The Dillinger Escape Plan – 43% Burnt

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I smell that whore
Bring me back
Bring me a brick
Take my bottle, and break it, pour it all out
I pushed you too far
Self absorb that pity I want to
Knock you off your horse
I just feel it
Everything is fine
Spit on yourself
You're so beautiful
Crack and chip off like the sun won't shine down
Take your medicine like a champ
While that sting can last a million years
Self absorb that utopia, so bad, I just feel it

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Track duration: 04:31


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    General Comment:That jazz breakdown is ace!
    Flag Lateralus518on July 14, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:43% burnt was the abortion rate at the time this song was made... thats what i heard when it came out...
    Flagged symon June 11, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:this song is about being an emotional cripple and realizing it.
    Flag waxchriston January 10, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:"Self absorb that pity I want to
    Knock you off your horse"
    The person should feel sorry for themself (or ask for pity on them) - not the writer


    "Take your medicine like a champ"
    as in the saying "a taste of your own medicine" - it's probably payback or revenge for something.

    "While that sting can last a million years"
    The sting that he felt caused by this person, he knows it lasts a long time and he's giving it back to them.

    "Self absorb that utopia, so bad, I just feel it"
    This could be something like whatever the reason is that the person thought they were so good(or whatever their "utopia" was), it's faling away and now the writer feels it.
    Flag WhoWeAreon March 22, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:i think this song is about him wanting to kill his ex who pretty much destroyed him....love this song
    Flag HandshakeMurdereron January 31, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:in other words cool people
    Flag 44%burnton January 20, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:its unbelievable as i say. THIS SONG IS ABOUT dicks thinking there the best. i reckon the only cool people are the ones which like harcore and metal and old skool like rage against the machine, minor threat and dead kennedys and people hu like refused and dillinger escape plan and converge and selfmindead and everytime i die and gallows and BLACK FLAG.
    Flagged 44%burnton January 20, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:unbelievable
    Flagged 44%burnton January 18, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:interesting trivia on this song......
    the opening lyrics "i smell that whore....bring me back....bring me a brick...." actually came to be because of a miscomunication between dimitri and ben. dimitri originally screamed "i smell that whore....." and mumbled something and ben thought he said bring me back....bring me a brick. ben thought that sounded awesome so the lyric stuck
    Flag markofcainon January 05, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:my take on this song is revolving around some sort of affair. it sounds like its about a guy getting drunk and pushing a girl too far into having sex, and the end of it like "take your medicine like a champ" could mean birth control, and "though the sting could last forever" or whatever, either could be about just the memories of the sexual encounter or maybe like about getting an std or something its hard to say... but this definitely seems like a party/drunk/sex/regret story.
    Flag Candillingeron December 10, 2006   Link

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