The Scorpion Sleeps

wha? no comments yet? ok, this definetly isn't as heavy as his other stuff but i still thinks its awsome.

OMG! Anyone think of KISS when you heard this song? Anyway, it's a Zombie song, so if there's a meaning it's REALLY cryptic. I think it's just to say how badass he is. But I also think it's probably got to do with his car too, with Zombie anything is possible.

I love the Educated Horses CD, it's a nice change. This is my favourite track, it's so catchy and fun to dance to!

Yes! The very beginning of this song totally reminds me of KISS! I don't understand what the lyrics mean, but it's still awesome. And I like the revised Rob Zombie too. The whole educated Horses CD rocks! By the way, does anyone know what a pillbox head is?

Can you see it? If you feel it The scorpion sleeps right in my hand A poison dealer An evil wheeler How can I make you understand?

This song is most probably about drug addiction. Heroin addiction in particular. Scorpion meaning a needle, which sits in his hand. And this addiction judged by many, however no one really understands it. Then he injects himself:

Yeah alright Said it's alright Yeah alright

A blue light shindig well I'm addicted Killing black kettle is what they saw I feel like something in the Congo Dead were the women not the warriors

Maybe this addiction is a product of PTSP (post traumatic stress disorder) common with frontline soldiers. - Killing black kettle... Who saw something very disturbung. - Dead were the women...

The drugs are giving an uplift but it is burning up days and night and draging him into the black mud.

This one as you said is very cryptic and I am certainly wrong. But I gave it a shot! :)

This song, to me, talks about a dangerous lifestyle in general. The ultimate embodiment of sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll!

Midnight candy four cups of coffee, I ate my breakfast with a side of eggs, I saw something in the jungle, Low in gear - black mudd on my legs

Here he's obviousely talking about the nightlife. Nocturnal habits and a particularly primal nature.

She was something stretch before me, Her arms into wings into pillbox heads, Can the side show - wherever you go, Two naked figures in my breath

Continuing the primal lifestyle, this verse is about random sexual encounters. Likely while under the influence of an intoxicant of some sort. He might even be cheating on a significant other.

A blue light shindig - Well I'm addicted, Killing black kettle is what they saw, I feel like something in the congo, Dead were the women not the warriors

This is probably something about a bar, although I can't help but imagine him wandering a Wal*Mart at 1:00AM in a drugged stupor. "Killing black kettle" could be how people see him and how he views others (calling the kettle black). The second part of this verse reinforces the primal instinct theme.

Last great road show - A canvas tilt go, Arms into wings into pillbox heads, Creep the high-go and keep the down low, Into the mind of a melting man

He's feeling the consequences of a drug-riddled lifestyle and probably has LSD flashbacks. Sounds like he's going for that one last big party. It also slightly aludes to Zombie's childhood and influence for the album.

Can you see it? If you feel it, The Scorpion Sleeps right in my hand, A poison dealer, An evil wheeler, How can I make you understand? Yeah alright - Said it's alright - Yeah alright

This is most likely a reference to intravenous drugs, though the first time I heard it I imagined the stereotypical Scorpio personality; passionate, irrational, and intense. Probably trying to convince some random encounter against her will.

This song, to me, talks about a dangerous lifestyle in general. The ultimate embodiment of sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll!

Midnight candy four cups of coffee, I ate my breakfast with a side of eggs, I saw something in the jungle, Low in gear - black mudd on my legs

Here he's obviousely talking about the nightlife. Nocturnal habits and a particularly primal nature.

She was something stretch before me, Her arms into wings into pillbox heads, Can the side show - wherever you go, Two naked figures in my breath

Continuing the primal lifestyle, this verse is about random sexual encounters. Likely while under the influence of an intoxicant of some sort. He might even be cheating on a significant other.

A blue light shindig - Well I'm addicted, Killing black kettle is what they saw, I feel like something in the congo, Dead were the women not the warriors

This is probably something about a bar, although I can't help but imagine him wandering a Wal*Mart at 1:00AM in a drugged stupor. "Killing black kettle" could be how people see him and how he views others (calling the kettle black). The second part of this verse reinforces the primal instinct theme.

Last great road show - A canvas tilt go, Arms into wings into pillbox heads, Creep the high-go and keep the down low, Into the mind of a melting man

He's feeling the consequences of a drug-riddled lifestyle and probably has LSD flashbacks. Sounds like he's going for that one last big party. It also slightly aludes to Zombie's childhood and influence for the album.

Can you see it? If you feel it, The Scorpion Sleeps right in my hand, A poison dealer, An evil wheeler, How can I make you understand? Yeah alright - Said it's alright - Yeah alright

This is most likely a reference to intravenous drugs, though the first time I heard it I imagined the stereotypical Scorpio personality; passionate, irrational, and intense. Probably trying to convince some random encounter against her will.

fixed

No one's really said anything about this in years and all and even though the argument is now utterly invalid, no. I don't hear KISS. I hear Alice Cooper and The Ramones more so than anything else.