They Might Be Giants: Piece of Dirt Meaning

Tagged: Self Loathing [suggest]

Album cover for Piece of Dirt album cover

Song Released: 1988

Piece of Dirt Lyrics

Piece of dirt, that is all I'm standing on today
Piece of dirt, the whole world has slipped away
I would climb the highest mountain just to jump into a fountain
Or to fly, I'd fly away

A woman's voice on the radio can convince you you're in...

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Nov 13th 2022 !⃝
This is literally like all those films from the 1980s with someone so apparently hopelessly messed up and seeing no other way around that want to be or switch places with someone else.

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