The lyrics are beautiful, so much meaning, right?
Honestly the first time i heard this song (in my contemporary dance class), i knew that it was about a person with an eating disorder like anorexia or bulimia.
Simply:
Go without (food)
'Til the need seeps in (binge)
You low animal (regret from binge)
Eviscerate your fragile frame (empty your body -purge- that is fragile from lack of nutrition)
And spill it out in the ragged floor (purge)
A thousand different versions of yourself (anorexics often pretend they are alright and in control of their weight and they act happy and normal around friends when they are all in fact deeply depressed and suffering)
And if the old guard still offend (people around pressusing them to gain weight back, parents who guard and moniror their eating, or even someone in the psychiatric ward, watching them)
They got nothing left on which you depend (when anorexics eat, they eat in routine, always the same foods and portions, when they run out, they refuse to eat anything else)
So enlist every ounce
Of your bright blood (with the little energy you have left)
And off with their heads (when the aforementioned food runs out they become even more nervous and agressive and tetchy and start screaming at people, who have nothing to do with it, and blaming them for stealing their food. yep, ive been there.)
Jump from the hook (anorexics are almost always depressed and many have suicidal thoughts)
You're not obliged to swallow anything you despise (speaks for itself, you dont have to eat anything you dont want)
See, those unrepenting buzzards want your life (everyone is trying to make you fat, blame THEM)
And they got no right
As sure as you have eyes
They got no right (anorexics feel that everyone is against them and its only up to them to decide when or if they gain the weight back)
Their pudgy hearts and slimy hands (everyone who is trying to make you fat is in fact fat themselves or fat at heart. the slimy hands are from the oil they cook your meals in. anorexics look at themselves and everyone else critically)
Wow, I just posted my interpretation of this on here, then scrolled up and read yours. Mine is a bit different (only going to show how interpretations are personal) but you have really nailed it. That's very insightful. Good job.
Wow, I just posted my interpretation of this on here, then scrolled up and read yours. Mine is a bit different (only going to show how interpretations are personal) but you have really nailed it. That's very insightful. Good job.
The lyrics are beautiful, so much meaning, right? Honestly the first time i heard this song (in my contemporary dance class), i knew that it was about a person with an eating disorder like anorexia or bulimia.
Simply:
Go without (food) 'Til the need seeps in (binge) You low animal (regret from binge)
Eviscerate your fragile frame (empty your body -purge- that is fragile from lack of nutrition) And spill it out in the ragged floor (purge) A thousand different versions of yourself (anorexics often pretend they are alright and in control of their weight and they act happy and normal around friends when they are all in fact deeply depressed and suffering)
And if the old guard still offend (people around pressusing them to gain weight back, parents who guard and moniror their eating, or even someone in the psychiatric ward, watching them) They got nothing left on which you depend (when anorexics eat, they eat in routine, always the same foods and portions, when they run out, they refuse to eat anything else) So enlist every ounce Of your bright blood (with the little energy you have left) And off with their heads (when the aforementioned food runs out they become even more nervous and agressive and tetchy and start screaming at people, who have nothing to do with it, and blaming them for stealing their food. yep, ive been there.)
Jump from the hook (anorexics are almost always depressed and many have suicidal thoughts) You're not obliged to swallow anything you despise (speaks for itself, you dont have to eat anything you dont want) See, those unrepenting buzzards want your life (everyone is trying to make you fat, blame THEM) And they got no right As sure as you have eyes They got no right (anorexics feel that everyone is against them and its only up to them to decide when or if they gain the weight back)
Their pudgy hearts and slimy hands (everyone who is trying to make you fat is in fact fat themselves or fat at heart. the slimy hands are from the oil they cook your meals in. anorexics look at themselves and everyone else critically)
Wow, I just posted my interpretation of this on here, then scrolled up and read yours. Mine is a bit different (only going to show how interpretations are personal) but you have really nailed it. That's very insightful. Good job.
Wow, I just posted my interpretation of this on here, then scrolled up and read yours. Mine is a bit different (only going to show how interpretations are personal) but you have really nailed it. That's very insightful. Good job.