White Knuckles

By Foetus

On Hole

Released on September 1984

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[Verse 1]

I've gotten to the point where I believe everything I say

I got a birthmark death mask shaped like the USA

See me squirm with the sins of a nation

See me run 'round in circles of bitter frustration

My necktie's turned into a hangman's noose

I'd cry in pain if tear ducts could cut me loose

My head's turned to rust, my skull's about to split

I can't get rid of this emotional shit!

Kill! Kill! Kill! (Kill, kill, kill!)

Kill!


[Verse 2]

I got hangnails on my hangnails

Visions of the black-hooded hangman's noose

Every time I close my fingers

Try to use my nail clippers to cut me loose

My cuticles are screaming for mercy

Fingernails are bitten to the quick and the dead

My head's turned to slush, my skull's about to split

I can't get rid of this emotional shit!

Kill! Kill! Kill! (Kill, kill, kill, kill! Kill, kill, kill, kill!)

Kill! Kill! Kill! (Kill, kill, kill, kill! Kill, kill, kill, kill!)

Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!


[Verse 3]

Clenched fist (White knuckles)

Clammy palm, sticky fingers

Chipped-off polish, broken thumbs

Clenched fist (White knuckles)

Kill! Kill! Kill! (Kill, kill, kill!)

Kill! (Kill, kill, kill!)

Clenched fist (White knuckles)

Clammy palm, sticky fingers

Chipped-off polish, broken thumbs

Clenched fist (White knuckles)


[Verse 4]

My palm is red, my wrists are cut

My lifeline stops at the fifth of October

Clenched fist (White knuckles)

Kill! Kill! Kill! (Kill, kill, kill!)

The devil makes work for idle hands (Kill, kill, kill!)

Clenched fist (White knuckles)

The devil makes work for idle hands (Kill, kill, kill!)

Clenched fist (White knuckles)


[Verse 5]

Knuckle down, knuckle duster

Knuckle down, knuckle duster

Knuckle down, knuckle duster

Kill! Kill! Kill! (Kill, kill, kill!)

Knuckle down, knuckle duster

Knuckle down, knuckle duster

Knuckle down, knuckle duster

Go!


[Outro]

"We're gonna get you

Not another peep

Time to go to sleep..."