Those lyrics indeed sound absolutely stupid now that you've pointed it out. A lot of HCTB is like that though. Nothing is subtle, everything is so in your face: "Next time you stab me in the back you better do it to my face" (wtf?) and "I can barely fit my dick in my pants". I hate those type of lyrics, it's really not very poetic at all and it is a million miles away from the stuff Steinman writes or even some of the other decent Meat Loaf song writer collaborations with Nikki Sixx/James Michael, Paul Jacobs / Sarah Durkee etc etc. Desmond Child gave Meat Loaf a lot more decent material too in my opinion.
The whole story thing on HCTB is completely made up to disguise the randomness of these ideas I reckon.
> > I think I'd rather hear Meat sing nursery rhymes than some
> > of the stuff that's on HCTB.
> > But yeah indeed working with a talented song writer such
> > as Scaramouche would I think be much more fruitful and
> > rewarding than throwing a bunch of weird rock guys (Justin
> > Hawkins / that Nally guy / a bunch of unnecessary special
> > guests /as many song writers as number of songs almost)
> > together and see what happens, which is what I think they
> > pretty much did with HCTB.\
> Agreed I like the vocals and musicians on "Living on the
> Outside" but the lyrics are among the worst I've ever
> heard any major recording artist use. I picture some
> writer going "I've got steel on my fingers, granite on my
> breath, a bottle in one ear, and a spike in my chest, a
> nickel in my boot, and my finger in a dam" and Meat is
> just sitting there thinking wow it's amazing how you come
> up with this great material so easily.
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