Some thoughts:
"That's like the pot calling the kettle black" is an american saying regarding someone being a hypocrite.
The song is not about the war in Iraq.
It is more a diatribe against the courts/lawyers/police for trumped up charges in a marijuana case where the cops, lawyers and/or judges are known to also smoke a little reefer. The last line of the song tells me the arresting officer is the one hitting the bong. (at least on the surface - needs more listens to go deeper to be sure just how many people/bands/celebrities/institutions this song is really telling to go fuck themselves...)
Along those lines:
the "Rob the grave to snow the cradle" line makes sense because a "Snow Job" is when you set someone up.
"High eye" is saying the person has a "holier-than-thou" attitude.
"Fatty fingers" is inferring that the person waving the finger has also held his fair share of blunts.
With "Liar, lawyer..." he's saying that one is a mirror image of the other. As in - they're the same thing.
A lot of of people have suggested "out of your hair," but that doesn't rhyme with "raise the dead" now does it?
No one should have to be told the stuff about "muddy waters" refers to bullshit. If that's not clear to you I'd suggest checking out a reading comprehension class or two.
Now... all that said, here's my take (with big thanks to the guy who said he heard "lemon juice" because that makes sense with the inference that the indigo tears are fake tears.):
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Who are you to wave your finger?
You must have been out your head
Eye hole deep in muddy waters
You practically raised the dead
Rob the grave to snow the cradle
Then burn the evidence down
Soapbox house of cards and glass so
Don't go tossin' your stones around
You must have been high
You must have been high
You must have been
Foot in mouth and head up asshole
What ya talkin' 'bout?
Difficult to dance 'round this one
'til you pull it out, boy
You must have been so high
You must have been so high
Steal, borrrow -- reefer save your shady inference
Kangaroo done hung no juror with the innocent
Now you're weeping shades of chosen indigo
Got lemon juice up in your eye
When you pissed all over my black kettle
You must have been high, high
You must have been high, high
Who are you to wave your finger?
So full of it
Eyeballs deep in muddy waters
Fuckin' hypocrite
Liar, lawyer -- mirror show me
What's the difference?
Kangaroo done hung the guilty with the innocent
NOW
You're weeping shades of chosen indigo
Got lemon juice up in your high eye
When you pissed all over my black kettle
You musta been
So who are you to wave your finger?
Who are you to wave your fatty fingers at me?
You must have been out your mind
Weeping shades of indigo
Shed without a reason
Weeping shades of indigo
Liar, lawyer
Mirror for you what's the difference
Kangaroo be stoned
He's guilty -- ask the government
NOW
You're weeping shades of chosen indigo
Got lemon juice up in your eye
EYE
Now when you pissed all over my black kettle
You musta been high, high, high, high
Eyeballs deep in bloody waters
Eyeballs deep in muddy waters
Ganja police you must have been out your mind
_____________
That should be 99.9% right. There can be discrepancies on things like "asshole" or "ass, so..." We'll never know unless the man types them up for us.
ryan
Last edited by OG-Whoop; 04-21-2006 at 08:55 AM..
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Re: Lyrics
Some thoughts:
"That's like the pot calling the kettle black" is an american saying regarding someone being a hypocrite.
The song is not about the war in Iraq.
It is more a diatribe against the courts/lawyers/police for trumped up charges in a marijuana case where the cops, lawyers and/or judges are known to also smoke a little reefer. The last line of the song tells me the arresting officer is the one hitting the bong. (at least on the surface - needs more listens to go deeper to be sure just how many people/bands/celebrities/institutions this song is really telling to go fuck themselves...)
Along those lines:
the "Rob the grave to snow the cradle" line makes sense because a "Snow Job" is when you set someone up.
"High eye" is saying the person has a "holier-than-thou" attitude.
"Fatty fingers" is inferring that the person waving the finger has also held his fair share of blunts.
With "Liar, lawyer..." he's saying that one is a mirror image of the other. As in - they're the same thing.
A lot of of people have suggested "out of your hair," but that doesn't rhyme with "raise the dead" now does it?
No one should have to be told the stuff about "muddy waters" refers to bullshit. If that's not clear to you I'd suggest checking out a reading comprehension class or two.
Now... all that said, here's my take (with big thanks to the guy who said he heard "lemon juice" because that makes sense with the inference that the indigo tears are fake tears.):
____________
Who are you to wave your finger?
You must have been out your head
Eye hole deep in muddy waters
You practically raised the dead
Rob the grave to snow the cradle
Then burn the evidence down
Soapbox house of cards and glass so
Don't go tossin' your stones around
You must have been high
You must have been high
You must have been
Foot in mouth and head up asshole
What ya talkin' 'bout?
Difficult to dance 'round this one
'til you pull it out, boy
You must have been so high
You must have been so high
Steal, borrrow -- reefer save your shady inference
Kangaroo done hung no juror with the innocent
Now you're weeping shades of chosen indigo
Got lemon juice up in your eye
When you pissed all over my black kettle
You must have been high, high
You must have been high, high
Who are you to wave your finger?
So full of it
Eyeballs deep in muddy waters
Fuckin' hypocrite
Liar, lawyer -- mirror show me
What's the difference?
Kangaroo done hung the guilty with the innocent
NOW
You're weeping shades of chosen indigo
Got lemon juice up in your high eye
When you pissed all over my black kettle
You musta been
So who are you to wave your finger?
Who are you to wave your fatty fingers at me?
You must have been out your mind
Weeping shades of indigo
Shed without a reason
Weeping shades of indigo
Liar, lawyer
Mirror for you what's the difference
Kangaroo be stoned
He's guilty -- ask the government
NOW
You're weeping shades of chosen indigo
Got lemon juice up in your eye
EYE
Now when you pissed all over my black kettle
You musta been high, high, high, high
Eyeballs deep in bloody waters
Eyeballs deep in muddy waters
Ganja police you must have been out your mind
_____________
That should be 99.9% right. There can be discrepancies on things like "asshole" or "ass, so..." We'll never know unless the man types them up for us.
ryan
Last edited by OG-Whoop; 04-21-2006 at 08:55 AM..
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