The Abusing of the Rib Lyrics

[Slug]
I wanna follow the footprints across my lover's stomach
I wanna call out her name before I plummet
I wish I had a map of the terrain so I could step around the landmines
Avoid the beasts under the bed that breathe their bad times

I wanna find this here so-called treasure
The pleasure, the trinkets, the never-ending weekends
Acknowledgin that I'm still just a piece of the sequence
But seein these different footprints got me needin to show my weakness
The timeline, the time zones, I cross them with my eyes closed
Memorized the landmarks and learned the cycles
The weather patterns, how the seasons affect
The East and the West of each region learned the cycles
Forget about the fact that many trails have been tracked
Maybe it's a plus that there's a path
If this was some uncharted land I'd have to be a smarter man
Willing to travel the farthest to unravel the harvest
And natural resources are unlimited
Exploration only requires some desire and initiative
Take your time and find the right way to climb
It ain't safe to play games with natures mind

If I could show you, you would never leave it
And if I could show you, you would never leave it
If I could show you, you would never leave it
And if I could show you, you would never leave it
If I could show you, you would never leave it
And if I could show you, you would never leave it
If I could show you, you would never leave it
And if I could show you, you would never me
I wanna ride a train up my lover's arm
Stop off at the brain to hop out and find out out what's going on
Cut through trees and ride through rocks
And synchronize the universal sundial to my watch
I've seen a lot, but not quite as much as her
To top it off, the memory and her imagination blurred
But I know she's been put through hell, I can feel it
And I know she's touched heaven as well, tryin to steal it
It came on, it taught her the song
It strung her along and it caught her when that guard was gone
Now to the break of dawn she wants to feel that fix
And all the family and friends is tryin to seal them lips
I'm not dumb, I can hear that train come from miles away
I'm setting obstacles to stop the arrival
I'm gonna blow up that iron and wood road
From what I understood those be the orifice of her survival
My recital, yet another tantrum
Because she's highly excitable swinging moods at random
No happy endings always off to a bad start
Addictive voyeurism to the trackmarks

And if I could show you, you would never leave it
{*fades until end*}

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In this song, Slug uses Mother Nature as a metaphor for a woman he’s in a relationship with. Like the explorer navigating the uncharted territories of mother earth, Slug is trying to navigate the territories of an unstable female mind.

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1999
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