There's a monkey on my back
Makes me talk like that
There's a monkey on my back
Makes me talk like that
There's a monkey on my back
Makes me act like that
There's a monkey on my back
Makes me talk like that
There's a monkey on my back
Makes me act like that
There's a monkey on my back
Makes me act like that
There's a monkey on my back
Makes me talk like that
There's a monkey on my back
Makes me act like that
Makes me talk like that
There's a monkey on my back
Makes me talk like that
There's a monkey on my back
Makes me act like that
There's a monkey on my back
Makes me talk like that
Makes me act like that
There's a monkey on my back
Makes me act like that
There's a monkey on my back
Makes me talk like that
There's a monkey on my back
Makes me act like that
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repetitive, yet enticing. almost as if the monkey on their back makes them sing like that. hah, just a crazy thought.
The skip in the beginning is the only reason this is not one of the most perfect songs.
wow i never realised it was just two lines being repeated, it feels like so much more when you actually listen to it. beautiful.
Monkey do..
The lyrics might be a reference to Turbonegro's 'Monkey on Your Back' from 1998. The monkey in the latter song also makes its carrier do things (like fall).
@terrycraig Oh, I just found out that to have a monkey on one's back is an actual idiom (meaning to have a major problem figuratively weighing on your shoulders), so it could easily just be a coincidence that there's another song about it.
@terrycraig Oh, I just found out that to have a monkey on one's back is an actual idiom (meaning to have a major problem figuratively weighing on your shoulders), so it could easily just be a coincidence that there's another song about it.
So the monkey could be any sort of problem that makes the afflicted narrator of The Kills' song talk and act "like that"... anything from drugs to stress.
So the monkey could be any sort of problem that makes the afflicted narrator of The Kills' song talk and act "like that"... anything from drugs to stress.
WTF, not a single explanation here? Having a monkey on your back is a way of saying someone has an addiction. The 23 might be a personal touch. 'Gypsy death', the next song on the album, means having an overdose. And the rest of the album unravels along this line, Black rooster being the symbol for vice.