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Sore Thumb

from Early Volume by Slug

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Recorded in Fall 1990

Released with "Painbaby", "Freak of Nature" and "Aversion" on 7" EP by Magnatone Products in March 1991.

lyrics

Do you bite your thumb at us sir?
I do bite my thumb, sir.
Do you bite your thumb at us sir?
I do bite my thumb, sir.
Chew and spit and split and gnaw,
An open wound that's cold and raw
Your brain in control, begins to pull,
You in four directions at once. Here's the punch:
The cut is open the liquid is flowing,
But where is all of that anger going?
You're singing curses a caustic song,
But you know to whom those teeth belong.

Sore thumb!

The skin is angry, it's blue and swollen
It tries to heal, but something is stolen
It's a pain (it's a grain, of salt or sand)
That courses throughout your entire hand.
More than ignorance, your anger will get you killed.
The bone is broken, the nerves are dead-
Lose your thumb to save your head!
Oh Montague, oh Capulet,
Remember your thumb when you mourn and regret
Oh Montague, oh Capulet,
Lose your thumb to save your head!

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from Early Volume, released November 18, 2016

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Slug Los Angeles, California

Active from 1988 to 1996, Los Angeles based experimental noise-rock sextet Slug recorded three albums, a half-dozen singles, and tracks on several compilations, and played hundreds of shows in Los Angeles, the northwest and throughout the US.

Their entire discography has been digitally remastered and is now available here on Bandcamp.
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