American Horror Story
Tech N9ne Lyrics

I want skin for my bed, spread
I have a twisted desire to have human skin as bedding material and to spread it out on my bed.

I swear the sky just bled, red
I am so deranged that I am seeing the sky turn red as if it was bleeding.

I buy, twitch my neck, bread
I get nervous and twitch my neck when I buy things.

I'll take them to my bed, dead
I have a sick desire to kill people and then take their dead bodies to my bed.

I might've lost my mind, how did I get this far
I am aware that I might have lost my mind and I am questioning how I got to this point.

I thought about how I, kill you for laughin' at my business card
I am so unstable that I would consider killing someone for simply laughing at my business card.

Feels like I been discarded, And I really don't get this part
I feel like I have been rejected and abandoned, and I do not understand why.

Everyone is high and mighty, until they get disarmed
People often feel powerful and superior until they are disarmed or vulnerable.

I'm livin' in this darkness, I got a twisted heart
I live in a world of darkness and I have a twisted and sick heart.

I got a lethal mind state, you got a vicious bark
I have a dangerous and deadly mental state, while you only have a mean-spirited attitude.

And there is no catharsis, no remedy to cure my ill
There is no release or cure for my mental and emotional sickness.

I know my soul is tarnished, they'll never know how to serve that feel
I am aware that my soul is corrupted and tainted, and others will never be able to understand how I feel.

Black blood on the white walls, do a design in the droplets
I have spilled black blood on white walls and created designs with the droplets.

Psycho what you might call, but my mind is spotless
I may be considered crazy, but my mind is crystal clear and sharp.

Do you like Phil Collins, have you ever heard this album
I am asking if you like Phil Collins and if you have listened to one of his albums.

Even if you know how the song ends, you will never know that I'm out of
Even if you know what happens next in the song, you will never know that I am mentally unstable.

My mind I'm above the law and I caused it all this mayhem
In my mind, I am above the law and I am responsible for all of this chaos and destruction.

Whatever you say when speak is, childish crawl in the playpen
No matter what you say or how you talk, to me it sounds immature and unimportant.

Everything falls into place and, black gloves and a tight grip
Everything is falling into place for me, and I am preparing to kill with black gloves and a tight grip.

Sittin' on a chest of my victim, if you breathe I'ma squeeze 'til ya lifeless
I am sitting on the chest of my victim, and if you breathe, I will squeeze until you are dead.

I might've gone AWOL, maybe I blurred the line
I could have gone AWOL (Absent Without Leave), or maybe I have blurred the line between reality and my distorted perceptions.

Clock ready and alarm set, I know it's murder time
I have set my clock and alarm for the time I plan to commit murder.

I gotta find my mind, even if only a piece
I need to locate my mind, even if it is only a small part of it.

I'm better off behind, down here where we know no peace
I am better off being away from society and living in a place where there is no peace.

And the clouds don't move when the wind blow, put a seed in the soil but it didn't grow
The clouds do not move with the wind, and even though I put a seed in the soil, it did not grow.

They say I gotta odd sense of humor, killer clown sittin' still by the window
People say that I have a strange sense of humor, like a killer clown sitting motionless by the window.

Tough links in a crimson cape, sat there with my lipstick smudged
I am wearing a tough chain with a red cape, and my lipstick is smudged.

I got a glitch on my headpiece, somebody come and fix this bug
There is a glitch in my headpiece (referring to my brain), and I need someone to fix it.

Gotta protect the king, follow a black shogun
I need to protect myself, like a king, and follow a black shogun (a warrior like figure).

Cover the neck in bling, swallow a black hole sun
I wear jewelry around my neck to show off and I will also swallow a black hole sun (referring to an apocalyptic event).

Lookin' down at my shitlist, wonderin' how did it get so long
I am looking at my list of people to kill and wondering how it got so long.

