They also did a whole EP of covers originally done by female artists entitled Taking Back the Covers. The album's intent was to seemingly expose the anti-masculinity of the original recordings.
They also had a marked affinity for the color pink with their album art and, for a time, their onstage apparel. Pink shorts and Converse All Star shoes were the order of the day at several performances.
Into Your Heart
Amazing Transparent Man Lyrics
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It's 6 in the morning.
She kisses my head
Without even a warning.
She thinks I'm sleeping.
But I watch her slowly dress.
I rot from the inside.
The blackness I dive,
I'm buried alive.
Been driving since 1995.
But you dug me up to breathe.
My hand over flame.
This cauterized vein.
I stumble back down the slop again.
But you pull me back to breathe.
Into your heart.
How can I show
What you've have done for me?
You'll never know
Your smile has saved me.
So I wrote these fucked up songs.
Obscure so you'll never guess.
I rot from the inside.
How could she love this mess?
The blackness I dive,
I'm buried alive.
Been driving since 1995.
But you dug me up to breathe.
My hand over flame.
This cauterized vein.
I stumble back down the slop again.
But you pull me back to breathe.
Into your heart.
The opening lines of 'Into Your Heart' by Amazing Transparent Man describe the singer's partner getting up early in the morning and kissing him on the head without warning. The singer is awake, but pretending to be asleep, and watches her slowly dress. He feels rotten inside, wondering how she could possibly love him when he is such a mess. The darkness swirls around him, and he admits to feeling buried alive. He sings of driving since 1995, but being dug up to breathe by his partner. While he has stumbled and fallen, and burnt himself over and over, she has pulled him back to breathe.
The second verse of 'Into Your Heart' is about the singer's gratitude to his partner. He feels saved by her smile, but doesn't know how to express it. He has written songs to express his feelings, but has done so in an obscure and cryptic way. He sings again about the darkness he dives into, and his feeling of being buried alive. However, he knows that his partner will pull him back to breathe into her heart.
The lyrics to 'Into Your Heart' exude a sense of gratitude and vulnerability. The singer's sense of being saved by his partner is conveyed poignantly. The way he discounts his own self-worth adds a sense of realism to the lyrics. Both the melody and the instrumentation are catchy, adding to the overall emotional impact of the song.
Line by Line Meaning
She slips out of bed.
The woman gets out of bed silently and without attracting attention.
It's 6 in the morning.
The time is 6:00 AM in the morning.
She kisses my head
The woman shows a gesture of affection by kissing the singer's head.
Without even a warning.
The woman doesn't give any prior notice before kissing the artist's head.
She thinks I'm sleeping.
The woman assumes that the artist is sleeping while she gets dressed so as to not disturb him.
But I watch her slowly dress.
However, the singer isn't sleeping and watches the woman slowly dress up.
I rot from the inside.
The singer feels like he is decaying from within due to his imperfections and shortcomings.
How could she love this mess?
The artist wonders how the woman could love him despite his messed up state.
The blackness I dive,
The artist sinks into darkness and despair.
I'm buried alive.
The artist feels trapped and suffocated, as if he is buried alive.
Been driving since 1995.
The singer has been driving aimlessly for a long time, since 1995.
But you dug me up to breathe.
The woman pulls the artist from his dark situation, just as one would pull someone out of a buried state.
My hand over flame.
The singer puts his hand over a flame, which signifies self-harm or pain that he's causing himself.
This cauterized vein.
The act of cauterizing a vein means to stop the bleeding of a wound by burning it, which emphasizes the singer's self-destructive behavior.
I stumble back down the slop again.
The singer falls back into a negative cycle again.
But you pull me back to breathe.
The woman helps the artist find stability again, and brings him back from the brink of self-destruction.
Into your heart.
The artist wants to be a part of the woman's life, and her heart, which is a place of love and safety.
How can I show What you've have done for me?
The singer doesn't know how to show the woman what she means to him.
You'll never know Your smile has saved me.
The singer feels like the woman's smile has been a source of hope and a lifeline for him, even though she may not know it.
So I wrote these fucked up songs.
The artist expresses his feelings towards the woman through songs that are full of pain and darkness.
Obscure so you'll never guess.
The songs are purposely obscure so that the woman won't be able to recognize that they are about her.
Contributed by Reagan M. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
idontknow164
To honor one of the best (and my personal favorite) host sketches, this was my best attempt to transcribe the llama sketch. Keep in mind at the end Crow's screeches make it hard to hear Servo so I probably got some of it wrong.
Servo: "So you folks wanna touch the llama ‘uh? That’s righ’ ‘uh. Yah wanna touch this ol’ llama? You just go ‘ight ‘head. You can touch the ol’ llama all you want. You can touch the llama all night till hell freezes over! Hahaha! Not me though. Nah-aw. No sir-re-bob. I wouldn’t touch the ol’ thing. Llama hasn’t been feeling so good. Whew! Smells funny too. Whoa! Smells really kinda rank, yah know? But you can touch it if yah want. Ehehe. Ain’t no law says you can’t. Ain’t that right, Mikey? Ain’t theres no laws that say folks can’t touch this smelly ol’ llama if they want? Huh, Mikey, huh?"
Mike: "You people bring matches for Mikey?"
Servo: "You shut up Mikey, you shut up! You folks don't give no matches to Mikey! Ya hear me?! Ya hear me?! I don't care what Mikey say or Mikey do! Don't give 'im no matches! I don't care if Mikey ends up crawlin' in through yer window stark naked with a big ol' knife! Don't you give no matches to Mikey! Don't you give 'im no matches! Shut up, Mikey! Shut up, llama! Just shut up! Don't give 'im no matches! No matches to Mikey! Shut up, Mikey!"
59th Survivor of VHS
@68Charger Thank you for correcting! Have not read that book in 25 years not too bad of memory lol
68Charger
@59th Survivor of VHS The book is by 'John' Steinbeck, not George, but I see the connection between the story and the skit. Nice observation.
59th Survivor of VHS
Dedication mate
"Of Mice and Men" By George Steinbeck, Mike dressed up like Lennie Small petting the (rabbit) or Llama to death. I could not help but think this sketch was influenced by that great book.
Philip Broussard
Please don’t give up! No days of our years!
Viewtiful1DoubleOkamiHand
@Andrew Ruffing I wish I was any stoned, really...
The Rogue Wolf
Remember, use gentle pressure, and don't slamtackle the guy with the blowtorch the way Charlie did.
JamaicanCastle
@michaelccozens Wot if 'e comes at you with a pointed stick?
Creepy Person Cube.
@inspector gadget -"and the Official Blowtorch Guy Poking Stick made men safer."
inspector gadget
@Gus Rubio "God created man, Union Pacific made men equal."