Nature Boy Lyrics

Lyric discussion by nephos 

Cover art for Nature Boy lyrics by Primus

Honestly, if I wanted to pretend a song was about masturbation, I could do it easily. How does filing out his income taxes have to do with masturbation? Oh, I suppose the pen could be a metaphor for a penis, right? How is the first verse even "obvious"? Because he uses the word genitalia?

I have nothing to offer further than that when they say, "I pull the blinds, then I take my clothes off, dance around the house like Nature Boy," they mean that he's comparing himself to someone who may walk around naked, and such people tend to live in tropical jungles or other places where walking around naked might be a good idea.

Other than that, I'm still thinking about what he says in the bridge. He wouldn't say it if it had nothing to do with the rest of the lyrics, and, clearly, what he says during the bridge has nothing to do with masturbation. So all you masturbation-crazy kids have failed to convince me that this song has anything to do with jerking it.

@nephos Additional Lyrics: Well, I've been known to tell a tale in two and three and four, and I've been Persecuted since I sailed in thorugh the door, and I've been known to sing a song in three and four and five, and I've been getting my ass chewed, since the day arrived here.....

@nephos Additional Lyrics: Well, I've been known to tell a tale in two and three and four, and I've been Persecuted since I sailed in thorugh the door, and I've been known to sing a song in three and four and five, and I've been getting my ass chewed, since the day arrived here.....

@nephos well it has a super obvious allusion to nudity and shame, but it's hella reductive for someone to just blurt out masturbation if that was supposed to be an explanation of Nature Boy lol