Damaged Nail

## "Something Isn't Right" by Allie Hughes

"**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

* Allie Hughes EP
* Ladies and Gentlemen
* Waiting for the Prize

**[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.

## References

1. ↑ Google Docs - DEMO REEL CREDITS (December 30, 2012) / Retrieved April 27, 2021