I think this song has different levels to it. It's definitely not one-dimensional. As an avid JAMC fan, I know that their lyrics manage to be simple & layered at the same time.
It is both about oral sex and a relationship. The allusions to oral sex are a metaphor for something more.
"Listen to the girl
As she takes on half the world
Moving up and so alive
In her honey dripping beehive
Beehive
It's good, so good, it's so good
So good"
This is a determined girl who is going places. He's enamored with her.
"Honey-drippin beehive" is an allusion to her anatomy, but also to her being charming & yet able to bring pain (honey is sweet, but beehives have bees in them). It's "good" because he gets to be connected to her in some way, both sexually and emotionally. It's a double edged sword for him.
"Walking back to you
Is the hardest thing that
I can do
That I can do for you
For you"
He feels unworthy of her. "Walking back" implies he left for some reason.
Maybe he did something wrong, and now he has to swallow his pride in order to win her back, and that is a hard thing to do.
"I'll be your plastic toy
I'll be your plastic toy
For you"
He'll let her use him...however she wants, just so he can be with her. This can be sexually and emotionally. He's possibly doing this as a way of winning her back again.
"Eating up this scum
Is the hardest thing for
Me to do"
Obvious oral sex allusion there, but also admitting it is hard to go back to someone and admit you are wrong. The phrasing makes me think of the expression "eat your own words", which is admitting you were wrong. He is willing to humiliate himself because he thinks she is worth it.
"Just like honey"
Ultimately, she is sweet & desirable like honey, and however difficult it may be to get this girl back, it is worth it. Just as getting honey from a beehive presents certain difficulties ;)
I think this song has different levels to it. It's definitely not one-dimensional. As an avid JAMC fan, I know that their lyrics manage to be simple & layered at the same time.
It is both about oral sex and a relationship. The allusions to oral sex are a metaphor for something more.
"Listen to the girl As she takes on half the world Moving up and so alive In her honey dripping beehive Beehive It's good, so good, it's so good So good"
This is a determined girl who is going places. He's enamored with her. "Honey-drippin beehive" is an allusion to her anatomy, but also to her being charming & yet able to bring pain (honey is sweet, but beehives have bees in them). It's "good" because he gets to be connected to her in some way, both sexually and emotionally. It's a double edged sword for him.
"Walking back to you Is the hardest thing that I can do That I can do for you For you"
He feels unworthy of her. "Walking back" implies he left for some reason. Maybe he did something wrong, and now he has to swallow his pride in order to win her back, and that is a hard thing to do.
"I'll be your plastic toy I'll be your plastic toy For you"
He'll let her use him...however she wants, just so he can be with her. This can be sexually and emotionally. He's possibly doing this as a way of winning her back again.
"Eating up this scum Is the hardest thing for Me to do"
Obvious oral sex allusion there, but also admitting it is hard to go back to someone and admit you are wrong. The phrasing makes me think of the expression "eat your own words", which is admitting you were wrong. He is willing to humiliate himself because he thinks she is worth it.
"Just like honey"
Ultimately, she is sweet & desirable like honey, and however difficult it may be to get this girl back, it is worth it. Just as getting honey from a beehive presents certain difficulties ;)