Lyrics for Break My Body as interpreted by riffic

Break My Body Lyrics
I'm the hard looser
You'll find me crashing through my mother's door
I am the ugly lover
You'll find us rolling on the dirty floor

Break my body, hold my bones, hold my bones (3x)

I'm a belly dancer
I'll shake forever and I'll never care
I'm a building jumper
Roof to roof you see me flying in the air

Break my body, hold my bones, hold my bones (3x)

Somebody got hurt
Somebody get hurt
Somebody got her

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Benny-X
10-17-2002

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How dare you all not comment on this song?!? This song is great! ...then again I really have nothing to say besides that but still, damn you all! You should all be ashamed of yourselfs!! >:o

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trajikclown
04-18-2003

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well this song is really good.... everytime i hear it im like... wow why didnt i write that.... haha.... but anyways.... the phrase ugly lover is used in many modest mouse songs..... just compairing two great bands... :)

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trajikclown
04-18-2003

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oh yeah.... i think this song is about self hatred.... thats all i can get out of it.... i wish i could get in this guys head.... i wonder what he thinks....

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darkthundah
04-13-2004

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It was only recently that I discovered the Pixies, but to me this song could be interpretted as a reference to liking S&M. The references about being an "ugly lover", "rolling on the floor", and being a "belly dancer" describe sexual things. Also, the fact that the guy describes himself as a "loser" and as "ugly" may makes him seem somewhat masochistic. Thus, "break my body, hold my bones" becomes sexual. Also, the last three lines of the song represent reaching climax.

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oidimed
04-26-2004

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i think it has a biblical undertone. Jesus Christ said "this (bread) is my body, break it and eat in remembrance of me" maybe, maybe not what the song is about

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BuckWilder
06-15-2004

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I'm not sure what the core meaning is, but I don't really care. This song to me is just about giving in to everyone's perceptions of you and not giving a shit about what they think and doing what you want despite their opinion. Break my body almost seems like a challenge to the naysayers if you interpret it this way.

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endofthelinejoel
06-17-2004

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Ambiguous lyrics. Great melody and music.

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Frodo
07-04-2004

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this song is about incest

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abby crawford
10-03-2004

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The Pixies > Modest Mouse

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ColinF
10-19-2004

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This song is all about incest. Its about having sex with your mother and being punished by having your bones broken up!.

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jackfrost
11-02-2004

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never realized how much the Pixies influenced Nirvana until listening to this song, and after that its undeniable

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kellyinavalon
11-30-2004

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Well it comforts me. All of the people mentioned are like "extremists" or similar term could be used since that one got ruined by TV. But they all are going to extremes to find comforts or pleasures. But it's all physical pleasures. If you look at each person mentioned they are trying to find some sort of "nirvana" by using their bodies. I think much of humankind is like that and it's comforting to be reminded others are just as "human" as I. They haven't achieved a nirvana state by any other means more evolved than I. Oh gosh, gimmie a hug my brothers and sisters :) I can't wait til I am free of bones and body. They drag me down, man.

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phlapjacks
12-16-2004

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I think the first line is actually "I'm a horny loser." At least that's what it sounds like to me.

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eris
12-17-2004

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Personally I think that he's the one a girl betrays her boyfriend with...
Unfortunately he turns up and beats him up
Maybe I'm getting it all wrong, I'm in kind of a strange mood right now so pls forgive me

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yo mamma!
05-06-2005

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this song is awesome. i think it's about doing things that people would call gross, or weird, or cringey, or whatever.

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bonginthereggaesong
06-14-2005

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BDSM. woah yeah

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whiskeyclonehotel
08-08-2005

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I think its about self harming because he couldnt get the woman he wanted
"somebody got her"

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czechm8
01-23-2006

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he's everything people look down on. it sucks for them, and a little sad for them too, but hell, he's got his freedom. Who cares what they think, well, 'cept someone got hurt. Ouch.

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The Distorted
05-18-2006

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"I'm a building jumper
Roof to roof you see me flying in the air"

- I love this line, it conjures up such awesome images in my head.

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geebee
06-30-2006

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it's about letting go...... and the line should be
''i'll shake for Arabs'' not ''forever'

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comrade
12-14-2006

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I always thought that the chorus line "Break my body, hold my bones" was a reference to an old practice of shepherds. They would break the bones of a young lamb and then carry it on their shoulders so that the lamb would become used to the shepherds voice and eventually become comfortable around him. Sort of sick, but it's interesting that that would be more like "break my bones, hold my body."

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SoundgardeNirvana
12-05-2007

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geebee is right about the Arab part

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SoundgardeNirvana
12-09-2008

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This is definitely the best song on Surfer Rosa. Such an incredible song.

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