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KMFDM – Bitches Lyrics	8 years ago
Any band that has been around long enough will get an accusation of 'sell out!' from some segment of the fanbase that isn't happy with a change. It's stupid to defend against it, so they just say, "Fuck you, we were phonies from the very beginning!"

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KMFDM – Me I Funk Lyrics	8 years ago
This was long before Lucia became a permanent member, so "I'll call, you'll sing" probably describes how he enlisted female vocalists. It sounds like a nihilistic joke about getting so famous that they don't give a shit whether they die from their own decadence and/or kinks. Margarine? I heard something about Sascha and foodplay...

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Clutch – Cyborg Bette Lyrics	8 years ago
Processors that run too hot may shut down as a protective measure. If your cyborg is running hot then you're overburdening her and not sufficiently cooling her. But he blames the technology rather than his abuse of it.

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Clutch – The Dragonfly Lyrics	8 years ago
I think the interjected lines are from the dragonfly's perspective. The trees bending suggests a powerful wind coming through, but the sound of millstones getting louder could be either a storm or a herd of hoofed animals. Either would leave the smell of flowers behind because they open up to the sun after being watered, or their aroma is spread by being trampled out of them.

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Clutch – Cypress Grove Lyrics

8 years ago

"Sheriff Jackson / Went out the back At night his daughters / All dress in black" I thought that second verse was "And now his daughters all dress in black", which makes 'went out the back' sound like a euphemism for his death. But the lyrics posted above implies to me that he's sneaking out after enjoying the cherry wine with the women. The law is turning a blind eye to their activities because it's getting a piece of ass. And unknown to him, his own daughters dress up to join the witches.

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Clutch – Sucker For The Witch Lyrics	8 years ago
"Where this all began / Salem, Massachusetts and I was hardly a man" Is this Miss October? Wow, if she looked like Stevie Nicks it's no wonder she imprinted in his sexual imagination as well. So now it's a double whammy when he thinks of her; it invokes her curse, taking away his joys, and leaving him to suffer guilt for lusting after a witch.

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KMFDM – Hau Ruck Lyrics	8 years ago
Found multiple translations in Google search, and my Deutsche isn't good enough to verify the language. But there they are: Lyrically (http://lyricstranslate.com/en/hau-ruck-heave-ho.html) Lyricstranslation (http://lyricstranslate.com/en/hau-ruck-heave-ho.html)

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KMFDM – Don't Blow Your Top Lyrics

8 years ago

"Like some tacky little creep" -- I could swear I read that lyric elsewhere as 'czechy little creep'. and it referred to a Czech groupie who had thrown herself at Sasha. I believe this song describes a power exchange relationship in which the submissive is kept humiliated and degraded. Believe it or not, some women dig that, but here it sounds like she rebelled out of jealousy, and he's bragging that he can go fuck whoever he likes and she'll still need his domination to fulfill her.

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MDFMK – Torpedoes Lyrics

8 years ago

"And you say goodbye as easy as most people tell a lie" I really identify with this, probably due to nomadic upbringing. Most people find it easier to lie to preserve their comforts, lie to others and especially to themselves. Some of us find it easier to abandon comforts, as we have more to gain by accepting the loss. The song suggests this is a rare attitude to have, probably because it is. "You choose no options you do or die" -- Reject all ultimatums and follow your own determination. "Dictate your own fate You're about to detonate" This suggests that a spectacular failure (demolished by explosion) is as good an outcome as spectacular success (reaching safe harbor and easy victories.)

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Clutch – The Elephant Riders Lyrics

8 years ago

"Elephant riders from the northwest" -- someone unfamiliar with the sounds of steam locomotives may conclude that it's an unexpected invasion of elephant riders, like Hannibal's march on Italy from over the Alps (to the northwest,) riding elephants (according to legend; there were actually few war elephants and none survived the Alps crossing.) 'Bring news from father/of battle' seem specific; could this be about a historical figure's personal experience?

