| Wild Beasts – All The King's Men Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I always understood 'my broken body' to describe the drained feeling for a man after sex (in ancient Chinese medicine, the ejaculation is an extreme loss of essential male strength). I think that by ending the song with this line, the female is the ultimate victor, as 'all the kings men, couldn't put humpty dumpty together again': i.e. his broken body. It's the woman who has broken him, and no man can put him together again. I second wisper: For a woman (or me at least) it's definitely a hot song, as it displays all the aggressive and primal male desire (I mean, really, what's more sexy than creating a child?), as well as ultimately worshipping the female as the thing that can undo a powerful and vital man. |
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| Wild Beasts – All The King's Men Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I always understood 'my broken body' to describe the drained feeling for a man after sex (in ancient Chinese medicine, the ejaculation is an extreme loss of essential male strength). I think that by ending the song with this line, the female is the ultimate victor, as 'all the kings men, couldn't put humpty dumpty together again': i.e. his broken body. It's the woman who has broken him, and no man can put him together again. I second wisper: For a woman (or me at least) it's definitely a hot song, as it displays all the aggressive and primal male desire (I mean, really, what's more sexy than creating a child?), as well as ultimately worshipping the female as the thing that can undo a powerful and vital man. |
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