This song is from the album "Modern Life is Rubbish," and that seems to be a common theme to the tunes. To me, the song seems to be about the general sense disconnection between everybody in the world and how it's easy to slip into that sort of detachment.
A cashier (pay-me girl) is sick of her job (the 'bleeps' of the scanner), and she decides to ditch work--this puts her out of a job, out of money ("she didn't leave enough money to pay the rent") and out of a place to live ("the landlord says that she's out in a week"), but she doesn't care because she can detach herself from her problems ("what a shame, she was just getting comfy")--through drugs, I assume, hence "in a chemical world, it's very very very cheap."
"Putting the holes in" referring to heroin is an interesting interpretation I'm almost willing to adopt, though it could be metaphorical--holes in communication between people? A friend of mine listening to the song said they felt the "yes, yes" part was trying to soothe and relieve someone.
The peeping Thomas and exhibitionist are engaging in kinks that require detachment between the fetishist and their "subject";. The 'townies' (hip-and-trendy city kids) detach themselves from everyone else and "stick together so they never get lonely." Again, people self-medicate their way through life (the bit about "sugary tea"), and it's become second nature--in a chemical world, it's very cheap.
This song is from the album "Modern Life is Rubbish," and that seems to be a common theme to the tunes. To me, the song seems to be about the general sense disconnection between everybody in the world and how it's easy to slip into that sort of detachment.
A cashier (pay-me girl) is sick of her job (the 'bleeps' of the scanner), and she decides to ditch work--this puts her out of a job, out of money ("she didn't leave enough money to pay the rent") and out of a place to live ("the landlord says that she's out in a week"), but she doesn't care because she can detach herself from her problems ("what a shame, she was just getting comfy")--through drugs, I assume, hence "in a chemical world, it's very very very cheap."
"Putting the holes in" referring to heroin is an interesting interpretation I'm almost willing to adopt, though it could be metaphorical--holes in communication between people? A friend of mine listening to the song said they felt the "yes, yes" part was trying to soothe and relieve someone.
The peeping Thomas and exhibitionist are engaging in kinks that require detachment between the fetishist and their "subject";. The 'townies' (hip-and-trendy city kids) detach themselves from everyone else and "stick together so they never get lonely." Again, people self-medicate their way through life (the bit about "sugary tea"), and it's become second nature--in a chemical world, it's very cheap.
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wow...you... coool.... definitly. you're .... right. nnniiiicccee!