Won't someone give me a gun?
Oh, well it's for my brother
Well, he writes the line
Wrote right down my spine
It says, "Oh, do you believe in love there?"
So slow down
Slow down
You're taking me over
And so we drown
Sir, we drown
Stop taking me over
Won't someone give me some fun?
As the skin flies all around us
We kiss in his room to a popular tune
Oh, real drowners
So slow down
Slow down
You're taking me over
And so we drown
Sir, we drown
Stop taking me over
Slow down, slow down
You're taking me over
And so we drown
Sir, we drown
Stop taking me over
You're taking me over
You're taking me over
You're taking me over
You're taking me over
Stop taking me over
You're taking me over
You're taking me over
You're taking me over
Oh, well it's for my brother
Well, he writes the line
Wrote right down my spine
It says, "Oh, do you believe in love there?"
So slow down
Slow down
You're taking me over
And so we drown
Sir, we drown
Stop taking me over
Won't someone give me some fun?
As the skin flies all around us
We kiss in his room to a popular tune
Oh, real drowners
So slow down
Slow down
You're taking me over
And so we drown
Sir, we drown
Stop taking me over
Slow down, slow down
You're taking me over
And so we drown
Sir, we drown
Stop taking me over
You're taking me over
You're taking me over
You're taking me over
You're taking me over
Stop taking me over
You're taking me over
You're taking me over
You're taking me over
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The opening couplet,
Won't someone give me a gun?
Oh, well it's for my brother,
implies that the singer intends to shoot his brother. Why?
The next couplet,
Well he writes the line wrote down my spine
It says "Oh do you believe in love there?"
seems like an overt reference to anal sex. If that line is in fact written down someone's spine, the word "there" would be leading straight into his bum. His brother, most likely not a biological brother but rather a brother in the "another male" sense, is attempting to seduce the singer into having anal sex with him, and this seems to be his reason for wanting to shoot him.
So what to make of the chorus?
So slow down, slow down, you're taking me over
And so we drown, Sir we drown, stop taking me over
Is he starting to like the metaphorically incestuous anal sex, against his will? Perhaps. Then the second verse chimes in,
Won't someone give me some fun?
(and the skin flies all around us)
We kiss in his room to a popular tune
Oh, real drowners
It certainly seems like it. And again,
Slow down, slow down, you're taking me over
And so we drown, Sir we drown,
stop taking me over!
Yep. He likes it.
Maybe it's my sense of humour... but I can't stop lauhging at the sentence:
"Is he starting to like the metaphorically incestuous anal sex, against his will?"
I think it's the best sentence ever written! xP
Anyway... just to stick my oar in xP
If the song is refering to his brother, it is going to be a metaphorical brother as Brett only has a sister. Personally I see it as maybe like a close friend who he see's as a brother, despite the lack of any real relation.
Also, about the quote and being a bisexual, I found this in an interview:
"In the heyday of Suede, Matt would impersonate me in phone interviews. This character, which was half me and half him, we'd call Brat."
So perhaps it was Brat who was responsible for Brett's most infamous interview faux pas: "I see myself as a bisexual man who's never had a homosexual experience"?
"No, I can't blame Matt for that," Anderson laughs. "That was me, unfortunately. I was talking about how I try to adopt different personas in my songwriting. It was a lesson in media politics, really - you just don't ever say anything that's got nuances, because all they'll use is the soundbite."
'Slow down, slow down, you're taking me over' sounds almost sarcastic, like maybe he actually enjoys it?
Great song :]
"Well he writes the line wrote down my spine
It says "Oh do you believe in love there?"
...I figured it was about seduction.
Hmm. Incest.
Oh well :-).