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The Whip Hand Lyrics
when you leave the night on
contagions bind your doublespeak
malice tends to choke my father’s grip
but his hands are always clean
walk towards the light
convalesce your fetish in me
you make me older
swatting flies in the vaseline
I’m not getting any better
in this plot of dormant wakes
the thorns decipher, speak serrated
from the figure of an eight
that's when I disconnect from you
no turning back now
too many shovels past the rubicon
must I desecrate it?
why can’t you tell me where you’ve gone?
christened to die
paranoia as hoaxing device
just when I find out
Moira draws the moth to fire
where the bluest burn of spirits
draws the stem of hyacinth
you will hardly ever hear it
because the muzzle always fits
that's when I disconnect from you
I am a landmine, I am a landmine
so don't you step on me, so don't you step on me
cause I'm a landmine, cause I'm a landmine
and I can blossom in the pedals of an ECT
that's when I disconnect from you
contagions bind your doublespeak
malice tends to choke my father’s grip
but his hands are always clean
convalesce your fetish in me
you make me older
swatting flies in the vaseline
in this plot of dormant wakes
the thorns decipher, speak serrated
from the figure of an eight
too many shovels past the rubicon
must I desecrate it?
why can’t you tell me where you’ve gone?
paranoia as hoaxing device
just when I find out
Moira draws the moth to fire
draws the stem of hyacinth
you will hardly ever hear it
because the muzzle always fits
so don't you step on me, so don't you step on me
and I can blossom in the pedals of an ECT
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Fritzl
I happen to have heard and memorised the line towards the end to conclude with “A.P.C.”, an abbreviation for armoured personnel carrier. In other words, something which is used not least in war zones or ones developing as such. And this might lead to the question of what it would mean for the manufacturers of such military equipment to depend on conflicts. Although this interpretation would seem to be a bit removed from what seems to be characterised as a cold father figure, to which one could add that cold mother figures may exist as well, it could be a more abstracted take on it. In case that the actual line reads “E.C.T.” as stated above, which is suggested to stand for electroconvulsive therapy, it would, nevertheless, suggest a theme of mental challenges. And this could be interpreted as both what is contributing to the behaviour of the father figure as well as what may result in those affected by it. A human landmine tends to manufacture the next, so to speak. In a broader sense, alongside questionable behaviour patterns such as egotism, aspects such as societal pressures and the commercial market system and its inherent inability of accounting for every last one could be seen as constants in causing or contributing to mental challenges. And as the mentioned therapy seems to be a controversial one, it could also be interpreted as a criticism towards camps in psychology competing for dominance. To the detriment of those being bombarded with, so to speak, more or less meaningful diagnoses and subjected to, alongside potential shortcomings in character of psychologists and psychiatrists themselves, supposed treatments of who knows what kinds.