In Kathleen Hanna’s own words, this song is about always taking care of everyone around you and not taking enough care of yourself, essentially being the “therapist friend”.
[Verse 1]
Lung cancer, no time
Lots of stress, more fear
Self pity, headache
Lots of guilt, no sleep
[Chorus]
These are the things I give myself
These are the things I give myself
[Verse 2]
No pleasure, no time
Don't need to feel fine
Dirty kitchen, broken car
Trying to breathe in through a scar
[Chorus]
These are the things I give myself
These are the things I give myself
[Bridge]
Loads of execution
Loads of execution
Loads of execution
Loads of execution
Loads of execution (Say it)
Loads of execution (Say it)
Loads of execution (Say it)
Loads of execution, say it
[Chorus]
These are the things I give myself
These are the things I give myself
[Outro]
Been programmed to self-destruct
No Backrub was written by Kathleen Hanna.
No Backrub was produced by John Goodmanson.
Bikini Kill released No Backrub on Fri Apr 05 1996.