Segall began his recording career as a part-time musician in various underground bands in Orange County and the San Francisco Bay Area, before beginning a solo career in 2008. Segall's first solo release was the cassette Horn The Unicorn released on the Wizard Mountain label (later re-released by HBSP-2X on vinyl record). Around the same time, Wizard Mountain also released a split cassette featuring Segall and the band Superstitions entitled Halfnonagon.
In 2012, Segall released three LPs: His solo album, Twins; a collaboration with White Fence titled Hair and Slaughterhouse, an album with the Ty Segall Band.
Taste
Ty Segall Lyrics
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Shaking hands, living with
Sleeping on, making it
Eating up, breathing in
All of us
Our salivating makes it all taste worse
Floating upwards
Pray I'll do it good
Our salivating makes it all taste worse
Our salivating makes it all taste worse
Hey, ooh
It tastes worse, it tastes worse
It tastes worse, it tastes worse
In Ty Segall's song "Taste," the lyrics delve into a visceral exploration of human experiences and desires. The opening lines - "We live, wearing / Shaking hands, living with / Sleeping on, making it / Eating up, breathing in / All of us" - highlight the various activities and sensations that encompass existence. It suggests that life is a continuous cycle of consuming and absorbing the world around us.
The repeated line "Our salivating makes it all taste worse" provides a thought-provoking metaphor. Salivating is usually associated with anticipation and desire, particularly for something pleasurable. However, here it symbolizes a negative impact on the taste of life itself. It suggests that perhaps our constant yearning and longing for more can actually diminish the quality of our experiences. It alludes to how our insatiable desires can lead to dissatisfaction and a distorted perception of reality.
The following lines - "Yeah, I feel your fingers in my insides / Floating upwards / Pray I'll do it good" - introduce an intimate element to the song. It is as if the singer is being touched or invaded, both physically and emotionally, and is seeking validation for their actions. The repetition of the phrase "It tastes worse" towards the end emphasizes the negative implications of this experience, suggesting that even when pursuing one's desires, there is a lingering dissatisfaction that remains.
Overall, "Taste" delves into the complexities of human existence, capturing the paradoxical nature of desire and the potential disillusionment it can bring.
Line by Line Meaning
We live, wearing
We exist in a state of perpetual existence, going through life as a mere façade, hiding our true selves
Shaking hands, living with
Engaging in insincere interactions, pretending to be content with the superficial aspects of life
Sleeping on, making it
Neglecting our true desires and aspirations, settling for a mediocre existence
Eating up, breathing in
Conforming to societal expectations, consuming what is given to us without questioning its true value
All of us
Every individual, without exception
Our salivating makes it all taste worse
Our anticipation and desire for something better only amplifies the dissatisfaction with our current state
Yeah, I feel your fingers in my insides
Experiencing the profound impact someone has on your emotions and thoughts
Floating upwards
Feeling a sense of liberation and escape from the confines of reality
Pray I'll do it good
Hoping to meet the expectations placed upon oneself and succeed in fulfilling those desires
It tastes worse, it tastes worse
The dissatisfaction with life only intensifies, leaving a bitter taste in one's mouth
Hey, ooh
Expressing a sense of longing or frustration
It tastes worse, it tastes worse
The dissatisfaction with life only intensifies, leaving a bitter taste in one's mouth
It tastes worse, it tastes worse
The dissatisfaction with life only intensifies, leaving a bitter taste in one's mouth
Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
Written by: Ty Garrett Segall
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kamballam
We live, wearing
Shaking hands, living with
Sleeping on, making it
Eating up, breathing in
All of us
Our salivating makes it all taste worse
Yeah, I feel your fingers in my insides
Floating upwards
Pray I'll do it good
Our salivating makes it all taste worse
Our salivating makes it all taste worse
Eh-ooh
The taste buds, the taste buds
The taste buds, the taste buds
>ripped from genius. I think the outro is wrong.
SpookyApparition
One of Ty's sickest tracks. Drums are kick ass, and the way the guitars and synths blend is filthy.
Paul Bouchard
There are no guitars
Loomis Novacastor
There actually isn't any guitar in this album
Austin Reptile Connection
SpookyApparition No doubt! I can’t stop listening to it.
Chas Anthony
cereal killer soundtrack
Planetzoot
SpookyApparition fuuuck you got me psyched
Jason Wynn
This is most excellent Ty. Thank you for the dancing, scathing social critique, and the heavy riff synth drum psych jungle you just set down. Also, I feel your love for emotional mugger, which is one of my favorite and most revisited albums, so when I see those maniacal times creep in, I get really excited.
Also, one time you kicked me in the face on a stage dive in Atlanta during the emotional mugger tour, and it really made for a great story. Thank you.
Nicholas Kania
same here, i keep creeping back to mugggger over and over....and awesome story, sounds like you were muggged first hand!
L M
This man can't put out a bad song he's gonna be a legend for sure if not already
victoria k
I didn’t know how badly I needed Ty dancing in my life. 😱