Three Sheets to Kishkiyya · Track 43 · middle
Going for a Slash
VOLUME II — the sudden, urgent pilgrimage to the BATHROOM. The idiom and the song's title hook: "Going for a Slash". Its true history: UK, 20th c. — blunt British slang, the stream imagined as a cut. Render this beat of the night as the band's affectionate, funny, celebratory tribute — the idiom itself is the chorus hook.
Lyrics
[Intro] [Verse 1] The kick drum pounds and the bottles shake But I've got a heavier problem to weigh There's a rising flood in the denim seam And I gotta carve a path to come back clean Excuse me, brother, don't mean to shove I'm just moving to the rhythm of the pipes above [Chorus] I'm going for a slash, pardon my boots It's got 20th-century British roots Gotta swing the blade, gotta make the cut Past the swinging doors and the hallway muck Yeah, the pressure's high but the aim is true I'm going for a slash, be right back for you [Verse 2] Back in the 1900s across the foam Some London local in a crowded room Felt the heavy tide pulling tight in the bone And pictured the stream as a blade of his own You sever the tension, you slice the ache Let the river fall for mercy's sake That's a beautiful way to name the deed When you're blind on rye and you've got the need [Chorus] I'm going for a slash, pardon my boots It's got 20th-century British roots Gotta swing the blade, gotta make the cut Past the sticky floor and the hallway muck Yeah, the pressure's high but the aim is true I'm going for a slash, be right back for you [Bridge] Just a staggering man in a neon glow Looking for a tiled sanctuary to go Where the sink is cold and the soap is cheap And a man can finally find some peace [Outro] Swing the blade. Make the cut. Leave a little shine on the porcelain base And walk right back to my regular place Going for a slash... Yeah, just watch my stool, I'm cutting through the crowd.