| Xiu Xiu – Save Me Save Me Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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okay. so the self mutilation is obvious, but i think the song is more about the current obession with plastic surgery in society. i'm assuming he is referring to matmos' album "A Chance to Cut Is a Chance to Cure", which is an album made largely of sounds sampled from liposuction and plastic surgery. "your body doomed as the last apple on the tree" meaning no matter what you do to yourself to make it better your going to die and your physical self will rot away like every other living thing. Jamie is the doctor, speaking to a patient "pull your shirt down" "hand a knife up to me" "so let me hurt you". i think the video also supports this: the elderly people being turned into babies at a factory. people trying to recapture their youth by going under the knife. "it would be a strange delite no eyes no nose no mind" referring to the mindset of someone who hates themselves so much they'd spend thousands on cutting their body apart. but where to draw the line? "no mouth no neck no rest" meaning it doesn't stop. the "white poem of self hate stays with you" so no matter what you "fix" next, your going to find something to be unhappy. i'm new to xiu xiu (last week, actually!), so maybe i'm missing something. i don't really see the rape and suicide. the self-hatred that is at the root of all these things, i do see, though. |
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| Xiu Xiu – PJ in the Streets... Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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before even listening to the song, the title made me think of pj harvey walking around the streets of new york in the video for "good fortune". god, i love that video! anyone else? no? it's just me then? :( |
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