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I am an anarchist
An antichrist
An asterisk
I am an anorak
An acolyte
An accidental
I am eleven feet
Okay, eight
Six foot three
I fought the British and I won
I am a rocket ship
A jet fighter
A paper airplane
Say what you will
I am the kill
The only thing that keeps you real truly safe from me at all
I have a tendency
To exaggerate
Just a little bit
I am a plagiarist
Apologist
A lawless calculator
I am an optimist
A closeted
Misogynist
I fought the British and I won
I have a wishing well
A living will
A magical eight ball
Say what you will
I am the kill
The only thing that keeps you real truly safe from me at all
Put Pat Sajak back in office
Put Pat Sajak back
But the sun still sets on you
And your retarded party
Nobody came to ditch you and so you drink to
All the emptiness until you wake up
And there's hell to pay again
And the punchline point at you
And all the comebacks in the world are in your head
But you can't say them until everybody leaves
And it's just you and your imaginary friends...
Your imaginary friends...
Your imaginary friends...
An antichrist
An asterisk
I am an anorak
An acolyte
An accidental
I am eleven feet
Okay, eight
Six foot three
I fought the British and I won
I am a rocket ship
A jet fighter
A paper airplane
Say what you will
I am the kill
The only thing that keeps you real truly safe from me at all
I have a tendency
To exaggerate
Just a little bit
I am a plagiarist
Apologist
A lawless calculator
I am an optimist
A closeted
Misogynist
I fought the British and I won
I have a wishing well
A living will
A magical eight ball
Say what you will
I am the kill
The only thing that keeps you real truly safe from me at all
Put Pat Sajak back in office
Put Pat Sajak back
But the sun still sets on you
And your retarded party
Nobody came to ditch you and so you drink to
All the emptiness until you wake up
And there's hell to pay again
And the punchline point at you
And all the comebacks in the world are in your head
But you can't say them until everybody leaves
And it's just you and your imaginary friends...
Your imaginary friends...
Your imaginary friends...
Lyrics submitted by melody77
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the thing is, i think "the kill" is about being divided by different parts of you, such as the one who claims to be "the kill". it takes her and by pretending to be many many things (some of them quite weird such as an anorak, or accidental and then you jump to mysoginist, with no apparent logic). i guess that part of herself is that arrogance, that desperately needs to feel big, arrogant, everything. so this fake/mean part of her keeps her from being real and no matter what the weak part tries, this 'antonyme'exerces her power over her...
in some way it's how politics and power move, by doming others, transform them so they agree with it (promises, laws, whatever). but it's a hollow thing, a damn lie. that big and arrogant part of you is fake and alone, and letting it take your decisions and transform you won't help. no matter it's the kill it is all alone and you have to stand up by yourself, listen to your own advices, no politician (or whatever BIG power) should adoctrinate you.
the lyrics are not "a lawless calculator"
but they are "a walrus cokehead lizard ah-oh!"
But,
this song can also mean other things for other people, such as myself. I can relate to this song as a person. Everything she describes I feel like that is me and it reminds me of a friend and I who fight all the time, and how he once called me all these horrible things and I tried to explain that, that's just who I am. And also how one night I called him out on all the things I hated about him...we have one screwed up relationship. But I love him anyway. I am the Kill, the only thing that keeps him real.
I think the first set of lyrics may refer to the different leaders although being Brittish I haven't a clue who.
"I am eleven feet, okay eight, six foot three." Perhaps means the fact that America tends to exaggerate their power perhaps, only admiting the fault when they themselves are proven wrong.
"I fought the Brittish and I won." Could refer to those leaving England when they first moved to America, or it could refer to the fact that the England has become the lapdog of America, and that they have been beaten down into their place.
"I am Rocket Ship, a Jet Fighter, a paper Airplane."
Refering to the powers of America perhaps and the decline. First onto the moon, then winners and leaders in war. I think paper airplane is perhaps the fear of war, a metaphor of power that could be there, or could just be a bluff.
"I have a tendency, to exaggerate, just a little bit"
Pretty self explanatory, for example, exaggerating the weapons that Iraq might or might not have had to having definate weapons of mass destruction.
"I am an optimist
A closeted
Misogynist"
I think this refers to the way America always say something along the lines of things will get better, and they promise a better future for everyone one.
And also the fact that it is still harder for women to make it, they don't get the same pay, the same respect or job possibilities. Amanda, being female will know this well.
The last stanza stands out to me.
Although, as far as I was aware, rather than the lyric being "The punchlines poisoned you" It was "The punchlines point at you" though I don't know for sure.
But America is the but of everyone's jokes, don't shoot the messenger guys, but there is so much hatred toward the USA.
"All the comebacks in the world are in your head"
You have all the right things to do or say to get us back, to expose other countries but the next line shows you can't, and if you do, then all that will be left is the USA on it's own with it's fake allies and fairweather friends that leave at the first sign of trouble.
My take on it, if it is related to America,of course, it could be related to Amanda herself.
Although, Aranor's last line: it could be related to Amanda as well. For me, this is a two-side song: the other side being an introspective from Amanda. I think maybe she personifies those things and that maybe
a) she shows her power over someone
b) she's the one with imaginary friends, standing all alone, showing her arrogance by being 'the kill' to someone who only exists in her head.. and realizing it.
"A closeted
Misogynist"
I just thought it was interesting that the word 'misogynist' means someone who hates women. So, she secretly hates women.