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KMFDM – Megalomaniac Lyrics	8 years ago
It critiques megalomania rewarded with fame and adulation (idolation?), while unapologetically mocking their own megalomania.

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Clutch – Open Up The Border Lyrics

8 years ago

I think it romanticizes free trade agreements before the problems with them became readily apparent. Sure it benefits the people who like to travel, meet people from all walks and trade a surplus from one locale as a luxury or novelty in another. However the cultural exchange implied hasn't happened. Due to the magnitude of US media and the proliferation of US consumer goods in factories worldwide, the cultural exports have only gone one way. It's the recipe for US hegemony, but it hasn't necessarily benefited the American people.

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Clutch – 24 Earth Years Lyrics	8 years ago
He claims AD&D was 'harder than the Elfstones of Shanara', but 1) the Shanara was pretty light fantasy reading, and 2) he had a DM who permitted him to play a character with that combination of race/classes! Ever hear tabletop roleplayers emulate a period phase of Middle English in order to sound 'authentic'? I was a little guilty of that too, and not always ironically.

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Clutch – Abraham Lincoln Lyrics	8 years ago
This song sounds disproportionately bitter given the time passing since his death. Didn't you hear Lincoln say, "With malice toward none, with charity toward all?" Perhaps had he lived to heal the wound cleanly, there would be forgiveness instead of spiteful memorial chants.

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Clutch – Behold The Colossus Lyrics

8 years ago

From the Mediterranean to Scandinavia, myths describe giants as forebears of the gods who begat humanity. Many were slain in conflicts with the gods and others slain by heroic men, but some remain and some, like Jorgmungandr, are destined to return. I don't see any suggestion of what these titans may be a metaphor for, so I suppose it's what it appears; spinning a terrific and terrifying yarn about the monsters of legend returning to crush us.

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Clutch – I Have The Body Of John Wilkes Booth Lyrics

8 years ago

The first stanza is just a tall fishing tale about the proverbial 'one that got away'. "You should have seen it! It was THIS BIG and it got up in my face, took my hook out of its mouth and said 'Screw you buddy, I'm outta here!'" This stanza is completely separate from the remainder, but it serves to cast doubt on the narrator's credibility. Obviously he found something that didn't get away that he could claim has value that can't be immediately debunked by the common layman. That alone gives it enough novelty to draw paying spectators.

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Clutch – The Mob Goes Wild Lyrics

8 years ago

Heh, "Now, all the odds are in our favor. Save the victory speeches for later." They went in with Powell's overwhelming force doctrine, but W's 'Mission Accomplished!' banner and speech was still premature. "Tough luck for elected officials. The beast you see got fifty eyes." State monitoring of its citizens will never be feasible, but citizens have many more eyes to watch them with, and the most visible few are the most vulnerable. "Streets on fire, the mob goes wild." Many objectors to the war, possibly including the writers of this song, wished to see more vigorous and emphatic citizen protest against it. But state officials on TV were only mildly entertaining to apathetic Americans, so what's for dinner?

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Clutch – The Great Outdoors! Lyrics

8 years ago

I think he's admitting what's already obvious to observers: that he's a chronic shit-talker who shouldn't be taken seriously, especially while he's drunk. Maybe there's some meaning hidden in metaphor, but it's so difficult to separate from patent absurdity that it's easy to dismiss it all as bullshit. Parnassus is a mountain sacred to Apollo and Dionysus, home to Maenads, Muses, the Thriads, and the Oracle of Delphi. I don't know which resident lasses would be described as 'swallowing swords' and 'shooting out fire at us heathen hordes'.

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Clutch – American Sleep Lyrics	8 years ago
"Mistress of Ices" can be heard as "Mistress of Vices", and both together illustrate the 2nd part of the verse "Stygian Skater" better than either alone. Are there other mondegreen or anagrams hidden in these lyrics?

