Lyrics sounding perverse or profound are often just about their favorite munchies. The lyrics, "Is it alive, does it writhe/ can it survive under the sun?/ scathe with a lathe/ all the days in the past /I can't put my finger on it," is about Gene's confusion over a Gyro.
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Lyrics sounding perverse or profound are often just about their favorite munchies. The lyrics, "Is it alive, does it writhe/ can it survive under the sun?/ scathe with a lathe/ all the days in the past /I can't put my finger on it," is about Gene's confusion over a Gyro.