This song is about John’s disillusion with the music industry. “Five licks and I have to make a cutout” refers to pressure from Innovative Leisure to release a follow-up to the 2013 LP on short-notice without much material. “Got an itch, but I’m never gonna turn around” references the song “Velvet I...
Five licks and I have to make a cutout
Them girls never liked to get the blood out
Straight pissed, and my sister, she's a burnout
I moved up, but I ended up kicked out
And I'm gone, left for dead
Spend my time away
Left for dead
When I'm coming down
Time ticks and I'm sitting here waiting
Got an itch, but I'm never gonna turn around
My heart says that it's time to get jaded
A sound body's not a luxury that I've found
And I'm gone, left for dead
Spend my time away
Left for dead
When I'm coming down
And I'm gone, left for dead
Spend my time away
Left for dead
When I'm coming down