It is about how someone cannot change themselves, using transmogrification as a metaphor.
"There are things I cannot do
I cannot not not turn a skinny little shit
Into a winsome Brit who spent his youth in honest pleasure
For all my wily ways
I cannot not not turn back into the boy
It's a tearful day when a boy must learn his limitations"
I believe the rest is talking about cosmetic surgery or just a crude way of altering things and how that can change things with "magic"
"Take a look at this brochure:
Inject, inject, strip away, peel away
The scars of self abuse with a couple of hours in a private clinic
What have I left in life?
The Knife! the Knife! this knife! this knife!
Every inch, every inch of me will come to know its magic!"
It is about how someone cannot change themselves, using transmogrification as a metaphor.
"There are things I cannot do I cannot not not turn a skinny little shit Into a winsome Brit who spent his youth in honest pleasure For all my wily ways I cannot not not turn back into the boy It's a tearful day when a boy must learn his limitations"
I believe the rest is talking about cosmetic surgery or just a crude way of altering things and how that can change things with "magic"
"Take a look at this brochure: Inject, inject, strip away, peel away The scars of self abuse with a couple of hours in a private clinic What have I left in life? The Knife! the Knife! this knife! this knife! Every inch, every inch of me will come to know its magic!"