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come and get me out of this town oh now
come and save me
come and rescue me from this joint hotel full of bones and babies
take a look at yourself
a look that will sell
call your aunt about the tea she abandoned
yeah, while she placed him in a can in candum
it's the same as any day now
except your teeth are falling out and you're going upstairs
yeah, you're going upstairs
it's an upstairs harmony
and when you get there you can write a song to keep you company
there are good things
there are no things to eat
and tonight we're eating meat
goody goody goody
there's a couple of things
I should tell you about
that the fuckers wouldn't sell
'cause they're too cheap to tell
it's the men who feed on human beings
and they dottle about
with their bellies hanging out
you can wash their fingers
but they never leave
you can bite your tongue
but it turns them on
and when you're ready to go
they'll pinch at your sides
and they'll make you recite
brilliant songs about the symphony
I hate this
and I hate their trees
and their yards that they wrap with and their plastics in the greens(??)
and their white houses
and goddamn white teeth
and the chemical stress on the hair that they squeeze
I hate this sex
and the brats that they breed
and the air that they breathe
and they hated me x6
well then they ate me
and then they ate me
and they thought I was tasty
come and save me
come and rescue me from this joint hotel full of bones and babies
take a look at yourself
a look that will sell
call your aunt about the tea she abandoned
yeah, while she placed him in a can in candum
it's the same as any day now
except your teeth are falling out and you're going upstairs
yeah, you're going upstairs
it's an upstairs harmony
and when you get there you can write a song to keep you company
there are good things
there are no things to eat
and tonight we're eating meat
goody goody goody
there's a couple of things
I should tell you about
that the fuckers wouldn't sell
'cause they're too cheap to tell
it's the men who feed on human beings
and they dottle about
with their bellies hanging out
you can wash their fingers
but they never leave
you can bite your tongue
but it turns them on
and when you're ready to go
they'll pinch at your sides
and they'll make you recite
brilliant songs about the symphony
I hate this
and I hate their trees
and their yards that they wrap with and their plastics in the greens(??)
and their white houses
and goddamn white teeth
and the chemical stress on the hair that they squeeze
I hate this sex
and the brats that they breed
and the air that they breathe
and they hated me x6
well then they ate me
and then they ate me
and they thought I was tasty
Lyrics submitted by ELMOnster
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I don't think this is simply a song about cannibalism....
In this song she's voicing her discontentment being around all these "money motivated people," how she wants to escape them, and how she's worried (metaphor of "her teeth falling out") that they're going to use her and then dispose of her.....
It's a song against certain people obsessed with consuming as much as they can to the point that they'll exploit whoever they have to (like Betty) to gain more. So when she talks about them "eating her," I think what she means is that they feed on people who are "weaker" (aka people who aren't as motivated by money and power as they are) Hense the lines:
and I hate their trees
and their yards that they wrap with and their plastics in the greens
and their white houses
and goddamn white teeth
and the chemical stress on the hair that they squeeze
I hate this sex
and the brats that they breed, etc.
All these are descriptors of the upper middle or upper-upper classes: dying their teeth and hair, keeping their homes very uniform and well-kept, their kids being typically more sheltered/spoiled, etc.
To each their own, either way the song is awesome.
Take a look at yourself....a look that will sell (records).
Going upstairs....becoming the next "big" thing.
Write a song to keep you company (lonely at the top)
There are good things and tonight we're eating meat....Not everything is bad about "selling out" but you do give up parts of yourself (teeth are falling out)
and they dottle about with their bellies hanging out...fat cats at the top (executives)
Men who feed on human beings....use up people and then throw them away without regard.
They hated me (don't understand her) ....Then they ate me (made money) and they thought I was tasty.
I could go on but I think that will do.
listen to it.
really listen to it.
listen to it.
really listen to it.
It's about prostitution. When she talks about "except your teeth are falling out and you're going upstairs" she's talking about doing heroin [teeth falling out is a common side effect, and also, many prostitutes do heroin].
Then she talks about the nice looking men, she's talking about the men that come in to have sex with them.
Also, when she talks about eat meat, and them eating her, well, I'm sure you can guess what she's talking about.
The whole song is just about her saying how she's stuck up in a whore house and how these men keep coming in to have sex with her, and they do nasty things ["and they hated me"] and she just want's out.
As far as how I interpret the song, though . . . Ever heard of cannabis?