| Mr. Bungle – Sweet Charity Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Oh I also meant to add in, that 'Sweet Charity', is the title of the movie that this song seems to relate to in a number of ways, but as a lyric in the song, also seems to mean (in my interpretation) that the escape from the main character's dire situation (be it drugs, faith, delusion, etc.) is some kind of sweet relief, or charity, passed down in what feels to the character like a divine manner from above - "Save me The heavens have opened The storm is over So let's start the parade... Raindrops Will turn to laughter Forever after In your technicolor heartbeat And they say That it helps you forget everything... Sweet charity" |
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| Mr. Bungle – Sweet Charity Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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"There's an old movie (orginally a Fosse musical, based on an even older Fellini film by a different name) called "Sweet Charity". I'm not sure if the song has anything to do with it, I never saw it, butttttt, I know it's about a hooker, that despite how messed up her life is and continues to be, has faith she will find her true love who will sweep her away from all her troubles. I think that has a better shot than someone "fucked up on drugs" Lyrically, it makes more sense. Kids, metaphors don't necessarily always equal drug use/experience." by jp410 on January 24, 2007 This seems like the most reasonable interpretation I've seen here. In terms of drugs, it's true that Mike Patton doesn't do any (besides caffeine), so they definitely weren't all fucked up just writing trippy lyrics for the hell of it. Regardless of whether they personally take drugs or not, think about this band. They write really deep, involved, and complex music, so the fact that they would have a song be about something as simple (or mundane) as 'someone fucked up on drugs' seems really unlikely to me. Yes, there are definite drug references involving the main character in this song ("they say it helps you forget everything", "drink your poison from a golden cup", "you numb your mind", etc.). But I think the song is more about someone in a really messed up, dire situation, doing what they can to escape it ("save me, the heavens have opened"), whether it's numbing themselves with drugs, or with delusions that someone will come sweep them out of their messed up life (as in the movie Sweet Charity), rather than being about the drugs themselves. |
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