't get them up At all
Hey ho let go
Good morning killer king you're a star
That's gorgeous hold it right where you are
The weathers kinda lousy today
So what oh what oh what'll we play'
Stratocaster strapped to your back
It's semi-automatic like dads
He taught you how to pause and reset
But that's about as far as you get
So what's the use of going outside'
It's so depressing when people die in real life
I'd rather pick up right where we left
Making out to faces of death
Making out to faces of death
And I could save you baby But it isn't worth my time
And I could make you chase me for a little price is right
It's a hit but are you actually sure'
The targets in the crowd are a blur
People screaming just like they should
But you don't even know if you're good
You don't even know if you're good
So tie them up and feed them the sand
Ha! nigga! try hard to tell us using your hands
A pictures worth a million words
And that way nobody gets hurt
And that way nobody gets hurt
And I could save you baby but it isn't worth my time
And I could make you chase me for a little price is right
Woo-ah-oo
Woo-ooh-ah-oo
Woo-ah 'ooh ah ohh ah oo
You're my guitar hero
You're my guitar hero
You're my guitar hero
You're my guitar hero
X marks the box in the hole in the ground that goes off at a breath
So careful don't make a sound
X marks the box in the hole in your head that you dug for yourself
Now lie in it
Shut up about all of that negative shit
You wanted to make it and now that you're in
You shut your eyes and flip the cassette
And that's about the time that they hit
And that's about the time that they hit
What the fuck is up with this shit'
It's certainly not worth getting upset
His hands are gone and most of his head
And just when he was getting so good
Just when he was getting so good
And I could save you baby but it isn't worth my time
'Cause even if I saved you there's a million more in line
Woo-ah-oo
Woo-ooh-ah-oo
Woo-ah 'ooh ah ohh ah oo
You're my guitar hero
You're my guitar hero
You're my guitar hero
You're my guitar hero
I can't get them up
I can't get them up At all
Hey ho let go
Good morning killer king you're a star
That's gorgeous hold it right where you are
The weathers kinda lousy today
So what oh what oh what'll we play'
Stratocaster strapped to your back
It's semi-automatic like dads
He taught you how to pause and reset
But that's about as far as you get
So what's the use of going outside'
It's so depressing when people die in real life
I'd rather pick up right where we left
Making out to faces of death
Making out to faces of death
And I could save you baby But it isn't worth my time
And I could make you chase me for a little price is right
It's a hit but are you actually sure'
The targets in the crowd are a blur
People screaming just like they should
But you don't even know if you're good
You don't even know if you're good
So tie them up and feed them the sand
Ha! nigga! try hard to tell us using your hands
A pictures worth a million words
And that way nobody gets hurt
And that way nobody gets hurt
And I could save you baby but it isn't worth my time
And I could make you chase me for a little price is right
Woo-ah-oo
Woo-ooh-ah-oo
Woo-ah 'ooh ah ohh ah oo
You're my guitar hero
You're my guitar hero
You're my guitar hero
You're my guitar hero
X marks the box in the hole in the ground that goes off at a breath
So careful don't make a sound
X marks the box in the hole in your head that you dug for yourself
Now lie in it
Shut up about all of that negative shit
You wanted to make it and now that you're in
You shut your eyes and flip the cassette
And that's about the time that they hit
And that's about the time that they hit
What the fuck is up with this shit'
It's certainly not worth getting upset
His hands are gone and most of his head
And just when he was getting so good
Just when he was getting so good
And I could save you baby but it isn't worth my time
'Cause even if I saved you there's a million more in line
Woo-ah-oo
Woo-ooh-ah-oo
Woo-ah 'ooh ah ohh ah oo
You're my guitar hero
You're my guitar hero
You're my guitar hero
You're my guitar hero
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I had the idea briefly just from hearing the song but if I remember correctly on Amanda's website, each individual song lyric page had a picture and the picture for this song was a news paper clipping about how the US soldiers in Iraq have been given a game console with the game "Guitar Hero" for blowing off steam.
I see it as a metaphor, with the guitar being a gun (which I know is obvious, or at least I hope it is). For instance "Stratocaster strapped to your back, It's a semi-automatic like dad's, He taught you how to pause and reset, But that's about as far as you got" is quite plainly father teaching his child the basics of how to shoot.
"So what's the use of going outside', It's so depressing when people die in real life" is a juxtaposition of real life at war compared to video games.
My favorite line, which holds such truth in my opinion: "And I could save you baby but it isn't worth my time, 'Cause even if I saved you there's a million more in line" even if one soldier were saved, there is an almost endless number waiting to take their place.
"It's a hit but are you actually sure? The targets in the crowd are a blur, people screaming just like they should, but you don't even know if you're good" is another juxtoposition of Guitar Hero style playing to a live audience and a fire fight during war.
I could quite easily go on, but I've made my point. I don't really see any comment on violence and video games as others seem to, the obvious themes of both Amanda's music and her career quite plainly show that she is not the type of person to jump on the "video games are evil and the cause of all shootings" band wagon.
"how are you going to turn this thing off
this isn't at all like the ones back at home"
In the end I think this person gets killed:
"his hands are gone and most of his head
and just when he was getting so good"
"so whats the use of going outside
its so depressing when people die in real life
i'd rather pick up right where we left
makin' out to faces of death"
this sounds like a girlfriend wanting to go watch her boyfriend play video games and do stuff, but knowing Amanda Palmer's style it probably is alegorical.
If anything, I would like to think this song is about an emotionally disturbed individual who fills a void in their heart by playing violent video games, then decides it might be interesting to join the army and try it for real (shut up about all of that negative shit/you wanted to make it and now that you're in/you're obviously not gonna die/so why not take your chances and try). At one point before that it almost seems to defend games by suggesting they are harmless outlets (try to tell us using your hands/a picture's worth a million words/and that way nobody gets hurt), but then again this could just be a vague attempt at sarcasm.
And one last thing, if the song wasn't called Guitar Hero and didn't "pause and reset", it would be difficult to find any clear references to video games without taking shots in the dark; with that in mind, I think whatever point the song is supposed to make (and it obviously is trying to make SOME point), it only uses the topic of video games as a springboard to a more important topic.
"what the fuck is up with this shit
it's certainly not worth getting upset
his hands are gone and most of his head
and just when he was getting so good"
I thought of them having an intimate moment and she said something about his game addiction, which pissed him off?