The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
In the German internet classifieds
Was an ad for a man's demise
Then after death he'd eat his prize
A cannibal in modern times
Then to his ad a man replied
Agreed to what was advertised
His penis was cut off while still alive
He ate half his own penis before he died
Was an ad for a man's demise
Then after death he'd eat his prize
A cannibal in modern times
Then to his ad a man replied
Agreed to what was advertised
His penis was cut off while still alive
He ate half his own penis before he died
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Yeah, Armin Meiwes put out an internet ad that read "Looking for a well built man willing to be slaughtered" And he actually got a victim. And yes, the song is obviously true. His penis was cut off,and he did eat some of his own wang. But what the song doesn't mention is, that after he died, Armin Meiwes slapped him onto a giant meathook, and began to eat his body. I think I read that it took about a month. What's sick about this guy, is that most of this experience was on video tape.
BludgeonedExistenc is right.. Bernd, the man who responded to the advertisement, originally wanted Armin to bite it off.. but that didn't work, so he had to use a knife. Bernd originally tried to eat it raw, but it was too tough, so they cooked it instead, but after cooking it, it was too burnt to eat. He bled for three hours in a tub untill Armin Meiwes finally stabbed him in the throat and hung him on the meathook in "the slaughter room" (A room specificly created for that purpose), and tore off pieces of his flesh, storing him in the freeezer under pizza boxes and eating him gradually over the next few months. he was caught about a year later when a man saw the add on the website and contacted police, and his original sentence was only 8 years in jail, since at the time, cannibalism wasn't illegal in Germany.