Your positions and opinions are weak and easily shattered.ĭon't be quick to criticize when you have faults of your own. Your actions had a significant impact on others and could have changed their lives completely.Ĭommitting a wrongful act to cover up another one.ĭestroying the proof of the illegal or immoral act to avoid getting caught. You are in a difficult situation and feeling trapped. You must have been confused and not thinking straight. Who do you think you are to be pointing the finger and judging others? The rest of the song continues with accusations of hypocrisy, such as "foot in mouth and head up asshole" and "liar, lawyer, mirror, show me what's the difference?" The song ends by using the metaphor of weeping shades of indigo to express the emotional pain caused by the hypocrite. You must have been high," suggest that the person should not be throwing accusations at others because they have done something similar or worse and were probably under the influence of drugs when they did it. The following lines, "So don't go tossin' your stones around. The second stanza accuses the person of stealing, destroying evidence, and then using a soapbox to preach, but the metaphorical "house of cards and glass" implies that the person's foundation is weak and easily shattered. The rhetorical question "Who are you to wave your finger?" implies that the finger-waving is a form of unjustifiable blame, and the line "You practically raised the dead" suggests that the person may have a messiah complex. The first stanza opens with the person being addressed, possibly someone in a position of authority, being questioned for their judgmental attitude towards others. The lyrics of the song "The Pot" by Brass Against seem to criticize a hypocrite who judges and blames others, but is guilty of doing the same or worse. Ganja, please, you must have been out your mind! Now when you pissed all over my black kettle. Liar, lawyer, mirror for you, what's the difference? Weepin' shades of indigo shed without a reason. Who are you to wave your fatty fingers at me? Kangaroo done hung the guilty with the innocent. Liar, lawyer, mirror, show me what's the difference? When you pissed all over my black kettle, Now you're weeping shades of cozened indigo, Kangaroo done hung the juror with the innocent. Steal, borrow, refer, save your shady inference.
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