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The food that I'm eating is suddenly tasteless
I know I'm alone now
I know what it tastes like
So break me to small parts
Let go in small doses
But spare some for spare parts
There might be some good ones!
Like you might make a dollar
I'm inside your mouth now
Behind your tonsils
Peaking over your molars
You're talking to her now
You've eaten something minty
And you're making that face that I like
When you're going in for the kill kill
For the killer kiss kiss for the kiss kiss
I need your money
It'll help me
I need your car and I need your love
I need your money
It'll help me
I need your car and I need your love
So won't you help a brother out?
Won't you help a brother out?
Won't you help a brother out out out out out?
Just break me to small parts
Let go in small doses
But spare some for spare parts
You might make a dollar
You might make a dollar
So won't you help a brother out?
Won't you help a brother out out out out out?
Just break me to small parts
Let go in small doses
But spare some for spare parts
There might be some good ones
You might make a dollar
I know I'm alone now
I know what it tastes like
So break me to small parts
Let go in small doses
But spare some for spare parts
There might be some good ones!
Like you might make a dollar
I'm inside your mouth now
Behind your tonsils
Peaking over your molars
You're talking to her now
You've eaten something minty
And you're making that face that I like
When you're going in for the kill kill
For the killer kiss kiss for the kiss kiss
I need your money
It'll help me
I need your car and I need your love
I need your money
It'll help me
I need your car and I need your love
So won't you help a brother out?
Won't you help a brother out?
Won't you help a brother out out out out out?
Just break me to small parts
Let go in small doses
But spare some for spare parts
You might make a dollar
You might make a dollar
So won't you help a brother out?
Won't you help a brother out out out out out?
Just break me to small parts
Let go in small doses
But spare some for spare parts
There might be some good ones
You might make a dollar
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^ She feels like a beggar here. Not that she's homeless. Yeah, we divide up our cars and our money when we get divorced, but as some commenters mention, the biggest gaping loss is knowing they don't love you anymore.
I dunno, I almost feel like she's pointing to the futility of begging for love.
"Just break me to small parts; let go in small doses" - let's take this separation thing slowly. Nevermind that you can't love ALL of me anymore -- there are parts of me you'd still find useful!
I didn't feel this way so much in the divorce, but I did feel A LOT like this in my first post-divorce relationship -- and still feel that way sometimes as far as being a bit of a useful spare part for that guy. He doesn't want me, but he hangs onto bits and pieces of the relationship anyway while I futilely beg for his love, Aye, that's gotta stop.
I need to take back those parts for me so I can be whole on my own.
"The food that I'm eating
Is suddenly tasteless
I know I'm alone now
I know what it tastes like"
She is at the point where she's in denial. Maybe the imagery of food loosing it's taste is what she actually means by this but what I see is her saying that everything is different now that she's alone. She remembers how things used to be but no matter how hard she tries she will never be the same person, feel the same things as she did in the past. Now that she's experienced this unimaginable pain there is no going back, and she's sad about it.
"So break me to small parts
Let go in small doses
But spare some for spare parts
There might be some good ones
Like you might make a dollar"
I believe what she's trying to say is not to leave all at once. "Let go in small doses" because she isn't ready for such a huge change in her life, she still needs something concrete to hold onto. Im not so sure as to what" But spare some for spare parts." means. Maybe she is saying that if he really wants to he can just give her up quicker so that he can find someone else. Or maybe she is saying to keep her as an option.
"I'm inside your mouth now
Behind your tonsils
Peeking over your molars
You're talking to her now
And you've eaten something minty
And you're making that face that I like
And you're going in, in for the kill, kill
For the killer kiss, kiss for the kiss, kiss"
I either see this as a sort of a "i know what you've been doing" type threat or her simply remembering what she misses about him. In the middle of her memory she remembers "you're talking to her now" but she quickly slips back into remembering the taste of his mouth and all of the things that are no longer hers to appreciate. Shes wishing to be back with him.
"I need your money, it'll help me
I need your car and I need your love
So won't you help a brother out?
Won't you help a brother out?
Won't you help a brother out, out, out, out, out?"
I really see this as the most sad verse in this song. She's thinking that taking his money and his car and all of his important possessions will make this worth it. She thinks that it'll help her deal with this separation but in the end she realizes all she really needs is his love.
This song is just.. amazing. I hope I could help in providing some insight.
I think the main theme of the song is dependency...she's so used to living off of her husband and now she's completely alone, and she doesn't have anything. She's not used to fending for herself, I guess. It's a beautiful song.
Oh my god, you just described my situation with my boyfriend exactly.
/pointlesscomment
I know what it tastes like"
heartbreaking. And I can totally relate.