Lazy Susan
White Hassle Lyrics

My lips on your lips & your lips on mine
Our intense love and passion for each other, evocative of the natural beauty of two lines - that of the shoreline of the ocean and that of a falling hairline.

Like an old couple at it again
Our love, despite its familiarity, has remained as strong as that of an elderly couple who are always eager to make love.

When the innocence ended we dove right in
When we realized that our relationship had reached a stage where we could no longer remain innocent about our feelings for each other, we decided to embrace it without reservation.

Lazy susan & i throwing pearls before swine
Despite our efforts to cherish and celebrate our love, we feel like our love is unappreciated and undervalued by others who fail to see its worth and beauty, and deem it as nothing more than a waste of time.

(the swine got the pearls & they took as a good sign)
Ironically, those who don't understand the value of our love seem to be enjoying the fruits of our labor and treating it as a positive thing.

Well the riff-raff had the last laugh in the early a.m. chill
Despite our belief that true love always wins, we find ourselves feeling defeated and vulnerable as we watch the lowlifes around us seemingly triumph over us.

Ghetto youths training pit bulls to kill
We witness the cruelty and violence of the world around us, encapsulated by young people in poor neighborhoods training their dogs to be aggressive and lethal.

& people in church straining to sit still
As we observe the struggles people undergo in their attempt to remain docile and well-behaved in a religious institution, we are reminded of how hard it is to keep one's emotions and desires in check.

While we pass'd around the holy H2O
In contrast to the strictures and formalities of religious rituals, we indulge in the freeing and life-affirming act of sharing a drink of water with each other.

Like a choking victim in the back catalog
We feel trapped and helpless like a person suffering from suffocation, stifled and overshadowed by the past experiences and memories that we are reminded of.

Just a taste of the hair of the atomic dog
Our enjoyment of the present moment, symbolized by an allusion to the song Atomic Dog, is only brief and fleeting, much like a mere sip of a drink or bite of food.

Cracking up in the a.m. with the rising sun
We start to lose our sanity and composure in the morning, as the pressures of reality begin to set in.

& the midwest farmer's daughters
Even amidst the craziness of our lives, we still find ourselves infatuated with the alluring charm and beauty of Midwestern women.

So crack the black whip under the tightrope walker
We feel as if we are walking a tightrope in our relationship, balancing the complexities and difficulties of love, and that a sudden disruption or shock could make us lose our balance and fall.

Give the pink slip to the rock n'roll rocker
We struggle with the idea of abandoning our artistic idealism and dreams in order to conform and succeed in a conventional, materialistic world.

Cracking up in the evening on the front lawn
As the day comes to a close, we feel as if we are losing our minds, unable to handle the struggles and setbacks that occur in everyday life.

Only to find his long lost lover long gone
Despite our efforts to love and be loved, we find that the one person we hoped would stay with us forever has disappeared, leaving us heartbroken and alone.