SONG | ||
Bad Habit | ||
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Artist | The Dresden Dolls | |
Written by | Amanda Palmer | |
Length | 3:01 | |
Album(s) | The Dresden Dolls |
Bad Habit is a song by The Dresden Dolls.
History[]
Meaning[]
Lyrics[]
- Biting keeps your words at bay
- Tending to the sores that stay
- Happiness is just a gash away
- When I open a familiar scar
- Pain goes shooting like a star
- Comfort hasn't failed to follow so far...
- And you might say it's self-indulgent
- You might say its self-destructive
- But, you see, it's more productive
- Than if I were to be healthy
- Pens and penknives take the blame
- Crane my neck and scratch my name
- But the ugly marks
- Are worth the momentary gain
- When I jab a sharpened object in
- Choirs of angels seem to sing
- Hymns of hate in memorandum
- And you might say it's self-indulgent
- You might say its self-destructive
- But, you see, it's more productive
- Than if i were to be happy
- And sappy songs about sex and cheating
- Bland accounts of two lovers meeting
- Make me want to give mankind a beating
- And you might say it's self-destructive
- But, you see, I kicked the bucket
- Sixty times before I'd kick the habit
- And as the skin rips off I cherish the revolting thought
- That even if I quit
- There's not a chance in hell I'd stop
- And anyone can see the signs
- Mittens in the summertime
- Thank you for your pity, you are too kind
- And you might say its self-inflicted
- But you see that's contradictive
- Why on earth would anyone practice self destruction?
- And pain opinions are sitcom feeding
- They don't know that their minds are teething
- Makes me want to give mankind a beating
- I'm tried bandages and sinking
- I've tried gloves and even thinking
- I've tried vaseline
- I've tried everything
- And no-one cares if your back is bleeding
- They're concerned with their hair receding
- Looking back it was all maltreating
- Every thought that occurred misleading
- Makes me want to give myself a beating...
Release[]
- The Dresden Dolls (album) - 2003
- Girl Anachronism (single) - 2003
- Live: In Paradise - 2005