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orange in the mouth again. straighten. wearing stonewashed denim again.
straighten. carrying something wrapped in plastic. straighten.
curled on the blue velveteen again. straighten. straighten.
siteless yellow highrise. bethnal green. straighten.
corner tubeless dark and wet. straighten. ten tons slowly then again.
straighten. with its glass eyes a blue formica halo.
stainless steel between the fingers. straighten. pissed and leaning ponytail.
licking colonel sanders fingers. the naming of killer boy.
everythings going west nothings going east. straighten.
there's no need to be so uptight. straighten. make up for all their messes.
i could listen to you all day. what a laugh. cut me i bleed like you. ha ha.
the naming of killer boy. cover your teeth. i love you. dont bite me yet.
i believe in you. i found you shopping in europa on wardour street.
not phoning packwidth. guilty as sin. straighten.
scratches on paper. pissed in a tube hole. straighten.
smelling of deep-fried beans and whispering your name.
tube hole wind in my face. thunder in gentle distance. reactor. reactor.
do you mind. straighten. this is a random feature. random feature.
this is a random feature. naming of killer boy.
wired up.
straighten. carrying something wrapped in plastic. straighten.
curled on the blue velveteen again. straighten. straighten.
siteless yellow highrise. bethnal green. straighten.
corner tubeless dark and wet. straighten. ten tons slowly then again.
straighten. with its glass eyes a blue formica halo.
stainless steel between the fingers. straighten. pissed and leaning ponytail.
licking colonel sanders fingers. the naming of killer boy.
everythings going west nothings going east. straighten.
there's no need to be so uptight. straighten. make up for all their messes.
i could listen to you all day. what a laugh. cut me i bleed like you. ha ha.
the naming of killer boy. cover your teeth. i love you. dont bite me yet.
i believe in you. i found you shopping in europa on wardour street.
not phoning packwidth. guilty as sin. straighten.
scratches on paper. pissed in a tube hole. straighten.
smelling of deep-fried beans and whispering your name.
tube hole wind in my face. thunder in gentle distance. reactor. reactor.
do you mind. straighten. this is a random feature. random feature.
this is a random feature. naming of killer boy.
wired up.
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Basically he's observing people in a crowd at night - most likely the tube, which is what most Londoners call the underground system.
This song is basically a stream-of-conscious narration of a drunk guy's fragmented thoughts as he makes his way home via the London Underground.
europa is a 7-11 store (on wardour street - of course) in london's charming soho district... bit pricey in there (if memory serves) but always well stocked...
It's obviously about a drunk person returining home and his fragmented thoughts, but some points in this song makes me think that this is also about a codependent relationship. Both themes are blended very well, all through Karl Hyde's skillful songwriting skills.
In the second verse the narrator is saying to the chick: "I could listen to you all day, what a laugh, cut me, I bleed like you, ha ha" He is basically not satisifed with the relation he is in, but he keeps staying with this girl. And he is sardonically saying that he can listen to her all day, which is obviously a lie.
"Cover your teeth, I love you" This line is possibly about Methamphetamine abuse. The girl is abusing said drug, but the narrator is saying to her that she must cover her teeth. Possibly for not the police to discover them. And thus stop their sick "love story". This can be related to a line in the first verse: "Carrying something wrapped in plastic"; the narrator is bringing home some drugs, or something illegal, since he doesn't say what is that.
And the next line in the bridge: "Don't bite me yet, I believe in you" The narrator is afraid that one day, the girl can snap some senses in her and escape from him. But he wants this to continue, since they're in a codependent relationship. So we can say that the song's main character is actually the bad guy. He is for sure "guilty as sin".
Other things:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/drugs-are-focus-of-mp-death-inquiry-post-mortem-fails-to-solve-milligan-mystery-as-ministers-mount-damage-limitation-exercise-over-a-personal-tragedy-1392852.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/drugs-are-focus-of-mp-death-inquiry-post-mortem-fails-to-solve-milligan-mystery-as-ministers-mount-damage-limitation-exercise-over-a-personal-tragedy-1392852.html
"orange orange in the mouth again, straighten"
"orange orange in the mouth again, straighten"