This song is a satire of censorship.
To drive the point home, the music video has the band members naked and holding parental advisory signs over their bodies.
These stickers were first introduced in 1985, still fairly new when this album was released in 1992. And if you’re wondering whether this...
[Intro]
Fuck you
[Verse 1]
I can't say what I want to
Even if I'm not serious
I can't say what I want to
Even if I'm not serious
Things like
Fuck yourself, fuck yourself
You piece of shit, why don't you just go kill yourself?
[Chorus]
I said
I can't say what I want to, even if I'm not serious
I can't say what I want to, even if I'm just kidding
[Verse 2]
People tell me what to say
What to think and what to play
I said, people tell me what to say
What to think, and what to play
Things like fuck yourself
Fuck yourself
You piece of shit, why don't you just go kill yourself?
[Chorus]
I said
I can't say what I want to, even if I'm not serious
I can't say what I want to, even if I'm just kidding
[Bridge]
Fuck yourself
Fuck yourself
You piece of shit
Why don't you go fuck yourself?
[Verse 3]
People tell me what to say
What to think, and what to play
I said, people tell me what to say
What to think and what to play
[Outro]
Just kidding
Just kidding
I'm just kidding
Hush was written by Adam Jones & Danny Carey & Paul D’Amour & Maynard James Keenan.
Hush was produced by Steve Hansgen & Sylvia Massy & Tool.