Pearly Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Skybluepoet 

Cover art for Pearly lyrics by Radiohead

I really thought that he was saying "darling it hurts me," but after I saw these postings I listened to it again and he is saying "use me, darling use me." I took it that she came from a poor country, and is likely still on the bottom. I think that the vanilla milkshake is a great way the get the color white in there again, but it's also talking about her going out with white boys who probably buy her things and make her feel good about herself. She in turn gives them what they want.