Puscifer – Toma

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  General Comment:It's really stupid to have the lyrics wrong when they're posted on the Puscifer website. Some of the mistakes in here don't even sound like the lyrics... like the entire chorus.
  
  Most importantly, it isn't "toma away", it's "toma güey", which is a slang phrase in Spanish that loosely translates to "Take that, jackass." It's also commonly used among friends and the "güey" is more like "buddy" much like many people call their friends offensive names in a friendly way in English; however, given the context of the rest of the song I'm sure it's the actual offensive way of saying it.
  
  Clearly it's an angry song directed at a former lover. Isn't even a deep message to figure out. Puscifer, by Maynard's own admission, is not "the thinking man's metal" like Tool. It's simple. The meaning is more obvious when you have the right words too. I'll copy paste directly from puscifer.com below.
  
  Stole my patience.
  Stole my pride.
  Snatched the rhythm from my stride.
  kicked my certainty
  up the middle.
  knocked the wind out of
  my romantic side.
  
  Hopes and wishes set aflame.
  What’s your purpose here, whatcha hope to gain?
  Took my dignity
  Took my dignity
  Burned a lover so earned an enemy.
  
  Time to make it right
  That’s how it’s gonna be
  Watch you pay the toll right in front of me.
  Time to pay your dues.
  Time to set you straight.
  Take what you dish out. Toma guey.
  
  Hopes and wishes set aflame.
  What’s your purpose here, whatcha hope to gain?
  Took my dignity
  Took my dignity
  lost a lover & earned an enemy.
  
  Time to make it right
  That’s how it’s gonna be
  Watch you pay the toll right in front of me.
  Time to pay your dues.
  Time to set you straight.
  Take what you dish out. Toma guey.

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  General Comment:It's essentially a break-up song. You fucked me over, now you're going to pay. Who hasn't felt this way?
  
  If only Puscifer put this song out like, a year ago, I would have been in heaven. :D

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  My Interpretation:I really like that idea eyesonherhorizon, I was thinking that it was a re-working of the metaphor in Prison Sex. Those two points don't necessarily contradict each other...

  Flag verdeAZbayon November 21, 2011   Link

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  My Interpretation:Toma is a spanish way of saying "To Drink" but it's often used as a euphemism for "suck me off" which is what I generally get from this song. The jilted ex boyfriend is in the space between love and hate for a woman who wronged him. He no longer feels romantic towards her but still wants to redeem his masculinity by dominating her...making her "take what you dish out..." and drink away...

  Flag eyesonherhorizonon October 24, 2011   Link

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    Thanks for the info about the word Toma; google couldn't even tell me if it was a Spanish word that means "to drink" or a Japanese word that means "long distance". Although they both make sense, and Maynard has used japanese words in his previous album.

    Flag moeburnon April 29, 2012  
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  General Comment:Stole my patience, stole my pride*

  Flag theIDIOTshowHUMANITYon October 22, 2011   Link

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  General Comment:It's about sex.

  Flag TurinTurambaron October 13, 2011   Link

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