I used to listen to this song in the car on the way to chool, much to my mom's annyoance. One day she asked "Why does he say that about ex-cons? Ex-cons don't have a reputation for homosexuality!"
Anyway, to the main meaning of the song. Looking over the lyrics just now, it occurs to me that through several verses he talks about how ugly he or someone else is, starting when he was born: "This poor little monster is better off dead!"
It is perhaps a song about someone born with a hideous deformity. The slighty circus-like sound of the melody might perhaps be implying a "freak show" of some sort.
The killing line is vague -- did he kill his mother, or did his mother kill someone in like fashion? There are many possibly interpretations based on which one it is.
I used to listen to this song in the car on the way to chool, much to my mom's annyoance. One day she asked "Why does he say that about ex-cons? Ex-cons don't have a reputation for homosexuality!"
Anyway, to the main meaning of the song. Looking over the lyrics just now, it occurs to me that through several verses he talks about how ugly he or someone else is, starting when he was born: "This poor little monster is better off dead!" It is perhaps a song about someone born with a hideous deformity. The slighty circus-like sound of the melody might perhaps be implying a "freak show" of some sort. The killing line is vague -- did he kill his mother, or did his mother kill someone in like fashion? There are many possibly interpretations based on which one it is.
I think this song is "left over Penguin" from his Batman days.
I think this song is "left over Penguin" from his Batman days.