| Nirvana – Polly Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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It is also obvious that Curt sings "cut yourself" and not "don't cut yourself" or "dont't hurt yourself" as in canonical official Nevermind texts. I think it's a really psychologically brilliant song, which gets into a situation of rape and abuse, into relation between rapist and victim and rapist's bored, dull interior, full of contempt to a human. Curt IS an overwhelming man. Take care Nirvana funs, as we do here in Novosibirsk, Russia! |
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| Nirvana – Polly Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This song is written from a rapist’s perspective. It happened in 1987 with teenage girl going from punk concert (not Polly Klass case, 1993). He talks to a victim in humiliating manner as to a parrot, and calls her “Polly” – a typical name for these birds in English. Other meanings of word “Polly” (from http://www.urbandictionary.com) – is a “person of extraordinary beauty. Used as a code word for a beautiful male or female” and “Slang for any non-white chick who loves to date white guys”. The slang meaning of “cracker” is “Originally the white slave driver because he would "crack" the whip”. Now this word is used as opposite to “nigger” as an insult to whites. So we can suppose that the victim was non-white girl and rapist spoke to her in a mocking manner: My parrot wants a cracker? (that is ether “whip” or “white stallion”) Then saying aloud, but to himself: think I should get off her first (“get off” is slang for “to have an orgasm”) Oh, my little bird want some water? – Don’t cheat with me! You wanna extinguish the blowtorch! In refrain we see the dialog of rapist and his victim, in which the girl tries to make an impression on him as if she even likes this “dirty game” (remember – she is punk teenager): She: Oops, it’s not me [probably hurt him a little] He: Have a seed, parrot. Now I will cut your dirty wings you stinky punk She: May I get on top of you now? (“ride” – is a girl sitting on the guy during sex) He: Shut up. Take a blade – cut yourself! She: Please, I can’t get excited, help me (tries kinda flirting with him) He: Shut up I told you. I’ve told you I have a rope - and I’ll use it! She: I swear I like what we do. Please, let me get on top! He: Cut yourself I told you! She: Please help me here to get a bit excited! (crying and delaying torture as she can) My parrot wants a cracker? May be I should spoon-feed it with some birdseed? It asks me to untie her? – Okay, may be it’s a good idea to chase her as a gamebird for a while? My parrot complains that its back hurts? (at this moment rapist is already exhausted and bored and he hates himself and her too) O, she is just like me – a bored scared animal, gamebird. Oh shit, I’ve relaxed my vigilance and she ran away! Oh, such a bore! It amazes me this will of instinct of self-preservation – even in this dirty punk, a real parrot! |
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