In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
One thing I miss is Cold Ethyl and her skeleton kiss
We met last night making love by the refrigerator light
Ethyl Ethyl let me squeeze you in my arms
Ethyl Ethyl come and freeze me with your charms
One thing
No lie
Ethyl's frigid as an eskimo pie
She's cool in bed
Well she oughta be 'cause Ethyl's dead
Ethyl Ethyl let me squeeze you in my arms
Ethyl Ethyl come and freeze me with your charms
Come on Cold Ethyl
Freeze me babe
One thing, it's true
Cold Ethyl I am stuck on you
And everything is my way
Ethyl don't have much to say
Ethyl Ethyl let me squeeze you in my arms
Ethyl Ethyl come and freeze me with your charms
Come here Cold Ethyl
What makes you so cold? Ooh so cold
Cold Ethyl
Cold Cold Ethyl
If I live 'til ninety-seven
You'll still be waiting in refrigerator heaven
'Cause you're cool
You're ice
Cold Ethyl
You're my paradise
We met last night making love by the refrigerator light
Ethyl Ethyl let me squeeze you in my arms
Ethyl Ethyl come and freeze me with your charms
One thing
No lie
Ethyl's frigid as an eskimo pie
She's cool in bed
Well she oughta be 'cause Ethyl's dead
Ethyl Ethyl let me squeeze you in my arms
Ethyl Ethyl come and freeze me with your charms
Come on Cold Ethyl
Freeze me babe
One thing, it's true
Cold Ethyl I am stuck on you
And everything is my way
Ethyl don't have much to say
Ethyl Ethyl let me squeeze you in my arms
Ethyl Ethyl come and freeze me with your charms
Come here Cold Ethyl
What makes you so cold? Ooh so cold
Cold Ethyl
Cold Cold Ethyl
If I live 'til ninety-seven
You'll still be waiting in refrigerator heaven
'Cause you're cool
You're ice
Cold Ethyl
You're my paradise
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i love this song, it's what alice is all about
Agree, toad1e. To me this is mainly a song about alcoholism, (ethyl is another word for alcohol, for those who don't know), even if the lyrics are somewhat... double-bottomed... "We met last night Making love by the refrigerator light" Could it be any more obvious?;-)
Only Alice Cooper could sing a song like this and still come off as cool
No comments that it's spelled "Ethyl" and not the more common feminine name "Ethel"? I'm smelling a metaphor. Still, sick kick-ass song.
Considering Alice's long history with alcohol abuse, I would not be surprised if that was his meaning behind it. If anyone has seen the "Welcome to my Nightmare" concert on video, you can see how messed up he was at that time.
i believe the ong to have a double meaning. necrophilia being one, the most abvious odly enough. i think it is also a reference to alice's alchoholism. ethyl is the type of alchohol you drink. "make'n love under the refrigerator light' is a refernce to getting up in the middle of the night to get a beer
....a dumbass, indeed. honestly, how can you live with yourself for that?
seriously...how can you FUCK a corpse shutters that's grody hurls...damn dude she's DEAD!!!
alice cooper rox. him coming off as cool is the whole point. his getting off was probably cool to... shes frozen. go xl5ron, either you have as really sick, or are really gutsy, posting that on the net. Frozen, really? FRIGID AS ESKIMO PIE.... how awesome
lol xl5ron i wont call you a sick bastard, but god thats weird..... but what every turns you on.... people cant be held fully responsible when there under thier drugbrella... it protects you from all condamnations.... but at the same time.... dude you wouldnt of frozen your bollocks off if she were alive, that and her family probably wouldnt be to happy that you fucked her =/
haha no point of fucking a blue corpse in winter... that wont warm you up!!
but at the same time .... still wrong dude.... im getting cremeted . . .