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In The Flat Field Lyrics
A gut pull drag on me
Into the chasm gaping we
Mirrors multy reflecting this
Between spunk stained sheet
And odourous whim
Calmer eye- flick- shudder- within
Assist me to walk away in sin
Where is the string that Theseus laid
Find me out this labyrinth place
I do get bored, I get bored
In the flat field
I get bored, I do get bored
In the flat field
Yin and Yang lumber punch
Go taste a tart then eat my lunch
And force my slender thin and lean
In this solemn place of fill wetting dreams
Of black matted lace of pregnant cows
As life maps out onto my brow
The card is lowered in index turn
Into my filing cabinet hemispheres spurn
I do get bored, I get bored
In the flat field
I get bored, I do get bored
In the flat field
Let me catch the slit of light
For a maiden's sake
On a maiden flight
In the flat field I do get bored
Replace with Picadilly whores
In my yearn for some cerebral fix
Transfer me to that solid plain
Moulding shapes no shame to waste
Moulding shapes no shame to waste
And drag me there with deafening haste
Into the chasm gaping we
Mirrors multy reflecting this
Between spunk stained sheet
And odourous whim
Calmer eye- flick- shudder- within
Assist me to walk away in sin
Where is the string that Theseus laid
Find me out this labyrinth place
In the flat field
I get bored, I do get bored
In the flat field
Go taste a tart then eat my lunch
And force my slender thin and lean
In this solemn place of fill wetting dreams
Of black matted lace of pregnant cows
As life maps out onto my brow
The card is lowered in index turn
Into my filing cabinet hemispheres spurn
In the flat field
I get bored, I do get bored
In the flat field
For a maiden's sake
On a maiden flight
In the flat field I do get bored
Replace with Picadilly whores
In my yearn for some cerebral fix
Transfer me to that solid plain
Moulding shapes no shame to waste
Moulding shapes no shame to waste
And drag me there with deafening haste
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damn the high guitar cries sound like a scream of a dying animal it gives me the chills when i think about it...
This song is about casual sex.
dreaming of flat fields in some interpretations is symbolic for sex.
the author's complaints of how mundane purely sexual adventures are, and how he is in search of a 'cerebral fix'
The "Flat field" in the song refers to a place Peter Murphy's father took him as a child. This really flat field, where his dad just stood there shooting at a target for three hours straight. And it was so boring it was memorable, clearly.
It sounds like LSD and Ovid’s myth of the Minotaur “Where is the string that Theseus laid?” The labyrinth serves as a metaphor for the human condition, reflecting the search for meaning in a chaotic world. He is looking for that “string”- a way out of this sacrificial lesson. “Of black matted lace of pregnant cows” etc The Minotaur is often examined as a representation of the unconscious mind or darker desires in the maze is having to confront their personal Minotaurs. Replacing the “maiden” for the “Piccadilly/dope whores”, lower desires..“Yin-yang” confusing illusions of dark and light (a flat field) battle in the mind. A world without gray area is black or white and boring all over aka ‘flat’. Right/wrong - maiden/whore this/that opposite extremes. “Into the chasm gaping we” and “Assist me to walk away in sin” The myth and lyrics both underscore the importance of companionship and support to navigate out of the labyrinth. “Cerebral fix” Begging for some buddy/shit/something creative. World forces you onto the boring one-dimensional plane or flat field nail stands out hammered down in shame(illusions/shame/social conditioning/expectation trauma)
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Its about the myth of the minotaur. Society demands us to sacrifice or ‘so called darker’ side ‘fight the minotaur within’ and deny it to meet social expectations like marrying a pregnant cow. Creative people don’t want this yin yang world. They want out of this flat one dimensional field to explore the gray area but the world social rules keep forcing you back there where you can’t easily live
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I love this song because when someone listens to it for the first time, they inevitable ask "Did he just say something about a pregnant cow?" and I get to answer "yes, yes he did"
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best bauhaus song ever!!! should have wayyyyy more comments
definitely my favorite by bauhaus
I agree with xtiandeth, this is a song about living in a boring place (who hasn't?) and wanting to do everything to get away - the last verse clearly states this IMHO
To me, the song represents looking for adventure beyond the mundane, looking for something "bigger"- a higher high, a more amourous encounter. In the first verse, he describes his sexual loneliness that is unfulfilling, so he gets tired of jacking off every night, but acknowledges this incessant obsession to satisfy this sex hunger. In the second verse, he states that he is bored with his sexual affairs and needs something more exciting, so he says that anybody can sleep with a tart (whore), but explains that he's been there already, and that he is the man more worthy to experience sexual bliss. The last verse indicates that since he is bored with the flat field (flat field indicative of no excitement and boredom with what he has had and wants more) he needs more than the whores he can get from Picadilly Circus and with that, he tends to escape from it by getting high (his cerebral fix) so he can escape into a new fantasy world of surreal bliss. This is a brilliant representation of the highest expectations one expects of themselves - Absolutely brilliant!