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Hypogirl

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Can I steal your mind?
And can I crawl down inside?
And when I am your child,
Can I feed in your eye?
And can I drink the air,
Down in your cold black lung?
And can I breathe the sweet,
Sick and lonesome blood?
Love is everywhere.
No, we will never escape.
I love you more than my life.
No, we will never escape...
Can I cut out the core,
And steal the food in your head,
And curl my body inside,
Down where it's dark and it's wet?
I love you more than your life.
I love your body and mind.
I love you more than your life.
No, we will never escape.

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expletivedeleted On May 12, 2002

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2002-05-12 05:57:00

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by Cynothoglys

20y ago

It's about sex, (re)birth, and the destruction of self.

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by xtiandeth

17y ago

There's a version of this song on the Pigface album Notes From Thee Underground with Gira doing the vocals, inexplicably re-titled 'Empathy' Can't decide which I prefer

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by ernst10016

3y ago

An intro to the song Empathy. About a woman having a daughter and trying to insert herself desperately inside of her skin to live her youth and beauty once again.

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