I'd rather be the one pissed off, than to ever be the one pissed on
I would rather be the one causing trouble and anger, than to be the one being taken advantage of or humiliated.

Amen I'm an animal inside, feedin' on everything in the open
I admit to being an animal inside, hungry and feeding on anything in my way.

I've been caught with a loaded weapon, red-handed the barrel still smokin'
I have been caught with a gun that I used to commit a crime, and I am guilty as charged.

And I'm hopin', that they waitin' for me to break a leg I'll be takin' the cast off
I hope that people are waiting for me to fail so that I can prove them wrong and take off the cast that symbolizes my weakness.

Tryin' to wash away all my sins, in the shower with a handful of bath salts
I am attempting to cleanse myself of my sins by taking a shower and using bath salts.

Smellin' like Hugh Parsons, to get a victim when it darkens
I smell like the cologne brand Hugh Parsons, and I use it to help lure victims to me when it is dark outside.

Then I'm hit them with a jargon, fuck her with no rubber
Once I have lured my victims, I confuse them with technical language and have sex with them without a condom.

Then burn a bitch I'm an arson
After having sex with my victim, I will then burn them alive because I am an arsonist.

Then have a lot of drinks 'til I'm barfin'
After committing murder, I drink excessively until I am sick and vomiting.

When I went to do the verse for the martian
Referring to when I wrote this song for Tech N9ne, who is nicknamed the Martian.

He told me to put the people up on the milk carton
When writing this song, Tech N9ne instructed me to reference the practice of putting missing persons on milk cartons.

Keep a knife sharpened then he laughed like Cartman
Tech N9ne advised me to keep my knife sharpened at all times, and then he laughed like the character Cartman from the TV show South Park.

I got stigmata markings, pardon when the beast get the bar end
I have the wounds of stigmata, and I apologize when my homicidal tendencies take over.

I put the, I put the evil in my art when the angel let go of me
I channel my evil tendencies into my art, as if it is the only way to cope when I am no longer under the guidance of an angelic force.

And took what the demon bargained
The negative forces of the world, represented by demons, have taken control of me.

I'm gonna make a change but I'm Harkin
I claim that I want to make a change, but I am hesitating and unsure if I will.

If you cannot tell me when the sex startin'
When engaging in sexual activity, I need clear communication on when it is starting. This could be interpreted in a more disturbing way as well.

I got the kind of heart like spartan and I'm enemy scarfin' then I watch Johnny Carson
I have a heart as tough as the ancient Spartan warriors, and after fighting my enemies, I watch TV host Johnny Carson to relax.

If you think I'm harsh then, Strangeland not the place to be parkin'
If you think I am harsh, you should avoid Strangeland, which is a reference to the album name by Tech N9ne.

I guess this is the part when, I tell them all that I'm part hen and part sin
I reveal that I believe to be part animal and part sin, indicating my evilness and lack of humanity.

Winning about Noah's ark getting carp and the book is so colorful gotta listen to Darwin
I make an obscure reference to Noah's ark and carp, and note that one must be open to Darwin's theories despite the religious narratives in many colorful books.

Because you like a perfect margin, and that makes my dick harden
You are obsessed with perfect margins, and I am aroused by that fact.

So I'm comin' over with the sparklin' (wine)
I am coming over with a bottle of sparkling wine.

Get to itchin' when it's carvin' (time)
I get excited and impatient when it is time to carve something, which could be interpreted in a more violent way as well.

Ain't no matter what the gods in (line)
It does not matter what the gods say or do.

Ain't nobody's 'bout to stoppin' (N9ne)
Nobody is able to stop me, referring to Tech N9ne's nickname.

I'm so twisted I think I created the water our women and our men
I am so mentally deranged that I believe I created the very substance that makes us all possible.

Thinkin' they're gonna take it for a swim, so now I got to throw the sharks in
I believe people are planning on taking my creation for granted, so I must now introduce danger (sharks) to keep them at bay.