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I'm bored of cheap and cheerful
I want expensive sadness
Hospital bills, parole
Open doors to madness
I want you to be crazy 'coz you're borin' baby when you're straight
I want you to be crazy 'coz you're stupid baby when you're sane
I'm sick of social graces
Show your sharp-tipped teeth
Lose your cool in public
Dig that illegal meat
'Coz love is just a dialogue
You can't survive on ice-cream
You got the same needs as a dog
It's alright (it's alright) to be mean (to be mean)
I want expensive sadness
Hospital bills, parole
Open doors to madness
I want you to be crazy 'coz you're borin' baby when you're straight
I want you to be crazy 'coz you're stupid baby when you're sane
I'm sick of social graces
Show your sharp-tipped teeth
Lose your cool in public
Dig that illegal meat
'Coz love is just a dialogue
You can't survive on ice-cream
You got the same needs as a dog
It's alright (it's alright) to be mean (to be mean)
Lyrics submitted by ThrowMyHeartUp
Track duration: 05:56
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i think that line is just a lash out at kiss asses saying that you need signs of affection in the same way as a dog. you need to be controlled and yoy have to kiss ass
i think its about people that go through life trying to be nice to everyone.
The singer is expressing her hate for suck ups
'i'm sick of social graces,
show yor sharp tipped teeth'
i think that its trying to tell somebody taht they can't go through life kissing ass and being sweet to people when it isnt called for 'you can't survive on ice-cream'.
Being nice to everyone and hoping they will be nice back:
'you got the same needs as a dog'
Anyone agree? i wanna know other peoples opinions
The kills kick ass btw, but alison mosshart if far better in the dead weather
There's a genius remix of this by Sinden in the We Make it Good series. I highly recommend you check it out
"Coz love is just a dialogue" I think is saying that part of love is that you're agreeing to be with someone else for both of you to benefit from it, it's kind of about both getting pleasure from each other. You could interpret it pretty cynically as love is just about using the other person to make you happy, which would explain the "it's alright to be mean".
"You can't survive on ice-cream" means you can't expect to be fully content with life if you try and find substitutes for things we need to be happy like relationships/sex etc (in the same way people gorge on ice-cream or whatever after a break up thinking it'll make them happy).
"You got the same needs as a dog" is that ultimately, we're just animals with the same instincts and urges as other animals. No matter how much we try to deny or ignore it, if we want a fulfilling life sometimes we have to act on our instincts (in this case, we all crave sex or the rush of pleasure drugs can give sometimes)
"Love is just a dialogue.
You can't survive on ice cream."
I'm having trouble coming up with meaning though...any ideas?
"you can't survive on ice cream" = the sweeter moments of being in love aren't enough to keep a relationship going.
Hospital bills, parole"
She wants expensive sadness which includes hospital bills and parole. Both are expensive and both are not the happy inducing moments in one's life which then would "Open doors to madness."
'Hospital bills, parole' - things that will lead to madness ('open doors to madness')
'sick of social grace' - bored of being sociable acceptable
'show your sharp-tipped teeth' -scream and shout
'lose your cool in public' -being undignified in public
Probably due to drugs ('illegal meat'?)
This song is about being crazy for entertainments sake
because it boring to be sane!
and because its more fun to be crazy on drugs than it is to be clean and sane
i know which one I'd prefer ;)
I want you to be crazy 'coz you're borin' baby when you're straight
I want you to be crazy 'coz you're stupid baby when you're sane- like fer serious
I'm sick of social graces
Show your sharp-tipped teeth
Lose your cool in public
Dig that illegal meat
Social graces- loose your cool in publics. ILLEGAL MEAT!!! What else could it be??