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Skinny Puppy – Worlock Lyrics 17 years ago
It's about drugs.
Skin popper - Heroin
(drug) Binge
Dabbler -( to dabble in drugs)
talk back rock = crack
ETC...

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Skinny Puppy – Testure Lyrics 17 years ago
Such a sad song, but with a great melody. It paints such a vivid picture.

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The Cure – The Walk Lyrics 17 years ago
I agree, visiting time reminds me of a mental institution. The Japanese Baby is a metaphor for crying.

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Siouxsie and the Banshees – Dazzle Lyrics 17 years ago
The first word should be "swallowing".

I remember reading that Siouxsie said this song is about "GREED & DISEASE".

I always loved the line "index and thumb
Pull some strings, let them sing" It means two things to me. First: you play the Bass by pulling the strings with index and thumb fingers" Secondly: A doctor stitching a wound does it with his index and thumb... .the sing is the scream...

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Joy Division – Atrocity Exhibition Lyrics 17 years ago
This song is obviously about Ian's illness, but it always reminded me of "the Elephant Man".

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New Order – The Perfect Kiss Lyrics 17 years ago
A gay song...

"Pretending not to see his gun
I said let's go out and have some fun"

The gun is a penis, same as in the song 1963.

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New Order – 1963 Lyrics 17 years ago
this is agay song, and the gun is a penis.

And though he was ashamed that he had took a life"
...............a gay lifestyle.

"I used to think of him, he used think of me
He told me to close my eyes
My gift would be a great surprise
I saw tears were in his eyes
He never meant to hurt me"

It's a man singing about a gay lover who decided to marry a woman.

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Echo and the Bunnymen – The Cutter Lyrics 17 years ago
First of all the 4th line is wrong, the word come should be give.

Secondly is about CIRCUMCISION.

"watch the fingers close
when the hands are cold"

"with sellotape and knives"

Both are about cutting the foreskin.

So it's about circumcision and his ambivalence towards it.



"am i the happy loss
will i still recoil
when the skin is lost
am i the worthy cross
will i still be soiled
when the dirt is off "

There are many metaphors in the song, and it may have more than one meaning, but "the cutter" is about circumcision. I'm surprised no one else saw this, it's so obvious to me.

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