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Whipped like a dog, down on the cards
Square in the spotlight sweating real hard
All soaked in blood like a newborn babe
Sharp thing hidden in my hand shaped like an astrolabe
Gonna stick* you in the eye with a foreign object
Gonna poke** you in the eye with a foreign object
March through the red mist, never get my vision clear
Learn to love this kind of atmosphere
Strike funny*** poses, keep my weapon hand low
Whip my head around a little, get blood on the front row
Gonna jab^ you in the eye with a foreign object
I personally will^^ stab you in the eye with a foreign object
^^^Foreign object, foreign object, foreign object
Sink my teeth into your scalp, take a nice big bite
Save nothing for the cameras, play the angles all night
One of these days my legs will both snap like twigs
If you can't beat 'em make 'em bleed like pigs
I'm gonna jab^ you in the eye with a foreign object
I'm gonna% stab you in the eye with a foreign object
Ba, ba da da, ba ba ba da, foreign object
Ba, ba da da, ba ba ba da, foreign object
Ba, ba da da, ba ba ba da, foreign object
Banter
- You don't cut out people. People say to me, well, you tell these stories, John, but when are you really going to share your most intimate feelings? When are you really gonna get real with it and tell us how you feel about something, really get into your emotions? Matt, you know what they say, if you bottle up your emotions sooner or later they're, they'll all come to getcha, you gotta let 'em out. So I sat down one day, I gotta do this thing, I have to get real with people, I have to get real with myself. I have to tell them the truth. About how one day, one day in the very near future, I am gonna stab you. I'm gonna stab you. (2023-10-28 Longhorn Ballroom)
Live Performances
Footnotes
* Variant: "stab" instead of "stick" (2023-10-28)
** Variant: "waltz right up and stab" instead of "poke" (2023-10-28)
*** Variant: "wicked" instead of "funny"(2023-10-28)
^ Variant: "stab" instead of "jab" (2023-10-28)
^^ Variant: "you can believe I'm gonna" instead of "I personally will" (2023-10-28)
^^^ Variant: preceded by "And all God's people sang" (2023-10-28)
% Variant: followed by "stand quick there and" (2023-10-28)