What have we done with innocence?
It disappeared with time, it never made much sense
Adolescent resident
Wasting another night on planning my revenge
One in ten
One in ten
One in ten
Don't wanna be your monkey wrench
One more indecent accident
I'd rather leave than suffer this
I'll never be your monkey wrench
All this time to make amends
What do you do when all your enemies are friends?
Now and then I'll try to bend
Under pressure, wind up snapping in the end
One in ten
One in ten
One in ten
Don't wanna be your monkey wrench
One more indecent accident
I'd rather leave than suffer this
I'll never be your monkey wrench
Temper
Temper
Temper
One last thing before I quit
I never wanted any more
Than I could fit into my head
I still remember every single word you said
And all the shit that somehow came along with it
Still, there's one thing that comforts me
Since I was always caged and now I'm free
Don't wanna be your monkey wrench
One more indecent accident
I'd rather leave than suffer this
I'll never be your monkey wrench
Don't wanna be your monkey wrench (fall in, fall out)
Don't wanna be your monkey wrench (fall in, fall out)
Don't wanna be your monkey wrench (fall in, fall out)
Don't wanna be your monkey wrench
It disappeared with time, it never made much sense
Adolescent resident
Wasting another night on planning my revenge
One in ten
One in ten
One in ten
Don't wanna be your monkey wrench
One more indecent accident
I'd rather leave than suffer this
I'll never be your monkey wrench
All this time to make amends
What do you do when all your enemies are friends?
Now and then I'll try to bend
Under pressure, wind up snapping in the end
One in ten
One in ten
One in ten
Don't wanna be your monkey wrench
One more indecent accident
I'd rather leave than suffer this
I'll never be your monkey wrench
Temper
Temper
Temper
One last thing before I quit
I never wanted any more
Than I could fit into my head
I still remember every single word you said
And all the shit that somehow came along with it
Still, there's one thing that comforts me
Since I was always caged and now I'm free
Don't wanna be your monkey wrench
One more indecent accident
I'd rather leave than suffer this
I'll never be your monkey wrench
Don't wanna be your monkey wrench (fall in, fall out)
Don't wanna be your monkey wrench (fall in, fall out)
Don't wanna be your monkey wrench (fall in, fall out)
Don't wanna be your monkey wrench
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to me, this song is pretty much the ultimate way of saying i've put up with so much shit from you and now i'm done with being nice to you, fuck you and fuck off, and i've wanted to say this to you for so long. pretty much all the lines mean something to me. to me, this is a song about how the anger is building up and you're thinking about losing it and then you finally do, even if it turns you into something you're not, and that when you're upset, you can say things you never thought you were capable of saying, but that it just had to happen. "what have we done with innocence", to me means that noone is too nice not to cop shit from arseholes. "it disappeared in time it never made much sense", that to some people nice doesn't exist. "adolescent resident", that you still behave like a kindergarten child despite the fact that you are an adult. "wasting another night on planning my revenge", that i'm thinking about a way to let you know that i've had enough and that i'm not having it anymore. "one in ten", that's pretty much the only line where it means nothing to me. "don't want to be your monkey wrench", i don't want to be your tool and be used by you. "one more indecent accident", that 1 more incident and i could explode. "i'd rather leave than suffer this", that i'm prepared to ditch friends to ditch arseholes. "i'll never be your monkey wrench", i'm done once and for all with you. "all this time to make amends", you've had so many chances to stop and even redeem yourself. "what do you do when all your enemies are friends", that the people that you hang around with are actually against you and you feel trapped. "now and then i'll try to bend", i have bent my arse over for you more often than not. "under pressure wind up snapping in the end", the pressure has gotten to me and i'm this close to exploding. "temper, temper, temper", there's someone telling me to calm down and control myself, but you know what, i have for so long and now this is what i want to say to you. "one last thing before i quit i never wanted anymore than i could fit intio my head i still remember every single word you said and all the shit that somehow came along with it still there's 1 thing that comforts me since i was always caged and now i'm free". the song was building up to that part, and that's how i feel, that bit where he yells and loses his temper is to me like saying i've held myself for so long but being nice hasn't worked, and that i was caged with no escape but now i'm free from you and your curse. ultimately this is probably a song about ending a relationship of some sort.
