Stone Temple Pilots - Creep - Meaning of the song
This early '90s Grunge classic has some intriguing lyrics: Take time with a wounded hand 'cause it likes to heal Take time with a wounded hand 'cause I like to steal The "Wounded Hand" could belong to Jesus Christ, simply because Jesus was a healer and of course he had nails driven through his hands. Also, you could say that in the song he wants to be healed of any tragic flaws, indicated by the line "'cause I like to steal." Scott Weiland explained:
"That's just the idea of being a young person somewhere, caught between still being a kid and becoming a young man. It's that youth apathy, that second-guessing yourself, not feeling like you fit in."
"Creep" is a track from Core, the first Stone Temple Pilots album. The album would sell over 8 million copies and become a landmark of '90s rock, but many critics were far from enthralled by the effort, possibly wary that STP was simply a Pearl Jam clone who earned their record deal because they had a similar sound. Here's a section from the review in Creem: "Weiland's mid-range growl does not set him apart as a hard rock shrieker, and DeLeo's catalog of chunky riffs is fairly limited."
Creep - Lyrics
Forward yesterday
Makes me wanna stay
What they said was real
Makes me wanna steal
Livin' under house
Guess I'm livin', I'm a mouse
All's I gots is time
Got no meaning, just a rhyme
Take time with a wounded hand
'Cause it likes to heal
Take time with a wounded hand
'Cause I like to steal
Take time with a wounded hand
'Cause it likes to heal, I like to steal
I'm half the man I used to be
This I feel as the dawn
It fades to gray
Well, I'm half the man I used to be
This I feel as the dawn
It fades to gray
Well, I'm half the man I used to be
This I feel as the dawn
It fades to gray
Well, I'm half the man I used to be, half the man I used to be
Feelin' uninspired
Think I'll start a fire
Everybody run
Bobby's got a gun
Think you're kinda neat
Then she tells me I'm a creep
Friends don't mean a thing
Guess I'll leave it up to me
Take time with a wounded hand
'Cause it likes to heal
Take time with a wounded hand
Guess I like to steal
Take time with a wounded hand
'Cause it likes to heal, I like to steal
I'm half the man I used to be
This I feel as the dawn
It fades to gray
I'm half the man I used to be
This I feel as the dawn
It fades to gray
I'm half the man I used to be
This I feel as the dawn
It fades to gray
I'm half the man I used to be, half the man I used to be
Take time with a wounded hand
'Cause it likes to heal
Take time with a wounded hand
Guess I like to steal
Take time with a wounded hand
'Cause it likes to heal, I like to steal
I'm half the man I used to be
This I feel as the dawn
It fades to gray
I'm half the man I used to be
This I feel as the dawn
It fades to gray
I'm half the man I used to be
This I feel as the dawn
It fades to gray
I'm half the man I used to be, half the man I used to be,
Half the man I used to be
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