Shapes in the drink like christ
Cracks in the pale blue wall
I'm walking slowly and quickly but
Always away
Twisting twisting to the floor
Flowers in your mouth and the same dry
Song the routine from laughter land
16 white legs and a row of teeth
I watch you in secrecy

Your dying for the hope is gone
From here we go nowhere again
I'm trapped in my face and i'm changing
Too much
I can't climb out the way i fell in

Jump with me
For that old forgotten dance
The midnight sun will burn you up
Your life is cold
Your life is hot
Your life's too much for words

These occasions are such a relief
Another point another view to send
We start to talk
And it's all so safe
I feed you in my dreams

Footsteps on a wire
High above my head
The stain reveals my real intention
I'm the waiting beast
I'm the twisted nerve
As i dance dance
Back to the body in my bed

Look at the piggy
Piggy in the mirror


Lyrics submitted by oofus, edited by Mellow_Harsher

Piggy In The Mirror Lyrics as written by Robert James Smith Laurence Andrew Tolhurst

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    Oh my lord this song has obvious links to the book 'the lord o'f the flies'

    'piggy' is one of the main characters who is smarter and more mature than all the other kids on the island, but he is pushed aside and ignored because he's kinda fat and not physically attractive.

    so the mirror could be a way to potray how piggy looks is holding him back.

    "Sixteen white legs and a row of teeth They watch you in secrecy"

    in the book they mention the beast hiding, always watching the children and they're always afraid of him, it also mentions its teeth.

    "I'm trapped in my face and I'm changing Too much"

    proving again that piggy's appearance is trapping him

    "The stain reveals my real intention I'm the waiting beast I'm the twisted nerve"

    in the story a boy named simon realizes that there is no real beast on the island to be afraid of, and that the beast lived inside of him, and all the other children, because of the bad that he himself (and humans in general) could do... he realizes this when most of the other boys are out hunting and killing chanting 'hunt the pig, slit its throat, spill the blood', or something along those lines

    its an interesting book to read about human nature.

    this might not be their intention at all in the song. but it makes perfect sense if you know the themes in the story well.

    stayunstillon March 01, 2007   Link

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