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Smoke and mirrors and everything nice
I wasn't married to the weekend, I was banging’ on the back end
Kamikaze and Miami Vice
She shook a few of my favorite things
Like cloak and dagger, see Seabury Quinn
I couldn't keep it all together, I was spooking in the end zone
Arigatou, go-go gadget arms
She only took me for 10,000 yen
It’s like a bad dream, something from the back of a magazine
Black and white and cheaply put together
Like a slasher film
I’m torn in opposite directions
The plot sucks but the killings are gorgeous
God damn these killings are gorgeous
Darkened corners at every bend
I wasn't sucking down the poison; I was working on the QT
Shaky shaky, all over the world, she tried a cartwheel at every turn
The creepy crawlies, a case of revenge,
I had the martyrs that I bartered from the barons for the bandoleers
Karaoke, a feminine flaw, I had a feeling this was not the end
It’s like a bad dream, something from the back of a magazine
Black and white and cheaply put together
Like a slasher film
I’m torn in opposite directions
The plot sucks but the killings are gorgeous
And like a nightmare, covering the tracks that had brought you there
Paranoid and frozen in the heavens
Like a slasher film
I’m torn in opposite directions
The plot sucks but the killings are gorgeous
Cave in, cave out
Nothing but nervous doubt
Waiting for the big bang to get me
Waiting for the big bang to get me
Waiting for the big bang
Wrapped in plastic, we all get the ends
She had to take it to the majors couldn't keep it on the down low
Silly rabbit, good grief, también
Another stiff at the scene of the crime
It’s like a bad dream, something from the back of a magazine
Black and white and cheaply put together
Like a slasher film
I’m torn in opposite directions
The plot sucks but the killings are gorgeous
And like a nightmare, covering the tracks that had brought you there
Paranoid and frozen in the heavens
Like a slasher film
I’m torn in opposite directions
The plot sucks but the killings are gorgeous
God damn these killings are gorgeous
I wasn't married to the weekend, I was banging’ on the back end
Kamikaze and Miami Vice
She shook a few of my favorite things
Like cloak and dagger, see Seabury Quinn
I couldn't keep it all together, I was spooking in the end zone
Arigatou, go-go gadget arms
She only took me for 10,000 yen
It’s like a bad dream, something from the back of a magazine
Black and white and cheaply put together
Like a slasher film
I’m torn in opposite directions
The plot sucks but the killings are gorgeous
God damn these killings are gorgeous
Darkened corners at every bend
I wasn't sucking down the poison; I was working on the QT
Shaky shaky, all over the world, she tried a cartwheel at every turn
The creepy crawlies, a case of revenge,
I had the martyrs that I bartered from the barons for the bandoleers
Karaoke, a feminine flaw, I had a feeling this was not the end
It’s like a bad dream, something from the back of a magazine
Black and white and cheaply put together
Like a slasher film
I’m torn in opposite directions
The plot sucks but the killings are gorgeous
And like a nightmare, covering the tracks that had brought you there
Paranoid and frozen in the heavens
Like a slasher film
I’m torn in opposite directions
The plot sucks but the killings are gorgeous
Cave in, cave out
Nothing but nervous doubt
Waiting for the big bang to get me
Waiting for the big bang to get me
Waiting for the big bang
Wrapped in plastic, we all get the ends
She had to take it to the majors couldn't keep it on the down low
Silly rabbit, good grief, también
Another stiff at the scene of the crime
It’s like a bad dream, something from the back of a magazine
Black and white and cheaply put together
Like a slasher film
I’m torn in opposite directions
The plot sucks but the killings are gorgeous
And like a nightmare, covering the tracks that had brought you there
Paranoid and frozen in the heavens
Like a slasher film
I’m torn in opposite directions
The plot sucks but the killings are gorgeous
God damn these killings are gorgeous
Lyrics submitted by littleodie914, edited by relaxzen1, edphlash
Track duration: 03:53
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Nearly all of the pop culture references are either movies or tv shows, and a lot of the terms ("what was I banking at the back end" "keep it on the down low") sound like generic studio-talk. So I basically see the singer as a studio exce who's every conversation and thought is couched in terms of how to sell his latest project, and he even talks about his deeply-personal break-up as if it's a write-up in Variety.
On the plus side, it also gives him perspective to objectively appreciate it: I take "the plot sucks but the killings are gorgeous" to mean "it sucks that this is happening to me, but from the outside, this would make a great scene."
"Silly Rabbit, good dream, tambien."
Like many of the other references in the song, it is a reference to a movie. In this case, Donnie Darko, where in the main character sees a man in a rabbit mask a lot. It's a complicated film, but is also is themed by the song 'Mad World' which has the lyric:
"The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had."
With the way the rest of the song goes, I think it makes sense and adds a whole lot of depth to an already greatly layered song. Regardless of the exact line, I love the song.
lol i know this is probably way off, but I like the idea, and I was extremely tired while coming up with this theory...
When it comes to the chorus, and this is my completely subjective take on the lyrics, but when I read "the plot sucks but the killings are gorgeous", I can't help but be reminded of all the failed relationships I've been in, and how all of their plots sucked, but when they ended, the killings, it was always some amazing, horrible happening, where I would experience all of these emotions that typically lay dormant in me. Those moments suck, but they really make you FEEL, thus, they're gorgeous moments.
This song seems to be about a girl that came into his life, really flipped him upside down, seemed to be everything he was looking for, then it became apparent that it was probably too good to be true, and it sucked.