@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
Can I be your personal demon
Sit back absorb the words
And feast on my mind's semen
Can I be the devil on your shoulder
We all fall down as the world gets colder
I uncreate, I desecrate
I spit the truth into the engines of hate
Can I be your chemical pariah
The world's such an ugly
It seems useless sometimes trying
Will you watch the hate machine spin evil
Or will you look away and plead apathy again
I uncreate, I desecrate
I spit the truth into the engines of hate
We sing into the sky on the production line
We are the holly swine,impurity defined
You can't ignore us anymore
You cannot judge us anymore
The sheep are made to follow
Choke back the puke and swallow
The sheep are told to divide
The engines of hate still grind
I uncreate, I desecrate
I spit the truth into the engines of hate
Sit back absorb the words
And feast on my mind's semen
Can I be the devil on your shoulder
We all fall down as the world gets colder
I uncreate, I desecrate
I spit the truth into the engines of hate
Can I be your chemical pariah
The world's such an ugly
It seems useless sometimes trying
Will you watch the hate machine spin evil
Or will you look away and plead apathy again
I uncreate, I desecrate
I spit the truth into the engines of hate
We sing into the sky on the production line
We are the holly swine,impurity defined
You can't ignore us anymore
You cannot judge us anymore
The sheep are made to follow
Choke back the puke and swallow
The sheep are told to divide
The engines of hate still grind
I uncreate, I desecrate
I spit the truth into the engines of hate
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The whole demon/semen rhyme has to be one of the worst ever, and Warrel delivers it with his characteristic dead-seriousness, as though it isn't a terrible rhyme, makes it even worse.
i'm glad i'm not the only one who thought that was a seriously awkward rhyme.
Strange that noone left a comment in a such great song. Well, in my opinion this song is about politicians or people who like to rule in general. The only thing they manage to do is to split the people into different masses and make them hate each other, so Warrel calls them "the engines of hate".That's what i got when i heard it. Wether my explanation is right or wrong, it is still a good explanation, i think...!
i get the song, i just dont quite get the whole mind semen thing lol, anyone care to elaborate
Just off the top of my head... I'm thinking the 'minds semen' is/are ideas. Ideas that grow into something larger. Of course semen doesn't grow into anything by itself, but it is often known as a 'seed' and we all know that seeds grow. <br /> <br /> 'Sit back and absorb the words' probably supports the idea that they are ideas.