Space Lord Lyrics
When I don't get my bath I take it out on the slaves
So grease up your baby for the ball on the hill
Polish them rockets now, and swallow those pills
And say oh --- Space Lord Mothermother
With two doors to choose but only one bears your name
You been drinking my blood
while I been lickin' your wounds
Well I'll shave off the pitch now
and the scope of your tune
You'll sing oh --- Space Lord Mothermother
I drink from your tit and sing the blues every day
Give me the strength to split the world in two now yeah,
I ate all the rest and now I've gotta eat you
You're stabbing my cortex when you know I'm insane
I'm squeezed out in hump-drive and I'm drowning in love
Encompass immortal position above
And say oh --- Space Lord Mothermother
I drink from your tit and sing the blues every day
Give me the strength to split the world in two now yeah,
I ate all the rest and now I've gotta eat you
My planets call me to the void of my birth
The time has come for me to kill this game
Now open wide and say my name
I've read some really great theories. All of them could be viable. However, I like to think of one specific being when this song is playing. Considering the mythos surrounding this creature, the lyrics match almost perfectly. This song is about Cthulhu. Cthulhu is a super-giant alien god that fell to Earth with his brothers. The mythos goes on to state that Cthulhu and his brothers made humans into their slaves. Eventually, the humans revolted and locked Cthulhu in a giant vault in the ancient city of Ry'leh. A natural disaster sank the ancient city into the ocean, so now Great Cthulhu, in his ancient tomb in Ry'leh, waits... dreaming. According to prophecy, Cthulhu and his brothers (AKA The Great Old Ones) will rise with a certain alignment of the stars to once again rule the Earth. They will eat all humans, including their followers, The Cthulhu Cult. The cult will be saved for last and will be eaten as part of a ritual that will send them to Cthulhu's planet where they will be greeted with a paradise where all feelings of pleasure and pain are intensified beyond that of our mortal imaginations. For more information on the Cthulhu Mythos, read the stories by H.P. Lovecraft. They're insanely delightful. The fear he strikes into the readers' minds when describing the Great Beast is unrivaled by any other horror writer.
@CapitalB This is the answer I want to believe. It would take some extrapolation and imagination well beyond that which HPL left us with. Things regarding Cthulhu, like his origin, mythos and other story parts that HPL was slightly vague about. Not that it wouldn't be easy to do such a thing given all the post-HPL writings concerning The Mythos; from August Derleth, Clark Ashton Smith, a multitude of others and the entire RPG campaign setting. One could easyily do just that, given that non-Lovecraft plethorical canon of "facts" and create a song such as this from...
@CapitalB This is the answer I want to believe. It would take some extrapolation and imagination well beyond that which HPL left us with. Things regarding Cthulhu, like his origin, mythos and other story parts that HPL was slightly vague about. Not that it wouldn't be easy to do such a thing given all the post-HPL writings concerning The Mythos; from August Derleth, Clark Ashton Smith, a multitude of others and the entire RPG campaign setting. One could easyily do just that, given that non-Lovecraft plethorical canon of "facts" and create a song such as this from those sources. Some mainstream musicians such as Metallica have done just that, very obviously while others like Monster Magnet have done so (probably) somewhat more enigmatically and clandestinely. The "Galactus" (Marvel Comics) theory holds some water in my opinion too. It'd be my second guess as to the song meaning.
Elaborating on what a few people have already mentioned - the song - like many of monster magnet's lyrics - are referencing comics specifically, Marvel's Galactus.
For those that don't know, galactus is a massive (like the size of the sun massive) cosmic being that "eats" entire planets for his meals. In the marvel universe galactus often tries to devour the resource-rich planet of earth but somehow or another it's never quite happened (i think- in the main universe at least). So this song sorta seems like Galactus dreaming about how awesome it will be when he finally consumes the planet of earth. Full of sexual innuendo and more blatant clues as in the chorus: "now give me the strength to split the wold in two i ate all the rest and now i've gotta eat you." pretty much the whole chorus actually. and the song title. Of course that doesn't mean it's ONLY about Galactus, but it seems to be the main inspiration...
Why the fuck has noone commented on this song. this song kicks major ass. I have no klue what its about but it still rules.
this song fucking sucks,...
I'm not a comic book/sci-fi fan so I always thought this was just a badass song about revenge, someone who has been at the mercy of another person for too long and one day turns the tables.
Love the way the song builds and then explodes at the end, kind of like rage, so satisfying.
Twiggy Ramirez ROX! Damn! Why did he leave Manson :( The only reason I got the video for this song was to see him
Most of Monster Magnets songs are about stuff that Dave Wyndorf has imagined while he was whacked out on acid, I think...
dude.....nobody knows about this band.....is that good or bad?
It is bad for them, Monster Magnet have made a shit load of money, regardless...
MONSTER MAGNET ROCKS!!!!!