Short Hand Operation
Ninety Pound Wuss Lyrics

Short hand operation.
Refers to a quick and efficient surgical procedure.

My body lays exposed on the operating table.
The singer's body is vulnerable and open to whatever is about to happen.

One blind eye pulled from the stems.
One part of the singer's senses is lost or removed.

The other frantically recalls memories like news broadcasts from an a.m. radio station.
The artist's other sense is vividly remembering memories and moments like they are happening in real-time.

Realizing just what I've become.
The artist has an epiphany about their current state or identity.

I turn to cherish the moment of forgiveness.
The singer wants to make things right or seek forgiveness for their past actions.

My second skin being removed so slowly.
The singer's outermost layer is being peeled away gradually.

The moments like hours.
Time feels as though it's stretched out and elongated.

The minutes like days.
Even small periods of time feel like an eternity.

Grinding through see-saw stardust.
The process is difficult, arduous, and almost cosmic in scale.

Pixel vision naturally shapeless.
The singer's vision is disjointed and unclear.

I endure this captivity.
The artist is stuck in this experience, unable to leave or escape.

My regret so colorless and futile.
The singer's regret feels pointless and hopeless.

My hands lay severed beside me.
The singer's hands are no longer attached or functional.

Dull, pale, scratching at the floor.
The singer's hands are weakened, lifeless, and struggling to grip anything.

These thoughts once pondered my own self destruction.
The artist has entertained self-destructive thoughts in the past.

I remember devouring all that was left of your wounded heart.
The artist has hurt someone before and is now recalling the damage they've caused.

I was never the person you thought I was.
The singer admits to projecting a false identity to someone else.

I was never the person I thought I was.
The singer admits to not truly knowing themselves and their own identity.

I'm without, I'm nothing now.
The artist feels incomplete and empty.

The truth has been seen through incision.
Through this experience, the artist has discovered a harsh truth.

Mind intercourse, thought correction.
The experience is mentally and emotionally transformative.

It always comes back to sin and catastrophe.
The singer is reflecting on the recurring themes of their life.

Desire welling up inside.
The artist is feeling a strong urge or longing for something.

Passions arise.
The singer is experiencing strong emotions or desires.

Rekindled memories.
Memories from the past are being brought back to life.

Affections so bliss.
The singer is reminiscing on happy and joyful emotions.

Forgotten pristine candy.
The artist recalls a metaphorical embodiment of something pure and good they've lost or forgotten about.

Red shake and shiver.
The artist's body is reacting in a way that's out of control or anxious.

Objection dead.
Any opposition the singer may have had is now gone or irrelevant.

Skin crawling.
The singer's senses are reacting to something unsettling or uncomfortable.

Chaotic conversion.
The experience is undergoing a dramatic change or transformation.

Switchstance.
The artist is changing their perspective, stance, or approach.

Whitewash my face to gleam again.
The artist wants to cleanse themselves and start anew, free from their past mistakes.