Shadow Stabbing
Shadow Stabbing (lyrics)
by Cake
Adjectives on the typewriter
He moves his words like a prize fighter
The frenzied pace of the mind inside the cell
The man on the street might just as well be
The man on the street might just as well
The man on the street might just as well be
Outside, outside the world
Out there you don't hear the echoes and calls
But the steel I,
Type jaw
Say it all
Say it all
But the white paint,
Plastic saints
Say it all
Say it all
Say it all
Say it all,
Say it all,
Say it all,
Say it all,
Say it all,
Say somebody,
Has got to say it all
Somebody
Has got to say it all
I'm so nervous
I'm so tense
My heart can't forget about this self defense
The air is so hot
and my breath comes fast
I thumb the cool blade but I know this can't last
I thumb the cool blade but I know this can't last...
Outside, outside the world
Out there you don't hear the echoes and calls
But the steel I,
Type jaw
Say it all
Say it all
But the white paint,
plastic saints
Say it all
Say it all
Say it all
Say it all,
Say it all,
Say it all,
Say it all,
Say it all,
Say somebody,
Has got to say it all
Somebody
Has got to say it all
Yeah, adjectives on the typewriter
He moves his words like a prize fighter
The frenzied pace of the mind inside the cell
The man on the street might just as well be
The man on the street might just as well
The man on the street might just as well be
Yes, I know these are lyrics, but truthfully lyrics are very often poetry put to music. I have always liked Cake's music and I really like this song. There is something about the lines:
"Adjectives on the typewriter
He moves his words like a prize fighter
The frenzied pace of the mind inside the cell"
I love the imagery they create. There is something about expressing yourself through words that really moves me. It is true that words can be the most misunderstood form of communication and that a person can express themselves better through speech, and yet there are things that can be done with the written word on the page that speaking can never accomplish.
by Cake
Adjectives on the typewriter
He moves his words like a prize fighter
The frenzied pace of the mind inside the cell
The man on the street might just as well be
The man on the street might just as well
The man on the street might just as well be
Outside, outside the world
Out there you don't hear the echoes and calls
But the steel I,
Type jaw
Say it all
Say it all
But the white paint,
Plastic saints
Say it all
Say it all
Say it all
Say it all,
Say it all,
Say it all,
Say it all,
Say it all,
Say somebody,
Has got to say it all
Somebody
Has got to say it all
I'm so nervous
I'm so tense
My heart can't forget about this self defense
The air is so hot
and my breath comes fast
I thumb the cool blade but I know this can't last
I thumb the cool blade but I know this can't last...
Outside, outside the world
Out there you don't hear the echoes and calls
But the steel I,
Type jaw
Say it all
Say it all
But the white paint,
plastic saints
Say it all
Say it all
Say it all
Say it all,
Say it all,
Say it all,
Say it all,
Say it all,
Say somebody,
Has got to say it all
Somebody
Has got to say it all
Yeah, adjectives on the typewriter
He moves his words like a prize fighter
The frenzied pace of the mind inside the cell
The man on the street might just as well be
The man on the street might just as well
The man on the street might just as well be
Yes, I know these are lyrics, but truthfully lyrics are very often poetry put to music. I have always liked Cake's music and I really like this song. There is something about the lines:
"Adjectives on the typewriter
He moves his words like a prize fighter
The frenzied pace of the mind inside the cell"
I love the imagery they create. There is something about expressing yourself through words that really moves me. It is true that words can be the most misunderstood form of communication and that a person can express themselves better through speech, and yet there are things that can be done with the written word on the page that speaking can never accomplish.