Lyrics for Actor Out of Work as interpreted by leahper

Actor Out of Work Lyrics
You're a supplement, you're a salve
You're a bandage, pull it off
I can quit you cut it out
You're a patient, iron lung

You're a cast signed broken arm
You're an actor out of work
You're a liar and that's the truth
You're an extra, lost in the scene

You're a boxer in the ring
With brass knuckles underneath
You're the curses through my teeth
You're the laughter, you're the obscene

You're a supplement, you're a salve
You're a bandage, pull it off
I think I love you, I think I'm mad

You're a cast signed broken arm
You're an actor out of work
I think I love you, I think I'm mad

You're a boxer in the ring
With brass knuckles underneath
I think I love you, I think I'm mad

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kmb187
04-11-2009

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I believe it's, "you're the laughter, you're the obscene." As for the other missing line(s), it sounds like, "you're a cast___ looking on;" I'm wondering if it's jargon related to film casting. I also think "I am love" might simply be a strange pronunciation of "i-in love," based on her mouth in the music video.

Anyhow, I think the song is about being in love with someone, but realizing it's unhealthy and inadvisable ("I think I'm mad"). The person feels somehow comforted by the relationship ("you're a supplement, you're a salve / you're a bandage"), but knows the other person is dishonest and hiding something ("actor out of work," "brass knuckles underneath").

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broke_rock_star77
04-16-2009

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I believe the blank in the 2nd verse is "cast, I'm looking on."

Also, great song. It's highly addictive.

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rainandrev
04-28-2009

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It's "you're a cast signed broken arm"

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broke_rock_star77
06-18-2009

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I think it's "cast, I'm broken arm." I could be wrong. Also, is it "patient, I am lung"? I'm not sure. The lyrics seem to be clearer when she sings them here:

http://vimeo.com/5203838

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zjosh
07-08-2009

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I think it is about being in love with someone who isn't all that (an extra lost in the scene, a bandage pull it off etc.) someone who is actually not that important or special, but still has something over him/her that makes you fall in love but you can't tell why (i think i love you i think i'm mad)

i really love this song. i don't really like the rest of the album, but maybe it still has to grow on me.

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meaganelizabeth
08-03-2009

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It sounds to me like she broke up with somebody who she thought she knew, but really didn't and now he's like an actor out of work. He makes her feel better and she wants to be with him but she knows she shouldn't and that she can let him go. (You're a supplement, you're a salve/You're a bandage, pull it off/I can quit you cut it out). She's still in love with him, and for that she thinks she's mad.

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kellllly
08-08-2009

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i think this is a song about denial. she wants to think that she is independent (I can quit you) but eventually admits that she is indeed in love, but still won't fold completely by claiming the insanity of it all.

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stain
10-16-2009

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I think it's about seeing actors on the screen. Although you know they're just acting, you can't help but believe them. Or if you don't believe in them, sometimes you find it kinda cute that they're trying so hard to act.

And how that kind of situation can often arise in relationships.

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