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Knock shop in Oxford Street
One where the vampires meet
Silk purse, pink tie and all of that
Platforms, white teeth, a stupid hat
They really like to see you there
You make them think you really care
But I've watched you take your make-up off
Your face grows hard
Your eyes grow soft
The window blinds are drawn
You flash your trash to turn me on
I sigh and frown and start to cough
Your hunger starts to turn me off
Lie down and try to talk to me
Sleep now and dream of who you'll be
When you finally become someone.
You're tuned into my frequency
That don't mean a thing to me
Cause I don't want your body
I don't want your body
You sold me some cheap ecstasy
So you could have some sex with me
I don't want your body
I don't want your body
Face down upon the bar
I always said you'd get far
But you're not the kid you used to be
Someone should call your family
White line dead time the chloroform
Flashbulbs which pop to keep you warm
I've watched you slowly fall away
The colours fade, from blue to grey
The window blinds undrawn
You flash some trash to turn us on
Your just a tramp, we're just a trick
Our hunger starts to make us sick
Lie down and try to talk to me
Sleep now and dream of who you'll be
But will you actually be anyone?
You're tuned into my frequency
That don't mean a thing to me
Cause I don't want your body
I don't want your body
You sold me some cheap ecstasy
so you could have some sex with me
I don't want your body
I don't want your body
You tune into my frequency
That don't mean a thing to me
Cause I don't want your body
I don't want your body
You sold me some cheap ecstasy
So you could have some sex with me
I don't want your body
I don't want your body
We don't want your body
One where the vampires meet
Silk purse, pink tie and all of that
Platforms, white teeth, a stupid hat
They really like to see you there
You make them think you really care
But I've watched you take your make-up off
Your face grows hard
Your eyes grow soft
The window blinds are drawn
You flash your trash to turn me on
I sigh and frown and start to cough
Your hunger starts to turn me off
Lie down and try to talk to me
Sleep now and dream of who you'll be
When you finally become someone.
You're tuned into my frequency
That don't mean a thing to me
Cause I don't want your body
I don't want your body
You sold me some cheap ecstasy
So you could have some sex with me
I don't want your body
I don't want your body
Face down upon the bar
I always said you'd get far
But you're not the kid you used to be
Someone should call your family
White line dead time the chloroform
Flashbulbs which pop to keep you warm
I've watched you slowly fall away
The colours fade, from blue to grey
The window blinds undrawn
You flash some trash to turn us on
Your just a tramp, we're just a trick
Our hunger starts to make us sick
Lie down and try to talk to me
Sleep now and dream of who you'll be
But will you actually be anyone?
You're tuned into my frequency
That don't mean a thing to me
Cause I don't want your body
I don't want your body
You sold me some cheap ecstasy
so you could have some sex with me
I don't want your body
I don't want your body
You tune into my frequency
That don't mean a thing to me
Cause I don't want your body
I don't want your body
You sold me some cheap ecstasy
So you could have some sex with me
I don't want your body
I don't want your body
We don't want your body
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"Knock shop in Oxford Street"
A knock shop is basically a whore house.
"One where the vampires meet"
This line insinuates that the whore house is old and/or in an old part of town, most likely in a secluded place.
"Silk purse, pink tie and all of that. Platforms, white teeth, a stupid hat"
Lead singer is explaining the appearance of the hooker. She's young and take pride in her appearance, but not in her life.
"They really like to see you there. You make them think you really care"
Basically saying that she is a favorite of the whore house and that she is good at her 'job'.
"But I've watched you take your make-up off. Your face grows hard, Your eyes grow soft."
This lyric implies that the lead singer knows who the hooker is. He may have stalked her, etc. Also, it could be interpreted that the lead singer knew the hooker when he was younger.
"The window blinds are drawn. You flash your trash to turn me on."
The lead singer has now entered a room alone with the hooker and she is doing what she does best.
"I sigh and frown and start to cough. Your hunger starts to turn me off."
He is hesitating because he feels like he knows her now. But, like all serial killers, he has some sort of "tick". When he realizes that she has a thirst for sex and nothing more, he decides to go through with it.
"Lie down and try to talk to me"
He tells her that he isn't looking for sex and is actually just looking for someone to talk to. He wants to get her into a false sense of security.
"Sleep now and dream of who you'll be, When you finally become someone."
After a long night of talking, the hooker has fallen asleep. The lead singer is thinking of all of the ways to "correct" her ways, making her "finally become someone".
"You're tuned into my frequency, That don't mean a thing to me. Cause I don't want your body, I don't want your body"
Fast forward to the part where the lead singer "rapes" the hooker. More will be explained later.
"You sold me some cheap ecstasy, So you could have some sex with me. I don't want your body. I don't want your body."
This lyric is really good and will tie in with the lyric "We don't want your body."
"Face down upon the bar, I always said you'd get far. But you're not the kid you used to be, Someone should call your family."
Using this lyric, you can definitely say that the lead singer knew the girl in the past, probably as college friends/lovers.
The next four lines are the most haunting:
"White line, dead time, the chloroform"
This lyric is crazy. It shows the manic thought processes of an insane person. White line, as in a whit chalk line around a dead body, dead time, as in the fact that he killed her, the chloroform, after she fell asleep, he drugged her with chloroform.
"Flashbulbs which pop to keep you warm."
Creepy. Classic Stars lyric. The medical examiner has arrived and is taking pictures of her body. "Flashbulbs" give air to the antiquity of what is happening.
"I've watched you slowly fall away, The colours fade, from blue to grey."
He's talking about how he strangled her and watched as her body went cold.
"The window blinds undrawn, You flash some trash to turn us on. Your just a tramp, we're just a trick, Our hunger starts to make us sick"
This lyric solidifies the fact that she was his former lover. He is thinking back at all the memories of her.
"We don't want your body."
Basically, this implies that he has done this to other women as well. There are several layer of singing when this is sung, implying that he is a serial murder-rapist.
"You sold me some cheap ecstasy, so you could have some sex with me, I don't want your body. I don't want your body."
This is ANOTHER victim singing about what he did to her. He drugged her with ecstasy and then took advantage of her.
Now this may be a product of watching too much Criminal Minds, but I think this is pretty accurate.
I see this song to be a guy who is in love with this girl, the real her, he's known her since childhood, she was a successful kid, bright and beautiful. sadly, she grew up to be devoured by the media and her opinion of beautiful got warped along the way. She no longer feels truly beautiful, just what we are now made to think is "sexy". She is under the impression that he likes her more for her body, and thinks that he'd like her more if she gave it all to him, she is sadly mistaken. in fact, the only part he doesn't like about her is her facade of being sex hungry, and being known around the town for being so. He knows that if she gave her self the chance to be more than this, then she could be the truly beautiful and successful person she used to be.
that's just how I see it, opinions? :)
The line "The colours fade, from blue to grey" reminds me of the Metric song "Grow Up and Blow Away" and the lines "if this is the life, why does it feel,so good to die today,blue to grey,grow up and blow away"
I really like the change from
"When you finally become someone" to "But will you actually be anyone?" it's like a slap in the face.
It's even poppy like the music she....makes(?) just to break the music away from her identity in order to shine light on her "trashy" style. Which, as was said, is what society tries to sell us.
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