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Clutch – 10001110101 Lyrics	8 years ago
I guess "Temple of Syrinx having the bake sale of the year" is a hint that the title is a mindscrew that will infect a lot of kids, and "Radioactive, don’t come near it" is a warning that debates over it will be toxic.

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Clutch – 10001110101 Lyrics	8 years ago
@[eightesicks:19849] Hah, I thought it meant something that I was feeling too mentally lazy to figure out, so I thought I would cheat by checking here. Turns out that even converting to hex doesn't spell any word, but imagine the base-breaking arguments that would've broken out if it did!

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Clutch – Eight Times Over Miss October Lyrics

8 years ago

@Cape Kid I think some of us have superstitions that linger despite laughing them off as rational adults should, and that's why he wrote this song. The old lady played her role too well, and the impression captured his imagination and integrated in his personal mythos such that anytime he has unexpected bad luck he has lurking suspicions that it's due to the witch's curse. Maybe I'm reading too much of myself in it; I'd like to hear Fallon's thoughts on this interpretation; but it explains why folk tales live on.

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Clutch – El Jefe Speaks Lyrics	8 years ago
This is another "I can fuck you like no other" song. "Can you do the two step flesh-tone slide? " -- Analogy for fucking. "Can you do the achy breaky eyeball dance? " -- I'll teach you how to roll your eyes into the back of your head while I'm at it.

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Clutch – The House That Peterbilt Lyrics	8 years ago
The pun in the title, in case that escaped anyone, is that Peterbilt is a brand of big rig, and 'The House that (Saint) Peter Built' is Christianity.

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Clutch – Subtle Hustle Lyrics	8 years ago
I think it underscores the similarity of manipulative showmanship between the charismatic Christian and the Rock idol. "Lay hands on screaming heathens" -- they're there to worship, but it ain't god they're worshiping. Touched by their idol, they scream with spiritual euphoria and ask for more.

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Seatbelts – Don't Bother None Lyrics	8 years ago
Its about a man with nothing of material value to lose, so he has no sympathy for the old man's loss which he capitalizes on, and an 'easy come easy go' attitude to the karmic theft of the wallet from him. However, that wallet was valuable enough to the old man that he felt the loss, and karmically the singer's heart was valuable enough to him to feel the loss.

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Seatbelts – Call Me Call Me Lyrics	8 years ago
It's about Spike's longing for Julia, knowing that he can't die until he sees her again. He needs to feel her human warmth and affection before going to his final confrontation, he needs to know whether she still has the capacity to give it to him.

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Seatbelts – Ask DNA Lyrics	8 years ago
The song suggests that you and your successes and limitations are hopelessly the product of your inheritance. You can escape in sex and/or religion, but you can't get away from your DNA. There might be a Yo Momma joke in there, too. "Earthgirls are easy", and isn't your mom an Earthling? No mention of your father, after all he could be anyone! Be sure to ask your momma about that, too.

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Seatbelts – What Planet Is This Lyrics

8 years ago

I can't remember whether this was in the movie or one of the episodes, but the scenes depict much of Earth's cultural diversity and architecture without ever naming the planet they were set in. Anyone could easily assume it's Earth, but those familiar enough with the series to know that Earth is canonically not habitable enough for repopulation or reconstruction would question "What planet is this?"

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Clutch – 7 Jam Lyrics	8 years ago
The gospel roots in their music is unmistakable here. I think the closest Clutch has come to admitting them is naming Faith No More as an influence; Mike Patton was definitely a gospel-trained vocalist. Gospel roots have always been present since the foundation for Rock'n'Roll, ironically called devil music by preachers who don't like the competition.

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Clutch – Profits of Doom Lyrics

8 years ago

Though we owe them for our freedom of religion and secularism, the Puritans and other Protestant movements crying about 'persecution' picked the fight in the first place. They were a bunch of self-righteous asshats so in love with their moral outrage that they could not stop aggressively bashing the Church. And you know many of them were drawn together by closet megalomaniacs seeking to become the prophets of their own little cults, and of course they need a common enemy to really bind their apostles together, so they whipped up populist fervor against the established institutions. Is it any wonder why they were so unwelcome that they had to go where no one else lived for 'freedom'? And conveniently where their leaders never have to answer to anyone.

