“Hate My Way” was originally inspired by a street preacher Kristin Hersh ran into who was distributing pamphlets about the necessity of killing God. Hersh recounts this experience in her 2012 memoir Paradoxical Undressing (known in America as Rat Girl).
She ran into the preacher, a young man with a...
I could be a smack freak and hate society
I could hate God and blame Dad
I might be in a Holocaust, hate Hitler
Might not have a child and hate school
I could be a sad lover and hate death
I could be a neuro and hate sweat
No
I hate my way
I make you into a song
I can't rise above the church
I'm caught in a jungle, vines tangle my hands
I'm always so hot and it's hot in here
I say it's all right
My pillow screams, too
But so does my kitchen
And water and my shoes
And the road
I have a gun in my head
I'm invisible
I can't find the ice
A slug
I'm TV
I hate
A boy was tangled in his bike forever
A girl was missing two fingers
Gerry Ann was confused
Mr. Huberty had a gun in his head
So I sit up late in the morning and ask myself again
How do they kill children?
And why do I want to die?
They can no longer move
I can no longer be still
I hate my way
Throwing Muses released Hate My Way on Sat Sep 20 1986.