He had a bad old man who beat him
Took a hammer to his knees just to please him
Now he's thirty-five and half-alive
He's an open mouth in a beehive
He's gonna smile and be happy
Make everyone know that he's happy
Put his smiling face on a billboard
Kiss him from your car, he's happy
He's not happy

With his swollen lips around his early teens
In his dress he can't believe it's in his genes
Some days he's half-man, and then he's half-God
But on his blue days he wouldn't touch his greens
He's gonna make you smile and be happy
Make everyone know that he's happy
Put his smiling face on the TV
Kiss him from your chair, make him happy

He drowned his stepson in the duckpond
Let the wifebeater out to make a pop song
He put razor blades in the ice cream
Shot a paedophile in a wet dream
Mmm

He's got a young man who feeds him
Whispers sweet nothings just to please him
He makes him cool for the TV
Makes half the man he is a celebrity
With his swollen lips around his early teens
In his dress he can't believe it's in his genes
He's half a man, and half a God
One half bitch, one half dog.

He drowned his stepson in the duckpond
Let the wifebeater out to make a pop song
He put razor blades in the ice cream
Made nobody famous on the big screen
Put the whole wide world on remote control
He put a five times rapist on his TV show
On every single channel in every single home
You can even hear his voice on the telephone
Mmm
Shalala


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    My Interpretation

    The song alternates between a cruel relationship between a successful Bad old Man, in the entertainment industry, and an attractive (toy boy) step son.

    The son see's his other brother(friend in boyband?) drowning in a duck pond, and, anger makes him take a hammer to his "bad old Man"', who, having got a reaction from, and unable to walk, is now pleased. Caus now he owns the young man for life....

    now the young man is at the "Bad old Man's" biddings, and hence is an open mouth in a beehive, has to be very careful of what he says, subservient. and continue to convince his fans, forcing to smile, that he's Happy,

    He's not happy....

    With his swolen lips round his early teens, could infer either the Bad old Man doing felatio on the young gay guy, or in his dress(literal or not) the boy can't believe its the way he looks,,,

    Half man to his master, half god to his Idols, This boy still isn't happy...

    BOM drowns his STEP-Son in the mediocrity of a duck pond, not a chance this kid could swim in the ocean with sharks, the queeny old fag lets his boy(wife beater / white singlet that doesn't fit tight any more (...on his good days he wouldn't eat his greens) cut him down with razor sharp words,

    Made NO one talented and famous.

    But by the time he's burned out, made money of, used up and is in life bondage to this Bad old Man...

    Made sure that the whole world watching saw a 5 time rapist on a TV show, just to further infuriate this man bitch tool....Who's gonna beleve him?

    You can even hear his voice on the telephone.... any radio show with burnt out others, takes call from the fans...>?

    Anthony aka "One Son of Satan" .

    LastTrueAussieon April 04, 2015   Link

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