Full metal jacket Songtext
von Ruth Theodore

I have travelled land and sea
With this bullet between my teeth
To give you back the hell you′ve given me

Now see how far I've come to give you some
Of this little lick of lightning on the tip of my tongue
I′ve ridden bareback through a blizzard of sand
I've had a great white eating out the palm of my hand so please!
I've turned every stone and every autumn leaf
With a full metal jacket between my teeth

I′ve drunk the lizard′s blood of a medicine man hey hey
And I've held this feeling off for just as long as I can
But now here I am!
I have travelled land and sea
To give you back the hell you′ve given me


I've eaten in a cell and in the presence of kings
Found mountains of nothing are incredible things
I′ve watched the night sky from the Cairo tower
Where I scrubbed myself clean in a meteor shower to see
If I could cleanse myself of all that's been
But I still couldn′t get you out from under my skin

So I spent some time in the eye of a storm hey hey
Working for a family living in a honey bee swarm hey hey
I have travelled land and sea to give you back the hell
You've given me hey hey
You've given me yeah hey hey
But everytime the tightrope slacks
You come rushing back
Ah I hate it how you do that!

And now they tell me I should be letting it go
Letting you deal the final blow
But I′m tired of them telling me so
′cause I'm tired of taking the hell you′ve given me wherever I go
How about you reap what you sow?
They tell you you reap what you sow!


'Cause I travelled land and sea
Mountain high and river deep
To give you back the hell you′ve given me
But when I go to speak
With a full metal jacket between my teeth I see
That all the while its me its been killing
And I spit it out like a broken filling

And I turn on my heels and I tell you instead
'Ah you′re so much smaller in life than you are in my head!'
Now I've travelled land and sea
To give you back the hell
You′ve given me

Signed sealed delivered
From now all it will be all down river
As I travel land and sea
I give you back the hell
You′ve given me