This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Vulcanize the whoopee stick
In the ham wallet
Cattle prod the oyster ditch
With the lap rocket
Batter-dip the cranny axe
In the gut locker
Retro-fit the pudding hatch, ooh la la
With the boink swatter
If I get you in the loop
When I make a point to be straight with you then
In lieu of the innuendo, in the end, know my intent though
I Brazilian wax poetic, so pathetically
I don't wanna beat around the bush
Foxtrot uniform Charlie Kilo
Foxtrot uniform Charlie Kilo
Marinate the nether rod
In the squish mitten
Power drill the yippee bog
With the dude piston
Pressure wash the quiver bone
In the bitch wrinkle
Cannonball the fiddle cove, ooh la la
With the pork steeple,
If I get you in the loop
When I make a point to be straight with you then
In lieu of the innuendo, in the end, know my intent though
I Brazilian wax poetic, so pathetically
I don't wanna beat around the bush
Foxtrot uniform Charlie Kilo
Foxtrot uniform Charlie Kilo
Put the you-know-what in the you-know-where
Put the you-know-what in the you-know-where
Put the you-know-what in the you-know-where
Put the you-know-what in the you-know-where pronto
In the ham wallet
Cattle prod the oyster ditch
With the lap rocket
Batter-dip the cranny axe
In the gut locker
Retro-fit the pudding hatch, ooh la la
With the boink swatter
If I get you in the loop
When I make a point to be straight with you then
In lieu of the innuendo, in the end, know my intent though
I Brazilian wax poetic, so pathetically
I don't wanna beat around the bush
Foxtrot uniform Charlie Kilo
Foxtrot uniform Charlie Kilo
Marinate the nether rod
In the squish mitten
Power drill the yippee bog
With the dude piston
Pressure wash the quiver bone
In the bitch wrinkle
Cannonball the fiddle cove, ooh la la
With the pork steeple,
If I get you in the loop
When I make a point to be straight with you then
In lieu of the innuendo, in the end, know my intent though
I Brazilian wax poetic, so pathetically
I don't wanna beat around the bush
Foxtrot uniform Charlie Kilo
Foxtrot uniform Charlie Kilo
Put the you-know-what in the you-know-where
Put the you-know-what in the you-know-where
Put the you-know-what in the you-know-where
Put the you-know-what in the you-know-where pronto
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I think it is about sex.
This is the military alphabet
A: Alpha B: Bravo C: Charlie D: Delta E: Echo F: Foxtrot G: Golf H: Hotel I: India J: Juliet K: Kilo L: Lima M: Mike N: November O: Oscar P: Papa Q: Quebec R: Romeo S: Sierra T: Tango U: Uniform V: Victor W: Whiskey X: X-Ray Y: Yankee Z: Zulu
THATS what the title is.
Lol...the sexual innuendos in this song make it hilarious. Plus the tune is uber-catchy
I can't wait for the album to come out, Too bad they moved the release date from September 13th to the 27th.
I meaning is very obvious, and the intention seems to imply having sex in as many ways possible on tv/radio.
MentosTheFreshmaker ..
it says "I brazillian wax poetic, so hypothetically, i don't wanna beat around the bush" brazillian wax means shaving your crotch. cause he doesn't wanna "beat around the bush"
Yeah, no hidden meanings here. It's pretty blatant bit of juvenile fun with words to avoid censorship. The heavy guitar chorus kinda rocks, though.
Penis = dude piston, lap rocket, pork steeple, boink swatter, whoopie stick, nether rod, etc.
Vagina = ham wallet, gut locker, squish mitten, yippee bog, oyster ditch, pudding hatch, etc.
awesome song, very hard to understand i think he might say If I can getcha to look wet
whoppee stick = dick,<br /> ham wallet = cunt,<br /> oyster ditch = cunt,<br /> lap rocket = dick.<br /> <br /> F-oxtrot, U-niform, C-harlie, K-ilo ..<br /> <br /> every line has two words that mean cunt, and dick. lmao<br /> it's easy to understand.
this song is sooooooo catchy. i love it. haha so much sexual inuendo.
I loove this song. The song meaning is obvious. The title gives it all away. Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo
...it spells FUCK. Hehe I love them :D
Actually, its military alphabet for fuck, go look it up :)
as i learned from one of my friends the song is spoken in military language or in nato code and foxtrot, uniform, charlie, kilo does spell out f-u-c-k but it also meants that