Lick The Pavement

Oh come on. Please. You have to be joking. Most of Garbage's stuff has pain images through it, even the more 'nice' stuff. Think 'You Look so Fine'. "I want to break your heart and give you mine" and "you got me tethered and chained" and "bleeding for you".

Yes, it's in there, but it's not meant to be literal. This is 'nasty' but 'powerful' Shirley. She pops up quite a bit, that's why I like listening to her (maybe she appeals to my masochist tendencies). She's addressing a cheating bastard (your girlfriend told me you'd left your wife) but she's in charge of him. Lick the pavement. It is a sadistic image (on hands and knees cleaning up a foot path with your tongue) but that's all it is: an image. She's showing how pitiful he is.

God I love Shirley

My english isn't fluent so I don't know what is "the pavement" in this away but..."I like you best when you're on your knees". Is this really about what I think it is? :-)

Think... She says bleed... I think she's talking about rough domination during sex. Can't you just see her in the pink leather? No I do like Garbage though.

so,,wilow kith..are you saying that..she says that rough domination is awesome? ew..no she cant be that disgusting..i mean..what about her new album..its beautiful

Geez, I think it has NOTHING to do with sex.

This reference to blood is menstrual, if you want my opinion.

this song has nothing to do with sex

i agree with all the above..... but its so much more fun to think of it in the sexual way. lol

I think she's singing as a man's mistress. Perhaps this man is into S&M and his wife isn't, but this woman will indulge him.

Shirley Manson

^ Ha!

Just saw Garbage live in Boston. Shirley Manson yelled "this is a song about cunnilingus, called Lick the Pavement". Seems to solidify its meaning.