The Cure – Meathook

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I went into the butchers
I said wanted wanted wanted some...
Meat
Pass me some of that steak over there
It looks so...
Sweet

I lost my heart to a meat hook!
That butcher man was some...
Lady
He really stole my heart
He hung me up on his meat hook
A real piece of...
Slaughterhouse art

I lost my heart to a meat hook!
There's a meat hook in my heart
Tearing me all apart
Ripping out my insides
But I just can't get away
I can't leave my
Meat hook

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Track duration: 02:18

"Meathook" as written by Robert James Smith, Laurence Andrew Tolhurst, Michael Stephen Dempsey

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

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  • +1
    General Comment:This is some of what Smith says about "Meathook":

    "It's an in joke of sorts, arising from an incident during the Hansa days when an old producer kept complaining that one song had no hooklines".

    He also said:

    "A strained comparison between the chart pop song catch and revolting dead meat?"

    I like this song!
    Flag monster36604on January 16, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:David LP fan, my take is "The butcher man was some lady" means that the gay caballero was so enthralled with the butcher man that he will no longer even try to hide his feelings by having relationships with women.
    Slaughterhouse art, to means, that the man's body -- or perhaps a part thereof -- was so beautiful to this young gay fellow that it was like a work of art.
    Flag CuteSparkinaon August 28, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:no, the butcher man was a 'lady' so it's a metaphor for a girl putting his heart on a 'meathook'.

    I mean I could be wrong, but it seems pretty straightforward.
    Flag david_lpfanon September 25, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:why does the line i lost my heart to a meathook have to mean they fell in love with someone, the slaughterhouse art line makes me think its something more gruesome in a jokey way, a texas chainsaw massacre parody
    Flag robot in disguiseon July 10, 2007   Link
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  • +2
    General Comment:No, he said, Butcher MAN. My guess is, it's about a heretofore closeted gay caballero who goes into a butcher shop and falls in love with the proprietor
    Flag CuteSparkinaon May 23, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Mmm... Meat.

    How about a very posessive female butcher...
    Flag Cynothoglyson August 24, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:This is a joke song, the band came up with the song to take the piss when someone at Hansa (their first record company) complained that one of their songs had no hooks in it.

    Very rough interpretation of the lyrics:

    A young gay man tries it on with a big, butch drag queen and finds this big guy is into pretty hard sex and possibly sadomasochism... the young guy wants to break out of it but the big guy has him 'hooked' and he can't get away... think something along the lines of Lola by the Kinks.

    I might be well off, but hey, it makes sense when you look at the lyrics. :)
    Flag MaskOfSanityon April 09, 2006   Link
  • +2
    General Comment:I'm just having a stab in the dark here i've been sitting here trying to figure it out for like 5 minutes because i'm in love with this song anyway...I think it's about him talking about women eg Pass me some of that steak over there
    It looks so...Sweet and he lost his heart to her....i don't know how that works but yea i tried
    Flag ashiton December 28, 2005   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:WHY DIDNT THEY MAKE A VIDEO FOR THIS? pASOLINI COULD DIRECT IT FROM HELL
    Flag jancsibohocon March 03, 2005   Link

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