The song meaning is
Sheena is a parasite completes the ‘Sheena Trilogy’ which began with the Ramones ‘sheena is a Punkrocker’ and was continued by The Cramps ‘ Sheena’s in a Goth Gang’ “Sheena is the original Punk icon” explains Faris “but in 2006, she’s disillusioned with what punk has become” Hence the Horrors’ Sheena is a malevolent spirit, hell-bent on vengeance after years of repression. “its 29 years since she came to these shores” rasps Faris – 29 years since the Ramones first brought Punk to the UK, see? – But these days ‘if sheena was buried/ no one would care’ crucially, though, she still, ‘Knows where the knife is.’
The song meaning is Sheena is a parasite completes the ‘Sheena Trilogy’ which began with the Ramones ‘sheena is a Punkrocker’ and was continued by The Cramps ‘ Sheena’s in a Goth Gang’ “Sheena is the original Punk icon” explains Faris “but in 2006, she’s disillusioned with what punk has become” Hence the Horrors’ Sheena is a malevolent spirit, hell-bent on vengeance after years of repression. “its 29 years since she came to these shores” rasps Faris – 29 years since the Ramones first brought Punk to the UK, see? – But these days ‘if sheena was buried/ no one would care’ crucially, though, she still, ‘Knows where the knife is.’