Lol, I totally didn't know Dr. Suess was dead until I heard this song. Shows how much outta the loop I am. I love this song though. XD Acid Bath kicks ass.
Anyway, yeah, this song is obivously about the loss of innocence and the corruption of purity and all that's right and good with the world. The things it describes -- "flies", "insect flesh", "needles", "paved with bone" -- it's all negative imagery that is associate with not-good things.
And by talking about the death of Dr. Suess, that even furthers the image of dead innocence because when people think of Dr. Suess, they generally think of all his children's books, which many Americans hold fond in their memories.
However, after hearing this song, I did a little research on Dr. Suess and found out that he had what you might call a "dark side". During World War II, he drew political cartoons and some of them depicted Japanese Americans as traitors. I know when I found that out, I was a tad shocked. I always imagined Dr. Suess as this warm fuzzy guy who loved everyone.
Lol, so, in a way, this song destroyed part of my innocence.
Lol, I totally didn't know Dr. Suess was dead until I heard this song. Shows how much outta the loop I am. I love this song though. XD Acid Bath kicks ass. Anyway, yeah, this song is obivously about the loss of innocence and the corruption of purity and all that's right and good with the world. The things it describes -- "flies", "insect flesh", "needles", "paved with bone" -- it's all negative imagery that is associate with not-good things. And by talking about the death of Dr. Suess, that even furthers the image of dead innocence because when people think of Dr. Suess, they generally think of all his children's books, which many Americans hold fond in their memories. However, after hearing this song, I did a little research on Dr. Suess and found out that he had what you might call a "dark side". During World War II, he drew political cartoons and some of them depicted Japanese Americans as traitors. I know when I found that out, I was a tad shocked. I always imagined Dr. Suess as this warm fuzzy guy who loved everyone. Lol, so, in a way, this song destroyed part of my innocence.