The Misfits – Skulls

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  Song Meaning:I interpret the song to be about the United State's conquest over the Native Americans.
  
  There are many instances throughout that time period where the U.S. military would cut off the heads of Indian chiefs and place them on display along the walls of forts or on display in the center of towns, to propagate hate towards the natives.
  
  Members of the military would also collect scalps of Native Americans and trade them in for cash rewards, but larger rewards could be collected for chiefs, where their head was needed to identify them. Men, women and children were all massacred by the United States, which showed no mercy for any Indian. There are many recorded instances were little girls were killed and badly mutilated and the military saw each Indian they killed as a trophy demonstrating their power over a defenseless people.
  
  I see the song as being about the military who took great joy in slaughtering Native Americans and developed a bloodlust for all their kind. I have been listening to this song for many years and have always thought of it that way.

  Flag Chemicalwarfairon June 19, 2011   Link

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    deamon i am and face i peel this is white people wish they had the african skull

    Flag hijodelricoon May 03, 2012  
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  General Comment:Believe me when I say that this is about Ed Gein...it sounds cliche, but there are so many similarities.
  
  -The cops found one of Ed's victims hanging from the rafters headless in his wood shed.
  -The whole 'face I peel' part is also Geinish, in fact the investigators found a human face in a brown paper bag at his house.
  -The "Go collect the heads of little girls" part probably has to with how all Ed's victims/grave robberies were women.
  -Ed Gein actually did put heads on his wall (well, actually they were faces).
  
  Anyway, this song kicks fucking ass! It was my 3rd bass line. Indeed, the Misfits are amazing.

  Flag gabbagabbaheygirlon August 20, 2009   Link

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  General Comment:this ones def. a classic Misfits song.
  once again in fashion talking about killing and giving ode to classic horror films.

  Flag *sway*on August 10, 2009   Link

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  General Comment:Almost definitely about Ed Gein, although he didn't kill many people he did rob a lot of graves and he used the skulld as bed posts and as drinking cups/bowls. Although he also had an obsession with female bodies and fashioned himself 'woman suits' from their skin and genitals. He dressed up in these suits and costumes and danced outside at night which gave rise to the legend of a nymph/ghost woman that haunted his town.

  Flag ArualsugAon October 17, 2008   Link

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  General Comment:I always thought he just sings "skull". And still do.
  I interpret it as the Misfits way to sing a lovesong.
  So romantic!

  Flag JeanieJoeon September 08, 2008   Link

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  General Comment:This clearly is not about Jeffery Dahmer because the album came out in 1981 and his first known murder was in 1978, his second being in 1987 and his string of murders in 1991. The string of murders would be brought to the public's eye, so Danzig probably never knew about Dahmer when the song was made.
  
  If it was about any serial killer, I think it would have been Ed Gein. It makes most sense to me, because he had skulls and shit around his house. And the one women was found decapitated in his shed...
  
  But who knows, maybe Danzig made the fucking thing up... :P

  Flag SuckerForMayhemon June 01, 2008   Link

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  General Comment:This kinda reminds me of that murderer that cut up women and girls and used their body parts for clothes and furniture.

  Flag walkingxdisasteron April 16, 2008   Link

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  General Comment:this song is more or less, about Danzig wanting ur skulls. thts the best i got

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  General Comment:i've read everybody's thoughts, and my contention is perhaps this song could be about deflowering girls in many ways? Just a thought...(i want your skull....hack the heads off little girls...). Food for thought.

  Flag ginjjeron November 27, 2007   Link

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  General Comment:I want your skulls too.......This is a super Misfits classic!

  Flag Horror_Punk_Edon November 09, 2007   Link

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