Drive Like Jehu - If It Kills You

Your 47th birthday cake
is peeing acid on your face,
light a candle
it won't light your fire
many bad things that you'll hate
piling higher on your plate.
If you ain't starving, you ain't satisfied
learn to relax, if it kills you
you had your chance, hold on.
'Cause it's gone

sometimes I'm a mangler,
sometimes I sleep on it
sometimes I'm a hamburger
sometimes I dream of it.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• drive
• like
• jehu
• fugazi
• math
• rock
• unwound
• emo

[Icantunderstandyou]

I was wondering, does anyone know what the last few lines of this song mean..?

"sometimes I'm a mangler,

sometimes I sleep on it,

sometimes I'm a hamburger,

sometimes I dream of it."

I'd love to know others opinions on it!

[rabrabrabbit]

I think it basically goes with the lines of 'learn to relax, if it kills you, you had your chance, hold on... cause its gone'

talking about not passing up chances perhaps

[rhodkemp1]

emo doesn't exist. genres are marketing tools. this is music. enjoy.

[rabrabrabbit]

genres aren't really marketing tools

this is ignorance, enjoy

[SimplyShadow]

if this is emo ill shoot myself. these guys are too good for that crap. theyre actually talented.emos cant play this good. never seen any.

[rabrabrabbit]

Originally stuff like Drive Like Jehu and Fugazi were described as emo, even though the bands themselves thought the term was stupid..

[Icantunderstandyou]

This is shit hot music, I couldn't give a flying fuck if it was labelled "Homoerotic" I'd still love it, well maybe in secret..

Thanks for uploading!

[pootietangorade]

@Amebixfan Stop...the lyrics are superb.

[murials203]

el verdadero emo♥

[leewardstyle]

@rabrabrabbit so true. genres, and more importantly; sub-genres, are so vital to the creative process. those whom want to destroy concepts they don't like nor understand are always just one bad day from burning books and pipe-bombing libraries. sickening. this music is mathrock. this music is noise-scene. this music is post-punk. this music is screamo (post emo). these sub-genres (rock) are useful.

[leewardstyle]

@Icantunderstandyou "Mangler" could also be referencing self-defeatism or self-sabotage. As in, he mangles every relationship. "sleep on it," IMO is like the saying "made your bed, now sleep in it."

[leewardstyle]

@SimplyShadow it's ok. Real Emo '89-'98 was rooted in post-punk/post-hardcore/mathro­ck. Everything after '98 was simply Pop-punk.

[leewardstyle]

@SimplyShadow it's ok. Real Emo '89-'98 was rooted in post-punk/post-hardcore/mathro­ck. Everything after '98 was simply Pop-punk.

[Icantunderstandyou]

@badarsemother3k is that what it says on the album version?

[PistolPattt]

One of my all time fav tracks, never gets old!

[horsex5]

Jibba Jibba Oink, there's you're baby!

[sunchild90]

genres are so you can find shit on your ipod, enjoy.