Quote Originally Posted by kexodusc
Not only that, the word tourniquet is such a clumsy, unmusical word that is used at a pivotal point of the chorus here, and it is counterproductive to the melody and song execution in this case. It's just crappy lyrics in a crappy song.

Besides, didn't Marilyn Manson write all the songs about tourniquets we needed 10 years earlier?
I... feel...
cold as a razor blade
tight as a tourniquet
dry as a funeral drum

Roger Waters can get away with it.