Lyrics for Hey as interpreted by riffic

Hey Lyrics
hey
been trying to meet you
hey
must be a devil between us
or whores in my head
whores at my door
whores in my bed
but hey
where
have you
been if you go i will surely die
we're chained

uh said the man to the lady
uh said the lady to the man she adored
and the whores like a choir
go uh all night
and mary ain't you tired of this
uh
is
the
sound
that the mother makes when the baby breaks
we're chained

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antisoap
07-11-2002

Rated +3 
general theme is sex. feeling chained to someone because they'll screw you, maybe finding someone you can actually love but all the other sex getting in the way, being diverted from one whore to the next. too much sex messes with your head, especially if lots of different people. you dont know which one to be chained to. "mary ain't you tired of this": asking arent you tired of the same old thing-empty sex with no feeling. but the hey been trying to meet you makes me think of hitting on people. also-the second verse thing shows men arent as chained to partners as the ladies are, and sometimes women succumb to sex just because they adore their man. musically- i like the guitar part; it has a pained sound.

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rieve
08-17-2002

Rated 0 
amen antisoap
most glorious moment on doolittle.

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craigus
03-29-2003

Rated -2 
This song is also about the impreganation of Mary by the holly ghost hilarious

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xrachiex
06-20-2003

Rated 0 
After much thought, I believe "Hey" to be my favourite Pixies song. You could sort of say I'm "chained" to it. It turns me on everytime ;).

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daisie_bfa
05-05-2004

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i couldn't agree more with you antisoap. I love the way this entire song is performed. The vocals have so much emotion and character to them, like previous people said, the way he says "hey" and the grunting. I love it when his voice cracks when he sings "is the sound that the mother makes when the baby breaks."

I use to swear by Monkey Gone to Heaven being the best Pixies song untill i heard this.

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False Advertisment
05-13-2004

Rated 0 
I love the way he says "If you go I will surely die." I dont know it sounds cool. Best Pixies song is where is my mind.

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ViciousMonkeyKiller
05-29-2004

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This was the best song they proformed in Davis. Greatest...show....ever.

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discolemonade
05-30-2004

Rated 0 
mmm this song is so great

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bananaaanna
06-14-2004

Rated 0 
This is one of my all time favorite songs. I agree with antisoap all the way. "Hey" (and basically all other Pixies songs) is so much more than just the lyrics. His voice and the instruments are what really tell the story. The Pixies are awe-inspiring and I can't wait to see them on their tour this fall!

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dont_panic
06-27-2004

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yeah it's really a lot about how he sings the song and how the music fits in with it than just the words. this is one of my favourite pixies songs.

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sammyramone
12-10-2004

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its alwhite innit?

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glumble
12-13-2004

Rated +1 
I think the song is somewhat about the various sexual partners he has had, but even more about the woman he wants. There's whores all over his bed, but if she leaves his life, he will surely die. It's about a woman he can't have, and he feels chained to her, even though he tries to fill the void with meaningless sexual escapades. The whores in the choir taunt him because he can't have the real thing he wants, because the woman and him can't be for some reason.

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scoffed
12-19-2004

Rated 0 
This is my favourite pixies song. It sounds really nice

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karyssa_lace
12-26-2004

Rated 0 
this song is about him being tied up in a relationship? it comes across to me like he is in a relationship that has been going on for a while now and he is having thoughts ( mabye its even happening) about sleeping with * whores *. he sings * if you go, i will surly die * he is thinking about other people and not her but if he looses her its gonna really hurt. he thinks she feels the same ( * mary aint you tired of this * ) but there... chained together. i love it. xx

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atombombjohn
01-01-2005

Rated 0 
Hey is simply amazing, kind of the dark horse on doolittle but quickly became my favorite. I love The grunting. Uh! Uh! its so hot.

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1stname
01-02-2005

Rated 0 
Kim Deal is my favorite bassist.

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Ramagamma
01-03-2005

Rated 0 
I'd wager that she is a lot of peoples favourite bassist.

Including mine.

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cloud_9_
01-28-2005

Rated 0 
i love this song

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Ink_Kiss
01-29-2005

Rated 0 
I don't think this song is necessisarily about sex. The indications that sex is the main theme of this song is strong, but I think it is mainly about love gone wrong but still miserably alive. The opening line, "Hey, been trying to meet you" is like a plea to reconcile with this person, even though it might be like trying to be with someone who has drastically changed, almost like meeting a new person. The whores aren't literally whores, they're more like ideas and preconceptions about love and relationships the speaker of the song has given into. Whores can be beautiful and alluring, but illogical and eventually devoid of truth, and they are the ideals the person in the song has clung to, and that person is realizing that it is damaging the realationship he is in. Despite how illogical and harmful it is to be together with this person, he still wants to cultivate his adamant view of love with his lover; they are chained because they are avoiding the cold truth about their love.
The second part is more about the sexual part of their realationship; the "whores like a choir", their ideals keeping their futile love alive. The whole part about Mary might be a religious reference. The lovers in the song may view thier love as this immaculate and beautiful thing, like the way Jesus was made. But the baby is aborted, and their love is something that never will be complete nor immaculate, there isn't any use for it to be alive. So the lovers are held together forever, they still love each other even though they'll never be together again.

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blackbryson
02-05-2005

Rated 0 
holy moly! ink kiss, i've heard this song so many times and dug it so much that i onceuponatime named my pixies website after it. never thought about it like this though. beautiful interpretation. way to read between the lines.

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sketchy1
02-10-2005

Rated 0 
Well all pixies songs are great... to me this is my favorite. It is hard to single out one song though. I think it is the raw emotion behind it and being more about the emotion you the listener get out of it. Black Francis voice breakes a number of times in this heart renching song. To me that says it is just more about sex. I think these songs mean different things to different people... what it sounds like to me is there is the person who he loves... but they have never been together... despite there numerous lovers... this is revealed it the lyrics "whores in my head whores at mydoor whores in my bed but hey where have you been." However they are always there for eachother... even if it isn't the way he wants them to be. The "UH"s in the song to me are very sexual (orgasmas) so this song is about sex but it is an odd take on longing for someone... inspite of other lover being around them and you. This song to me is about longing pure and simple.

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sekainohaten
03-04-2005

Rated 0 
I was a little surprised that nobody has mentioned the tarot reference in this song. The idea of having "a devil between us" and being "chained" directly mirrors The Devil, card XV of the major Arcana.

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Mirza
03-16-2005

Rated 0 
Itīs about love thatīs beyond physical senses. I love the guitar in this song, reminds me of fagot in ˇTwist in my sobriety" by Tanita Tikaram; it bings out sadness of human existance..

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Black_Stripe_Red
06-20-2005

Rated 0 
My favorite Pixies song-

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devilcricket
06-28-2005

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I think it's about his past sex life with all of the "whores" but he started to get bored of it and then he met someone who was more than just sex

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