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Catatonic Lyrics
I know the sugar plum fairy
Her name is Mary
She's halfway inside my arm
Half way does great harm
So she charmed herself to a toilet
And fucked herself gold holy
Silver beams shot out her eyes
When the rain comes
When the rain comes
Then it got worse
I know you well
I wear your smell
Nailed at the hips
I see, you are
One, two, three, four, five
Glad you're not alive
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten
Back to hell again
This sick charade
This ditch I've spade
I've come to clay
I see you are me
One, two, three, four, five
Glad you're not alive
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten
Back to hell again
Catatonic planet
I won't have it
Her name is Mary
She's halfway inside my arm
Half way does great harm
And fucked herself gold holy
Silver beams shot out her eyes
When the rain comes
Then it got worse
I wear your smell
Nailed at the hips
One, two, three, four, five
Glad you're not alive
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten
Back to hell again
This ditch I've spade
I've come to clay
One, two, three, four, five
Glad you're not alive
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten
Back to hell again
I won't have it
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It sounds to me like this song is about some kind of drug addition. "She's 1/2 way inside my arm She 1/2 way does great 1/2 harm"- 'she' is a needle. "So she charmed herself into a toilet and fucked herself gold holy Silver beads shot out her eyes.."- withdraw, or a hangover (whatever). Catatonic Planet I can't stand it- the dislike of the numbness drugs can cause.
i think there aren't really drug references here; if anything they're disparaging self-harm references. i could understand someone interpreting the imagery as drug-induced hallucinations. but i think there is more of a hint of schizophrenia here (hence 'catatonic') 'mary' is the doppelganger (think really hard about who this might be) she can't get away from, who's under her skin, and the toilet/fucked/eyes thing is a way of making her sound hideous, and expressing horror and disgust.
12345 glad you're not alive 678910 back to hell again
i know you well i wear your smell
nailed at the hips i see you are me - hatred and fear of the symbiotic relationship between them; in seeing her faults she also sees her own
this sick charade- the acting out of mirroring each other is like an illness
the screaming in general just SOUNDS like she's in flight from something she can't escape (-mary).
It's obviously about a drug user. I agree with what Grinning Martyr said
It's obviously about a drug user. I agree with what Grinning Martyr said
i like this song