@anonymous86 I. Love. This. Response.
@anonymous86 <br /> "one in ten" one in ten people are assholes, psyho paths, socio paths, losers and so on
@anonymous86 <br /> I have the solution. Each creature in the infinite in a universe by itself with an infinite number of stars who's energy is focused on giving bliss to that creature. You would say you would get let lonely well the stars would make you love yourself most of all. Each creature never knowing of another. Not for you fine, but if I ever get that universe don't come a knocking looking for any energy from the stars in my universe
what so important about being an adult what shit do you have to take. you never went threw a holocaust. someone said something you didn't like. you saw someone treating someone else in a way you didn't like. it seems to me the lead singer is the most angry in the video anyway. what pissed him of was some one mean to his grandmother or father or something. when i first heard the song years ago i thought just another song about a bad relationship. but more and more i think even if they don't know it it's an attack on all the to put them in one category psyhco paths.
integrity, honor, dignity, respect, responsibility, love ... what do they mean I don't need them all I need is prefect bliss.
i guess i just gave you some more shit to deal with, just delete them from your inbox. it's not really directed at you specifically. although insanity makes me wonder is this my brother (real not metaphorical) who always hated the shit he had to take from me.
boy i am really giving it to you. what was i going to say ... most people think like you. what great knowledge do you have? i am looking for perfect bliss and only care about myself. all of you love your friends and family. i have heard the adult thing a lot it's important for all of you to be adults. do you wan't to be adults for all eternity. all i am looking for is perfect bliss. i no i must not mess with any of you because theres hell to pay for that. i guess you can all smile to your self's if you ever hear that the mofia thugs get me.
of course i could die and be no more and that would be pretty good as long as when that happens i have no complaints (what is it to be no more?). resting in piece would be pretty good but if life is endless then i sure a lot of people have to agree to allow someone to rest in piece (they have to wake up dead ancestors to make room for someone else) so thats ruled out for me. you say eat shit and die and that is maybe why 58 some people died the other day. why not let that asshole gun man rest in piece at let one of your better ancestors take his place. of course you and i don't know but maybe someone does
one last thing hoping that i don't get in trouble for that last part. i relie on my parents for support. i don't know how to travel. i would not know how to get a gun and i am very strange in public and stay in my house and never go out. and that is great for me except when family comes, because they all hate me. i guess the cops could be coming to my house tomorrow to put me away or maybe in an institution. but you have nothing to fear from me i am weak and you are strong
Grohl told Mojo magazine January 2010 this is about the disintegration of his marriage to photographer Jennifer Youngblood: "It's about living with someone and feeling like you're living in a fu--ing cell. And then I wound up getting a divorce," he said.
Dont Wanna be your monkey wrench = I refuse to let you make me your tool just to make your life easier
Here's what Dave said about Monkey Wrench in an interview ...
Dave Grohl: "This is a song about realising that you are the source of all of the problems in a relationship and you love the other person so much, you want to free them of the problem, which is actually yourself."
It's about his ex-wife, they got divorced during the making of "The Colour and the Shape." album.
1 in 10 friendships fail. Now whether those are the statistics and whether that's what the Foo Fighters or the individual thinks is up to them. It sounds good enough to me.
"Monkey Wrench is a song about realising that you are the source of all of the problems in a relationship and you love the other person so much, you want to free them of the problem, which is actually yourself." -Dave
thats from fftabs.com
what a cop out bullshit answer
this song is without a doubt about the state the media left grunge bands in, and record companies bacame pressurising and using bands to market shit, thats why he "dont wanna be your monkey wrench"
What???
What the hell are you talking about One in ten of my fingers has a wart on it, does that mean the song is about warts???
best reply ever! PMSL
Basically its either: -Not wanting to be used. -Not wanting to be the one who causes problems and slows the other down. -Or not wanting to just be another "tool in the shed", so to speak.
i think Dave Grohl just has an obsession with monkey wrenches. or u guys could be right i guess. but i like my answer better