This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
You're everything that's why I cling to you
When I emerge my thoughts converge to you
To you
The world is so small compared to you
And everybody's wrong compared to you
To you
I begin to see through your eyes
All the former mysteries are no surprise
So now, you listen
'Cause I'm omniscient
Hey look at me lady
I'm just a little baby
You're lucky to have me
I'm cute and sweet as candy
As charming as a fable
I'm innocent and disabled
So hug me and kiss me
Then wipe my butt and piss me
I hope you never leave
'Cause who would hear me scream
Nobody understands
Except the toys in my hands
So now you listen
'Cause I'm omniscient
Hey look at me lady
I'm just a little baby
If I smile, then you smile
Then I'll get mad for awhile
I melt in your mouth
And in your hands whenever I can
But I really do nothing
Except kickin' and fussin'
I like to make a mess
I laugh at your distress
I sit all day in my crib
Absorbing all you give
I'm helpless
I'm flawless
I'm a machine
Give me, I need my toys
Keep me hot keep me strong keep me everlong
Keep me hot keep me strong keep me everlong
Keep me hot keep me strong keep me everlong
Keep me hot keep me strong keep me everlong
So now you listen
'Cause I'm omniscient
When I emerge my thoughts converge to you
To you
The world is so small compared to you
And everybody's wrong compared to you
To you
I begin to see through your eyes
All the former mysteries are no surprise
So now, you listen
'Cause I'm omniscient
Hey look at me lady
I'm just a little baby
You're lucky to have me
I'm cute and sweet as candy
As charming as a fable
I'm innocent and disabled
So hug me and kiss me
Then wipe my butt and piss me
I hope you never leave
'Cause who would hear me scream
Nobody understands
Except the toys in my hands
So now you listen
'Cause I'm omniscient
Hey look at me lady
I'm just a little baby
If I smile, then you smile
Then I'll get mad for awhile
I melt in your mouth
And in your hands whenever I can
But I really do nothing
Except kickin' and fussin'
I like to make a mess
I laugh at your distress
I sit all day in my crib
Absorbing all you give
I'm helpless
I'm flawless
I'm a machine
Give me, I need my toys
Keep me hot keep me strong keep me everlong
Keep me hot keep me strong keep me everlong
Keep me hot keep me strong keep me everlong
Keep me hot keep me strong keep me everlong
So now you listen
'Cause I'm omniscient
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While the metaphorical interpretations are interesting, I from the start always thought this song to be about babies, and I still do. If you dislike children like myself, it's all very straightforward, and makes perfect sense. No need for further digging, so to speak.
A baby's world is tremendously egocentric (So now, you listen/'Cause I'm omniscient) - at that stage the world revolves around them and what they know. At the beginning their universe consists only of themselves and the parents, which is the opening of the song. Parents are relied upon for everything and only mommy or daddy will do (And everybody's wrong/Compared to you). As they grow, parents teach them (I begin to see through your eyes/All the former mysteries are no surprise), but still the baby is the focus of the parents' attention and a baby only cares about its own immediate needs (So hug me and kiss me/Then wipe my butt and piss me, etc)
It is written basically from the viewpoint of a baby, but in this case one that is conscious of what it is doing, and doing it intentionally. Even the behaviours (If I smile, then you smile/Then I'll get mad for awhile/But I really do nothing/Except kickin' and fussin'/I like to make a mess/I laugh at your distress/I sit all day in my crib etc) are pretty straightforward if you have been around babies a lot.
And while the parents of the world may dislike this, the title makes perfect sense as well. Zombies are brainless (I'm a machine) and do nothing but eat. Well, hate to say it, but newborn babies ...
@Kollapse77 Great point! To add more to your point, it's as if he's targeting women who have children as a social thing and not considering the responsibilities that come with having a child. Every time I listen to this song, I envision a woman buried in responsibilities of taking care of this child. <br /> <br /> With the line: "Hey, look at me, lady", I see a woman stressed the fuck out by this screaming, crying, pooping, pissing little creature that needs your undivided attention.<br /> <br /> In the end, he's blaming women for having illegitimate children without a father figure in it's life. It's a cautionary tale for these women who want to entrap men by having babies the man doesn't want.
@Kollapse77 I agree with this meaning. I disagree on the title though. I think Patton equated "Zombies" with being dead inside, the Zombie Eaters are the babies, which the song is about, because this song is a dark look at neglect from a depressed parent to an innocent child.
@Kollapse77 This is absolutely the correct interpretation and the only one possible. Except only for the fact that the zombies are the moms and the zombie eaters (devouring the mothers and "absorbing all you give") are the children. Mike Patton said that he wrote this song taking as inspiration some of his former schoolmates who became young mothers. Mike saw this young women very stressed and fully deprived of their vitality, sleep, appetite... walking around like zombies, indeed. Devoured by those little cute and screaming zombie eaters...soul devourers.<br /> <br /> PS: I'm a father of a little baby and of course I don't hate children, but some moments are very ...hard. I listen to this song with a constant smile painted on my face, well knowing that Mike is right ...and I'm not an hypocrite to deny it. It's the natural order of life and this song always give me a smile to play down the hard times..
He is being sarcastic, with the tone of this song.
The song is about roles people play in a relationship. Both people destruct it by being something to the other and bitterness is sure to come.Also, Sorting the emotions of events you have nothing to do with won't work.It's a mess..
zombieeater, If you play the part too (recieving end), you are just as guilty of the deception.
So, the meaning of the title is...?
Some how i get the sense that Patton is this baby
I kinda get that too
This song is not a metaphor. He is singing about a child and its constant need for attention, and how the baby seems to be neglected. It's really quite sad.
@sukkamc 100% disagree. Mike doesn't write songs like that typically. It is not about a baby, it doesn't capture the essence of a child really and isn't written like it's about a baby. Just because he says I'm just a little baby doesn't mean it's about a baby. <br /> <br /> It's pretty obviously describing a narcissist/narcissistic abuse. Many agree. "Keep me hot keep me strong keep me everlong" doesn't sound like it's about a baby or a child.
I ahave to agree with Kollapse77...when both my children were babies this song rang true. Even as tweens they are still like this. I think he/she hit it on the head...it is a straight forward song.
Its about a baby. I just love the lines "As charming as a fable, Im innoncent and disabled". Patton has a very ironic feel to his lyrics, many of his lyrics directly contradict each other in the same sentece. Very cool.
@jimbobjoe that is a really shallow interpretation. His lyrics aren't usually shallow. <br /> "As charming as a fable, I'm innocent and disabled" describes a narcissist exactly. That lyric isn't contradictory.
this song has a really orchestral feeling to it, and its one of the best ones they've ever done, but its also under-appreciated. the mood of the song is more like the mood of the songs an Angel Dust than on The Real Thing. FNM were really eclectic
Yea, I think these lyrics, deal with someone with abusive/consuming personality, who only sees people as his objects(=Give me, I need my toys..)
btw. The song title itself, "Zombie Eaters", is like an analogy to "Psychic Vampire".
@Angelheart completely agree. Anyone who knows much about NPD will recognize every lyric in this song describing a narcissist.
he's telling someone he's basically hepless (which he says), when it comes to how desparate he is for themand their love. it's a love song. a MIKE PATTON love song. lol