Queens of the Stone Age – Monsters In The Parasol

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The walls are closing in again, oh well
The walls are closing in again, oh well
I seen some thing I thought I never saw
Covered in hair
Paul's dad is warped and bubbling, oh well
Paul's dad is warped and bubbling, oh well
And my mind is out here on another wave
Covered in hair

She won't grow

[Chorus]
You've got a monster (distress) in your parasol (body out??)
You've got a monster (dwarfs, doors?) in your parasol (of course)
You've got a monster (displeasure) in your parasol (I told you??)
You've got a monster ? in your parasol (x-nay?)
Paul's sister is an alien, oh well

Paul's sister is an alien, oh well
I seen some things I thought I never saw
Covered in hair

She won't grow

You've got a monster (distress, my pest?) in your parasol
You've got a monster (dwarfs) in your parasol (war horse)
You've got a monster (displeasure) in your parasol ?
You've got a hole in you I never saw ?
In your parasol, in your parasol

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"Monsters in the Parasol" as written by Josh/lalli Homme

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    General Comment:Got it, guys. In a interview I'm reading right now, Josh says exactly this wrods:
    "Right. I think at this point in my life I can’t necessarily write 'Monsters in the Parasol', which is about me tripping on LSD."

    The link for the (great) interview: craveonline.com/music/interviews/…
    Flag betowon May 23, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:I think it's probably just trying to say how everybody's paranoid or at least has one mental disorder. 'That you never saw' I was thinking is like.. look for it and you'll find out what monster is hiding in your parasol. Because there IS one there.
    Flag Jamfaceon April 04, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:"I seen some things I thought I never saw covered in hair"
    - It's about holidays in Spain
    Flag Sticks1111on March 07, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:it´s about gay sex or a guy who is on lsd and he´s so high that he ends up getting laid with a homossexual

    "I seen some thing I thought I never saw
    Covered in hair"

    "You've got a hole in you I never saw
    In your parasol, in your parasol"

    parasol = ass

    covered in hair refers to a guy

    and the video clip confirms that
    Flag Phe43on March 02, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:It's about Paul's sister's vagina. The young boy has never seen anything like it and now the hairy mental image is stuck in his mind. She's not like us, she's "an alien." "She won't grow" (a dick). "You've got a hole in you I never saw"... vajay
    "Monster in your parasol"- see it now?
    Flagged Tachonon October 31, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:yeah it is its a slang term in britain that taxi drivers use
    Flag HaydenGon July 24, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:An AC/DC isn't a transvestite. There is now such thing as AN AC/DC. AC = Alternating Current; DC = Direct Current or is there some new physics-influenced slang I'm not aware of? :P
    Flag jordanzon July 20, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:AC/DC isnt a joke. An AC/DC is a transvestite
    Flag HaydenGon July 13, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:It's about the deteriorating of the human condition. It's about how our society (the parasol) is too accepting and allows too many shady characters, like terrorists (the monster) in, just to be politically correct. The moral: Don't let monsters in your parasol, be racist, but do it tastefully.
    Flagged jordanzon July 05, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I'm not really sure if I agree with everyone. I mean, the song's great and everything but I feel there's a more direct meaning to the "Monster in your Parasol" line. I'm not really sure what it is exactly but I think Josh meant something specific by it. Not just "Oh looky there! I'm on drugs and I'm seeing monsters!" But I do not deny that there is a strange sexual implication within the song.
    Flag nolimit24on April 03, 2007   Link

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