Dylan, fresh from N.Z. and not yet 18, was on the streets with his guitar and crack pipe busking for coin outside the pub. “We met him,” Paddy says, “when the Coopers Arms bouncer started hassling us to give the dude money".
Since then the band have spent their time re-fining and re-defining their sound, a mega-hectic, psychedelic, reggae that’ll have you trading your flat screen for a ticket to ride, surrendering your dignity to your urges, throwing shapes around rooms with people you’ve never met.
The Sticky sound is doused in textural, psyche-y and atmospheric melodies that push out the S.F. rhythm section’s blunt soundscapes.
Rum Rage
Sticky Fingers Lyrics
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Rushing me around and sending me astray
Don't you lie to me, as we finally
Got a handle on the doors that we open and shut
Packing up my suitcase, cause I'm going far away
I'm going to a place where the credit cards
Don't decline on me, as we finally
She took her time
Took my mind
But forget mine
Me in my frame of mind
We took our time
But she took mine
We're remotely secluded in this far away place
Heading to a land where everything is okay
Don't think suddenly that you and me
Got a handle on the doors that we open and close
Can you take a little time ego balance your ways
'Cause everything we do and we put on display
Maybe you and me are a little the same
So what do you think of what we've made?
She took her time
Took my mind
Forget mine
Me in my frame of mind
We took our time
But she took mine
The song “Rum Rage” by Sticky Fingers revolves around the themes of disorientation, finding oneself, and the search for hope. The song describes the singer who needs to escape from his reality and head towards a far-off location where everything is good, and his credit cards will not be declined. The song starts with the ominous line “It takes a beaten up animal to put 'em all away,” which may indicate the way the hero feels trapped and controlled by his surroundings.
In the next line, the singer expresses the confusion and ambiguity caused by the unpredictability of life. The line “Rushing me around and sending me astray” could be interpreted as the singer trying to gain his feet in the face of the confusion caused by life. In the chorus, the singer packs his suitcase and leaves his current reality because he feels that he has finally gained control over the “doors he can open and shut”.
The following line, “She took her time, took my mind, but forget mine, me in my frame of mind,” suggests that the singer has been in a co-dependent relationship and now needs to break free. Later on, the song iterates that the singer has arrived in a remote place, far away from his past experiences. However, he still doesn't have a handle on the "doors that we open and close". The song concludes that the singer needs not only to escape from his co-dependent relationship but also to balance his ego’s ways to find himself.
Line by Line Meaning
It takes a beaten up animal to put em all away
It requires something damaged or beaten down to stop everything
Rushing me around and sending me astray
Doing something quickly and carelessly causing confusion and loss of direction
Don't you lie to me, as we finally
Got a handle on the doors that we open and shut
Do not deceive, because by now we understand how to control what we allow in our lives and what we do not
Packing up my suitcase, cause I'm going far away
I'm going to a place where the credit cards
Don't decline on me, as we finally
Got a handle on the doors that we open and shut
I'm leaving and headed to a place where money is not an issue, because I am in control of my life and what I allow in it
She took her time
Took my mind
But forget mine
Me in my frame of mind
We took our time
But she took mine
She used her time to manipulate my mind and control my thoughts, while I was unaware of it. Even though we took our time together, she took advantage of me.
We're remotely secluded in this far away place
Heading to a land where everything is okay
Don't think suddenly that you and me
Got a handle on the doors that we open and close
We are now far away from it all and headed to a place where everything is perfect, but let's not forget that we are still learning how to control our lives.
Can you take a little time ego balance your ways
'Cause everything we do and we put on display
Maybe you and me are a little the same
So what do you think of what we've made?
Could you take a moment to reflect on your selfishness because everything we create and show the world is a reflection of ourselves. Perhaps we share similar traits, so what do you think of the person you've become?
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Dann Hume, Paddy Cornwall, Eric Da Silva, Dylan Frost, Daniel Neurath
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@Nightstrife1000
[Verse 1]
It takes a beaten up animal to put em all away
Rushing me around and sending me astray
Don't you lie to me, as we finally
Got a handle on the doors that we open and shut
Packing up my suitcase, cause I'm going far away
I'm going to a place where the credit cards
Don't decline on me, as we finally
Got a handle on the doors that we open and shut
[Chorus]
She took her time
Took my mind
But forget mine
Me in my frame of mind
We took our time
But she took mine
[Verse 2]
We're remotely secluded in this far away place
Heading to a land where everything is okay
Don't feel suddenly that you and me
Got a handle on the doors we open and close
Can you take a little time ego balance your ways
Cause everything we do and we put on display
Maybe you and me are a little the same
So what do you think of what we've made?
[Chorus]
She took her time
Took my mind
But forget mine
Me in my frame of mind
We took our time
But she took mine
@Guitavo_
It takes a beaten up animal to put em all away
Rushing me around and sending me astray
Don't you lie to me, as we finally
Got a handle on the doors that we open and shut
Packing up my suitcase, cause I'm going far away
I'm going to a place where the credit cards
Don't decline on me, as we finally
Got a handle on the doors that we open and shut
[Chorus:]
She took her time
Took my mind
But forget mine
Me in my frame of mind
We took our time
But she took mine
We're remotely secluded in this far away place
Heading to a land where everything is okay
Don't think suddenly that you and me
Got a handle on the doors that we open and close
Can you take a little time ego balance your ways
Cause everything we do and put it on display
Maybe you and me are a little the same
So what do you think of what we've made?
[Chorus]
@iarinaioana
this mate's voice can heal all wounds i swear to god
@WoahMoanalisaa
I literally feel this so much, his voice is so beautiful omg.
@69KillerFart
iarina ioana t
@nigel9396
Except when my penis got chopped in half
@joelhoffmansmith3195
evidently not his own
@dimitri6440
it can't music doesn't cure cancer
@hollyphillips7222
One of those songs that take you to another place
@hollyphillips7222
I picture a huge field
Completely empty with no trees just grass and daisies in the middle of nowhere
Clear sky
Just as the sun is starting to rise
@AceBambam
Sunset hillside road overlooking to the sea, parked car, with a girl you had a fight with, liquour on hand, goes for a cigarrete
@taylahaigh5347
Yeah tripping way to hard lad