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Kick In The Eye Lyrics
And he spoke of pastures green
I was never told why
Each journey lasts an age
And my throat feels dry
It must be the lesson
Hidden deep inside
It must be the lesson
So roll the tide
So I began the crossing
My throat burned dry
Searching for Satori
The kick in the eye
I am the end of reproduction
Given no direction
Every care is taken
In my rejection
Kick in the eye (x4)
Every care is taken
With my rejection
And my abduction
To my addiction
Every care is taken
With my protection
And my abduction
From my addiction
Kick in the eye (x4)
I was never told why
Each journey lasts an age
And my throat feels dry
It must be the lesson
Hidden deep inside
It must be the lesson
So roll the tide
My throat burned dry
Searching for Satori
The kick in the eye
I am the end of reproduction
Given no direction
Every care is taken
In my rejection
With my rejection
And my abduction
To my addiction
Every care is taken
With my protection
And my abduction
From my addiction
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"Satori" means enlightenment. And it seems to me like that's what the song is about the terribly difficult search for satori, it's like a long bitter trail that you keep following despite the hardship, going solely on the description of others as you've never seen it with your own eyes. Yeah... it's all rather Buddhist sounding to me.
I believe this song is about alcohol-fueled creativity (addiction) vs. sober creativity -- or the related idea of searching for satori (abduction) drunk/sober.
"Kick in the Eye" appears to be a direct reference to Jack Kerouac's "Satori in Paris" (1966).
“Somewhere during my ten days in Paris (and Brittany) I received an illumination of some kind that seems to’ve changed me again, towards what I suppose’ll be my pattern for another seven years or more: in effect, a satori: the Japanese word for ‘sudden illumination,’ ‘sudden awakening’ or simply ‘kick in the eye.'”
The book is a more-or-less nonfiction account of Kerouac's travels in Northwest France attempting to trace his French-Canadian genealogy. If the title of this book sounds familiar, it's also the name of a Bauhaus EP, containing two songs that are more-or-less about getting drunk. The book is about Kerouac getting drunk on the way to a satori moment, a moment which it's debatable if he actually achieves.
If this interpretation is valid, then the song is a sardonic lament about how increasingly difficult it is to maintain the comfortable masks of your identity if you're not drinking. If you're drunk, you don't need to care if you reach satori (rejection) -- it provides the comfortable illusion of having done so. But if you're sober, every care is taken (protection).
Anyone else notice that if you slow the bassline down, its the same one as 'Sanctified' by Nine Inch Nails?
I'm pretty sure this song's about drugs. and I'm sort of guessing with this one, but I think it's about smoking some kind of drug. "And he spoke of pastures green I was never told why Each journey lasts an age " I think think part's about how when you're high, things are so much better, and time lasts longer. "My throat burned dry" After smoking it?
Whatever it means, I love this song and it has a rockin' bass line.
Funky-Bauhaus
Yes, this is disco with black mascara.
Don't really know what it means.
i think this one's about drugs.
apparently they were good friends with killing joke at the time, who were total drug fiends.
This song rules live !
Ah, the song that made me fall in love with Bauhaus, and it's still their best.
There is a record store in Mobile, Alabama called "Satori Records" (actually, it's been transformed into a coffeehouse with the music sales going online) that got their name from this song.