You could bring home the pollen. I could be the queen bee. The way the mammals do it is inefficient and unsanitary. You've got to whisper to me. Make sure that I'm not dead. You've got to take your tweezers and pry apart my little legs. You ought to kick it to me and then bite off my head. That's the way the insects do it. Exosekeletons filled with fluid.I wish I could peel away your humid human skin. And attach you to me, parasitically.


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    it means that the guy really likes talking about insects. really fucked up talking about insects but an awesome musical song.

    exerrexon June 21, 2002   Link
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    the song is actually called insect incest...now it's a little more fucked up i'll bet...imagine this as a love song..not to obsessive or anything...

    imperfect_offeringon August 03, 2002   Link
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    the album is about the commodification of people as product - specifically, sex. this song is talking about how people react to sex, and saying we might as well do like insects, because we are less efficient about it. if you didn't catch it, this song is being sarcastic, just like nearly everything else they write.

    flagro ergo sumon April 22, 2003   Link

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