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mike Average |
#1 by mike duncan at Mar 9, 1970 at 11:20 PM EST |
| Obviously about the effects of addiction and the irony of him outliving the majority of people who criticize him. As for you Snapper, ... way to go. Without your guidance, I would have been lost. Did you know, "Cowboys From Hell" is about the band's rebellion against the "Texas image." :P | |
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Connor Rhythm Player |
#2 by Connor Fowler at Dec 16, 1971 at 1:00 PM EST |
| I must say this; Sometimes what the booklet says is not always what they sing on the CD. I know this from an alice in chains song called frogs, in the booklet there's a line saying "flowers watched through wide brown eyes" they sing "flowers watched through wide eyes blue" but do I know Anyway hard lines and sunken cheeks is one of many cool song by Pantera does anybody know that Pant(h)era is latin for big cat? | |
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NIK Average |
#3 by NIK blaszczyszyn at May 2, 1972 at 2:20 PM EST |
| I assumed "My soul for a goat" had something to do with Baphomet. | |
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DemolitionLover Wanna Be |
#4 by DemolitionLover ^^v^^ at Sep 14, 1973 at 1:53 PM EST |
| quite possibly the best solo i have ever heard by dime or by anybody, even george lynch and tony macalpine. the first time i heard this song, i skipped it, because the first minute pissed me off. then one fucking awsome day i said, aw fuck it, ill listen to it all. and i did, and i listened to the solo like 50 times that day. truly dime's best work. | |
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adam Average |
#5 by adam humphreys at May 26, 1974 at 7:55 PM EST |
| Actually, according to the Far beyond Driven booklet, it does say "I smoke all day, I drink all day, I've done it all but tap the vein". This is definitely one of Pantera's best songs! | |
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Adrian Lead Player |
#6 by Adrian Ortega at Oct 5, 1976 at 11:38 AM EST |
| PS Snapper J did you know that adding the same comment twice within the same 8-second period causes flaming? | |
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sebastian Professional |
#7 by sebastian at Aug 28, 1979 at 1:26 AM EST |
| I THINK...and don't quote me on this...but I've been told that the line after *i smoke all day* is *I took madonna's breath away*...I dunno...but if you listen, it really does sound like that's what he's saying. Anyway..this song is fucking great and Pantera is one of the greatest metal bands of all time. \m/ | |
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cody Average |
#8 by cody jay at Jan 17, 1982 at 4:54 PM EST |
| no its i drink all day, i smoke all day, i've taken the dragons breath away. dragons refers to herion, and yea i know he done it all short of tap the vein | |
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Roman Rhythm Player |
#9 by Roman Malik at Sep 2, 1982 at 4:55 PM EST |
| It's actually "I drink all day , I smoke all day , I took your daughters breath away , I've done it all but tap the vein". | |
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josh Average |
#10 by josh meador at Apr 17, 1985 at 3:51 PM EST |
| "my soul for a goat. Yet i'll outlive the old"...i'd damn near give anything for one more hit, and ironically im gonna live longer than most of you. | |
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michael Wanna Be |
#11 by michael Dittrich at May 18, 1985 at 10:40 AM EST |
| I must say this; Sometimes what the booklet says is not always what they sing on the CD. I know this from an alice in chains song called frogs, in the booklet there's a line saying "flowers watched through wide brown eyes" they sing "flowers watched through wide eyes blue" but do I know Anyway hard lines and sunken cheeks is one of many cool song by Pantera does anybody know that Pant(h)era is latin for big cat? | |
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The REAL Godfat Average |
#12 by The REAL Godfather at Sep 12, 1986 at 6:16 PM EST |
| "My soul for a goat. Yet I'll outlive the old." Anybody who understand this? It's really cool anyway. I have my own explantion.... No I don't:D. | |
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Johan Average |
#13 by Johan Soderberg at Apr 10, 1987 at 11:15 AM EST |
| "hard lines, sunken cheeks" is how people look after a long time of heroin addiction.... | |
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batman Average |
#14 by batman chum at Nov 3, 1988 at 2:07 PM EST |
| The way I see it, it has a lot to do with Christians commercializing themselves and also looking down upon Phil. It has some drug references, too. The goat thing refers to people telling him he's going to hell, the way I see it, because the devil is supposed to be somewhat represented with the head of a goat. And I can't believe no one has mentioned the solo on this one. This is one one of my favorite Dime solos, especially the harmonized part towards the end of it. Brilliant playing. Briliant song!!! Dime will be forever missed. R.I.P. | |
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albert Rhythm Player |
#15 by albert casualtie at Nov 24, 1990 at 4:56 AM EST |
| Heroin. I've done it all but tap the vein, clear reference to mainlining junk. Read the lyrics; they can be applied to Junk easily. Alas, Phil was getting into it heavy during this period too. | |
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Curtis Rhythm Player |
#16 by Curtis Lee at Aug 23, 1991 at 2:20 AM EST |
| These lyrics read like some sort of personal diary. It's about Phil's public image, about people (especially Christians) who throw shit on him and criticisize his behavior. But he's saying: "yeah, you think I'm mad and I'm rotten inside, yet I'm going to fuck you all" | |
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caleb Wanna Be |
#17 by caleb at Oct 28, 1994 at 10:30 PM EST |
| Jesus fuck, Phil didnt do HEROIN in 1994, it was later in the DOWN DAYS, hes talking about smoking, not shooting up as in he NEVER TAPPED THE VEIN dumbasses | |
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Squats Average |
#18 by Squats at Oct 25, 1995 at 12:50 AM EST |
| whats flaming? | |
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Terence Average |
#19 by Terence Taylor at Feb 4, 2002 at 10:07 PM EST |
| heres the LIVE video for Hard Lines SUNKEN CHEEKS!! http://youtube.com/watch?v=bBmdkTmOotY | |
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Average |
#20 by Fig at Sep 24, 2003 at 4:41 PM EST |
| Great song, i agree with you all on what its about. | |
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btotherizzad Average |
#21 by btotherizzad moriznad at Oct 4, 2003 at 6:09 AM EST |
| I can't believe only 2 comments on this song.. OMG this has to be one of Pantera's best. I love it | |
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tom Average |
#22 by tom jenkins at Oct 9, 2007 at 8:49 PM EST |
| no ptes, the best solo: DOMINATION. no doubt about it. RIP Dime | |
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