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Eddie Morton – I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew Lyrics	8 years ago
I like how he opens with disdain for cowards, then admits he ran for his life. But he counts that as a moral victory because, outnumbered and unarmed as he was, the only way to defeat the muggers was by not letting them get his possessions. And he does show the bravery by continuing to go out all night despite that episode.

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Clutch – Passive Restraints Lyrics

8 years ago

The singer is bragging that he's a fucking machine, probably to a female but "my friend" suggests that he's also alpha crowing to other guys present. "My father was Black, my mother was Decker" - this would make him a product of Black & Decker. "Rack and pinion reasoning" - his steering is sophisticated enough to roll around without sliding out "Cook at ninety eight point six degrees" = 98.6F degree is the average temperature inside a human mouth. He's telling her that sucking his cock will get him ready. "Let me be the bull, and you be the pen" - He'll rumble around forcefully inside her, again implying that he won't slip out of her 'pen'. "If I am a horse, you're a Venus in spurs" - He's inviting her to mount him and that he can handle all her sexual demands. "I've got a stick shift disposition and a four wheel mind" - He gets up to speed quickly and knows where to grip tightly for maximum traction. "I'll give you endless mileage and unlimited speed" and the rest of the lyrics are pretty obvious. He's bragging he can do it as long and as fast as she wants. "Passive restraints" refers to his sexual stamina. "Efficiency is beautiful, efficiency is art" means that his mechanical engineering is efficient and therefore beautiful.

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Clutch – Passive Restraints Lyrics	8 years ago
It's simply a "Let's fuck!" song using a variety of colorful metaphors as innuendo. What woman could refuse such a cunning linguist?

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Clutch – Walking In The Great Shining Path Of Monster Trucks Lyrics	8 years ago
@[cameronwg5:19845] Oh, also the line about Jessie James looking baffled by modern smoking habits. Tobacco was never grown in the wild west, it was a valuable commodity that people used sparingly. Lung cancer only became epidemic after cigarette production was industrialized and smoking was sold as a lifestyle.

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Clutch – Walking In The Great Shining Path Of Monster Trucks Lyrics	8 years ago
It satirizes how smoking glamorized in conjunction with (fictional) Wild West lifestyles serves as a marketing tool for Big Tobacco. The reference to smoking Jesse Helms and describing Flavor Country as a 'racket' are obvious pokes at the industry.

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Clutch – High Caliber Consecrator Lyrics	8 years ago
@[cameronwg5:19843] I should elaborate, this country gave birth to Christianity on the continent, before which there was none, and because all the protestant movements too radical and obnoxious for Europe were shoved off over here, this country also incubated radical evangelism

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Clutch – High Caliber Consecrator Lyrics	8 years ago
A lone wolf killer, evangelized and radicalized, who believes he serves God as a righteous angel of death to purge a decadent land. The country gave birth to both Christianity and secularism, and the song suggests the logical conclusion to their coexistence is destruction.

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Clutch – Day of the Jackalope Lyrics	8 years ago
The speaker exhibits some megalomania as a result being drunk and/or high, and identifies with a creature from American folklore who is spoken of in tall tales as being extremely dangerous to hunters. He intends to commit a murder, perhaps while the victim is out hunting, so heinous and inexplicable that it could be attributed to a creature of legend, and the date will go down in local mythology.

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Clutch – Drink To The Dead Lyrics	8 years ago
It's filled with obscure Irish folklore references, and I saw these listed on another lyrics site, but that was so many years ago that I don't remember.

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Clutch – Green Buckets Lyrics	8 years ago
It's about a guy who believes that preparing for a complete breakdown of social order will improve his mating chances. If you're a female who wants the security of a suburban lifestyle, this guy is so prepared, he's like the boy scout of preparedness.

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