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And if it was just how you wanted
You'd be glued to his bones and his brain stem
And changing your image and attitudes
Won't bring you back into your bedroom
Amputating as he's waiting
He's unresponsive 'cause you're irresponsible
Little swinger your bottle is thinking too much
Cause you're aiming to please way off target
And I'll tell you what you must already know
Of amputating that too slow
You'd be glued to his bones and his brain stem
And changing your image and attitudes
Won't bring you back into your bedroom
Amputating as he's waiting
He's unresponsive 'cause you're irresponsible
Little swinger your bottle is thinking too much
Cause you're aiming to please way off target
And I'll tell you what you must already know
Of amputating that too slow
Lyrics submitted by weezerific:cutlery
Track duration: 04:03
"Amputations" as written by Benjamin Gibbard
Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing
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I know they say this a lot in this song, but I think that's okay, because it's probably my favorite death cab line. It just sounds wonderful when he sings it with so much contempt. He might be talking to himself or to someone else, but either way someone did something careless and now someone else has suffered the consequence.
I take the song literally to be an accident, likely drunk driving or something of that nature.
-Glenn W. Turner.
That's the speech at the end of the song.
Glenn Turner, the motivational speaker who can be heard giving his "You can better your best." speech was found guilty of running an illegal pyramid scheme to con people out of their money in the late 80s
I always find these types sketchy
And if it was just how you wanted
You'd be glued to his bones and his brainstem
And changing your image and attitudes
Won't bring him back into your bedroom
Girl acts aloof and uncaring. Boy can't stop thinking about her but starts distancing himself from her because it hurts too much from him.
Amputating as he's waiting
Amputating
He's unresponsive because you're irresponsible
The word 'amputating' was kind of confusing for awhile. But i think it kind of describes how it hurt for the boy. Kind of like slow and constant.
Or 'amputating' might refer to him slowly losing her love for her. Sort of like slowly severing his love for her.
He doesn't respond to her anymore because she's 'irresponsible' with her love.
Doesn't really link to the speech though.
But then again i think i read too much into it.
Anyone else got any other ideas as to what it means?
that's how i see it.