"Damaged Nail" (originally titled "Something Isn't Right") is a song by Allie X which was released as the closing track of Waiting for the Prize in 2006, Ladies and Gentlemen in 2008 and Allie Hughes in 2010. It was also a track on her unreleased album, The Hard Way.
Background[]
Lyrically, the song is from the perspective of someone having a dream of dying and reaching the afterlife, as their lover finds their deceased body. In their dream, the narrator goes to Heaven and sees their dead loved ones such as their childhood dog and their grandparents.
Lyrics[]
[Verse 1]
I caught the first train
Before you could say "Goodbye"
My secret lover, you thought there'd be a second try
[Chorus]
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Where did I go last night?
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Something isn't, something isn't, something isn't right
[Verse 2]
Something is missing
I can't quite put my damaged nail on what it is
But in time it will all make sense
That much I know, that much I know
[Verse 3]
And now you wonder
Will you ever see me again?
Yeah, sike
[Chorus]
Ah-ah-ah-ah
My diary's on your bed
Ah-ah-ah-ah
You'll read what's in my dreams
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Something isn't right
Ah-ah-ah-ah
You'll read what's in my, read what's in my, read what's in my head
[Bridge]
Last night I had a terrible dream
I dreamt that I had died
At first I thought that I was fine
Then I cried and cried and I cried
And I spoke into this microphone of a camera floating in air
My grandparents, my childhood dog
Everyone was there
[Chorus]
Ah-ah-ah-ah
The morning's in my swing
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Where's my wedding ring? (Where's my wedding)
Where's my wedding ring?
[Intro]
Two, three, four, five, six
[Verse 1]
Last night I had a terrible dream
I dreamt that I had died
At first I thought that I was fine
Then I cried and cried and I cried
And I spoke into this microphone
Of a camera floating in air
My grandparents, my childhood dog
Everyone was there
[Chorus]
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Where did I go last night?
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Something isn't, something isn't, something isn't right
[Verse 2]
And then my secret lover, oh, he
He came to wake me up
He took me and he shook me down
But I could not wake up
Because all I saw were rabbits and tails
Painted on the wall
In a secret code, only I could tell
That we were going to fly
[Chorus]
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Where did I go last night?
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Something isn't, something isn't, something isn't right
[Chorus]
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Where did I go last night?
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Something isn't, something isn't, something isn't right
[Outro]
Hey
[Verse 1]
Last night I had a terrible dream
I dreamt that I had died
At first I thought that I was fine
Then I cried and I cried and I cried
And I spoke into this microphone
Of a camera floating in air
My grandparents, my childhood dog
Everyone was there
[Chorus]
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Where did I go last night?
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Something isn't, something isn't, something isn't right
[Verse 2]
And then my secret lover, oh, he
He came to wake me up
He took me and he shook me down
But I could not wake up
Because all I saw were rabbits and tails
Painted on the wall
In a secret code, only I could tell
That we were going to fly
[Chorus]
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Where did I go last night?
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Something isn't, something isn't, something isn't right
[Bridge]
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah
[Chorus]
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Where did I go last night?
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Something isn't, something isn't, something isn't right
Something isn't right
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Something isn't, something isn't, something isn't right
Official versions[]
- Allie Hughes EP version – 2:21
- Ladies and Gentlemen version – 1:57
- Waiting for the Prize version – 3:03
Trivia[]
- The song was featured on X's December 2012 demo reel.[1]