Coin-Operated Boy Lyrics
Sitting on the shelf he is just a toy
But I turn him on and he comes to life
Automatic joy
That is why I want a coin operated boy
He is rugged and long-lasting
Who could ever ever ask for more?
Love without complications galore
Many shapes and weights to choose from
I will never leave my bedroom
I will never cry at night again
Wrap my arms around him and pretend
All the other real ones that I destroy
Cannot hold a candle to my new boy
And I'll never let him go
And I'll never be alone
Not with my coin operated boy
With my sad picture of girl getting bitterer
Can you extract me from my plastic fantasy?
I didn't think so but I'm still convinceable
Will you persist even after I bet you
A billion dollars that I'll never love you?
Will you persist even after I kiss you
Goodbye for the last time?
Will you keep on trying to prove it?
I'm dying to lose it
I want it
I want you
I want a coin operated boy
For my life i can't imagine
Any flesh and blood could be his match
I can even take him in the bath
He may not be real experienced with girls
But I know he feels like a boy should feel
Isn't that the point?
That is why I want a
Coin operated boy
With his pretty coin operated voice
Saying that he loves me
That he's thinking of me
Straight and to the point
That is why I want
A coin operated boy
..... ummm. please. give amanda more credit. I don't think this song is as literal as you make it out to be. i don't think it's about a dildo or a sextoy.. but more about domination over a guy, and not being emotionally controlled by one or reliant on one. it's about not being disappointed, and about not being hurt continually.
"A skewed nursery-rhyme melody moves from despondent resignation to a desperate plea for true love." good description of this song.
A dildo has no ass. You cannot fuck a dildo in the ass. Clearly, the song is about a sextoy on one level, but there are enough words and phrases scattered throughout that hint that there is more to the song than "Ode to a Vibrator". The song is using a sextoy as a metaphor, asking us to imagine a lovetoy: something you could turn on and off at will, and have it love you when you wanted, just like you can turn on a vibrator and get instant satisfaction, on your own schedule.
My two cents..... I just recently heard this song, and loved it.....
At first, I thought it was about a dildo, but, after listening to the lyrics, and seeing the video, it's not about that at all. She's been through alot of guys, and emotionally wrecked. In the bridge of the song, she makes an honest plea for an old lover, and she gives up, and creates this "plastic fantasy" of a coin operated boy who gives her the love she needs when she needs it and has no other purpose; and she subsequently has complete control and domination over him. Thus the line "I can even fuck him in the ass" in the live version. Go to their site, watch the video, and you'll get it.
In the bridge she brakes the 4th wall.
In the bridge she brakes the 4th wall.
You know, if there happens to be a website that the artist actually posts the true intentions of the song's lyrics on (http://www.dresdendolls.com/main1.htm), maybe it would be a good idea to CHECK the website before posting nonsense and insulting others' ideas. Christ.
Heard a live version, where she says "I can even fuck him in the ass" instead of "take him in the bath"
Me too xD
Me too xD
Like 5 years later.
Like 5 years later.
oooh this song makes me laugh.. just cos its so nice and bouncy. it may be about a sex toy.. but i doubt it, it should be about a girl who wants a physical relationship and an affectionate partner, but she doesnt want to have to give anything back :)
This song is awesome. I love that at their shows you see a bunch of hardcore goths rocking out to a song that has a melody that songs like it should be played on Sesame Street. Amanda and Brian peform wonderfully together.
I've been relating to this song more and more as time goes by, even though it's not exactly my favorite on the album.
I might make friends but in the end there's always something about each and every one of them that ticks me off, leaving me wishing for one of the imaginary ones who listens to what I say and can offer intelligent replies. I was told once that a robotic boyfriend would be ideal for me because he would never disagree with me.
So I take this as a song about loneliness. That's me reading Star Wars comics and imagining General Grievous in frilly pink dresses and talking to me about world hunger XP
Um, no. This is an extremely perverted song. It's about a dildo/blow up doll. Some sex toy.