The Taste of Ink

Infobox Single
Name = The Taste of Ink
Type = Single
Artist = The Used


from Album = The Used
Released = March 11, 2003
Format = CD Single and 7"
Recorded =
Genre = Emo
Length = 3:28
Label = Warner Bros, Reprise
Writer = The Used
Producer = John Feldmann
Last single = "A Box Full of Sharp Objects"
(2002)
This single = "The Taste of Ink"
(2003)
Next single = "Buried Myself Alive"
(2003)

"The Taste of Ink" is the second single from The Used's self-titled debut album "The Used". The video was released in fall 2002 and the disk was released on March 11, 2003.

A demo version exists and was released as part of Demos from the Basement, the original demo CD distributed by the band which was then called "Used". The lyrics differ significantly, and the chorus "So here I am . . . " does not exist in the demo.

Both the song and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8MC-tcuSco video] make it clear that the song is about the band members' attempts to break free of the depressing Utah town where they grew up. The video shows that the taste of ink is the result of frustration—biting down on a pen. It was directed by The Malloys.

Track listing

*All songs written by The Used, except "Alone This Holiday" written by The Used and John Feldmann.

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