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Limb by limb and tooth by tooth
Tearing up inside of me
Every day every hour
I wish that I was bullet proof
Wax me
Mold me
Heat the pins and stab them in
You have turned me into this
Just wish that it was bullet proof
Was bullet proof
So pay me money and take a shot
Lead fill the hole in me
I could burst a million bubbles
All surrogate and bullet proof
And bullet proof [Repeat]
Tearing up inside of me
Every day every hour
I wish that I was bullet proof
Wax me
Mold me
Heat the pins and stab them in
You have turned me into this
Just wish that it was bullet proof
Was bullet proof
So pay me money and take a shot
Lead fill the hole in me
I could burst a million bubbles
All surrogate and bullet proof
And bullet proof [Repeat]
Lyrics submitted by piesupreme, edited by pranav0091, Mellow_Harsher
Track duration: 03:29
"Bullet Proof...I Wish I Was" as written by Thomas Yorke, Edward John O'brien, Colin Charles Greenwood, Jonathan Richard Guy Greenwood, Philip Selway
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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People are constantly critiquing, criticizing, breaking artists down, pulling limb by limb and tooth by tooth all the time, every day, non stop. He wishes he was bullet proof to deal with the demands and all the chaos.
'Limb by limb and tooth by tooth
Tearing up inside of me
Every day every hour
I wish that I was bullet proof'
Then society, fans, people try to change, suggest, push our wants, ideas on to these artists and we are never satisfied so when he turns resentful or angry after we "wax, mold, heat pins and stab" he states we turned him into this- fragile soul who wishes they were bulletproof.
"Wax me
Mold me
Heat the pins and stab them in
You have turned me into this
Just wish that it was bullet proof
Was bullet proof'
We will buy cd's, watch movies, go to concerts, pay these same people we break down, so he is saying pay him money and take a shot as in continue to break these artists down.I could burst a million bubbles is just a metaphor how overwhelmed, and exhausted and torn down he is at this point.
So pay me money and take a shot
Lead fill the hole in me
I could burst a million bubbles
All surrogate and bullet proof
This song could also mean that someone feels like they are just seen as a disgruntled child's toy, and the person wishes that something could change that but gives up because it will never happen.
most people have probably been in a situation, where you just wish to be bulletproof, so you dont have to spend your time on being depressed and sulking around.
-though the fact that we're not bulletproof, is in my opinion, a basic human trait: if you're bulletproof you will not experience great moments, as friendship, love and so on.. (damn sappy, huh?) being hurt is a part of life: just like a child you will get a scratch now and then, but it will make you more experienced and its a part of life.
tl,dr: a picture of wanting to be bulletproof and avoid getting hurt in different ways, though being completly bulletproof is not human.
after reading comments on here though, the song does make sense about how the singer wants to be less vulnerable, maybe the pins line is referring to metaphorical stitches? as in recovering from the emotional trauma he wants to be protected from, dunno about the bubbles in that case though!
but like penge says, the song can be taken in different ways.
oh and i'm totally loving drews take on it, i could picture a factory worker/janitor who once had high goals, but got screwed over by the system, pulling down their confidence, moulding him into what they need him to be.
It expresses exactly as I feel now and I would like just to pass away.