Clean Break

Few gripes with the lyrics (we can muscle this in sex?, sounds more like "We've got muscle to transect", even though that makes little sense seeing as transect isn't a medical term)

Here's two interpretations of my own:

The first (and less likely) interpretation is someone volunteering to be cut up (and eaten if you take the film clip literally). The opening two verses seem to adhere to this literal translation pretty well: "... I don't need anymore (convincing), (I) can go... Don't need more anesthetic... and no more laughing gas, just sterilize the scalpel and let's get this over with..."

The verse where she "comes to..." is her unexpectedly waking up during the dissection and panicking, but she "lies back under the knife" to start over again.

The second (and more likely) interpretation is a clear metaphor for sex with a virgin. Jenny wants the man to give her a "clean break" of her hymen, and doesn't want to wait anymore, causing her to "ache" and "keeping" her back from her "rush". The first verse is pretty self explanatory "I don't need any more (convincing), (I) can go, don't bother with the table we can do it on the floor, God knows I am sure!" She seems very eager at first and keen on the whole idea.

The second verse continues on as she's more and more intent on sleeping with this guy: "Don't need more anesthetic (alcohol), oh and no more laughing gas (either jokes or pot, whatever tickles your fancy), just sterilize the scalpel (put on a condom) and let's get this over with! (get it on!)"

She falls to sleep next to this guy and is awoken to him trying to have sex with her again, "creeping in her skin," but she submits and "lies back under the knife to start over again."

Whichever tickles your fancy, but I like metaphors and all that rubbish, personally.

I think it's just about breaking up. She doesn't want him to go easy on her, she can take it, but she wants to make it quick and clean so she can get over it.

I agree that it seems to be about a break up.

These lyrics are not right. The line "cut to me" is actually "Parts of me", "laughing gas" sounds more like "last regrets", and instead of "vitamins", I hear "phantom limbs". There are a couple I can't quite make out (for instance I dont think "feel the rush" is right, but I can't figure out what it is...)

make it a clean break make it a fast cut don't wanna feel the ache don't wanna keep the rut

parts of me i don't need, anymore can go don't bother with the table we can do it on the floor god knows i am sure

make it a clean break make it a fast cut don't wanna feel the ache don't wanna keep the rut

no need for anesthetic and no more last regrets sterilize the scalpel and let's get this over with we've got muscle to transect

if i come to, still feel you creeping in my skin it's back i lie, under the knife and start over again can't abide no ventolins(?)

make it a clean break make it a fast cut don't wanna feel the ache don't wanna keep the rut (x's 3)

i have a physical copy of the cd & it has the lyrics in it:

make it a clean break/make it a fast cut/don't want to feel the ache/don't want to keep the rot

the parts of me i don't need anymore can go/don't bother with the table, we can do it on the floor/god knows i am sure

make it a clean break/make it a fast cut/don't want to feel the ache/don't want to keep the rot

no need for anesthetic oh and no more last regrets/just sterilize the scalpel and let's get this over with/we've got muscle to transect

if i come to and still feel you creeping in my skin./it's back i'll lie under the knife and start over again/can't abide no phantom limbs

make it a clean break/make it a fast cut/don't want to feel the ache/don't want to keep the rot

I feel it's about a break up. And instead of just letting it be "just friends" or something like that, she just wants it over. Excised like a tumor or a dead limb.

it's "don't want to keep the rot" and "can't abide no phantom limbs."

also whoever said this song is about having sex with a virgin is CLEARLY right on the money.

ahem.

This song is based after the show X-files. I heard this from her