To me Ritchie Dagger is about homosexuality. "His idea of fun was society's grudge." "He sits in the corner a child despised"- I've noticed how some parents freak out if their child displays homosexual behavior, like holding hands with or kissing their same sex friend (early age). In western culture, you learn from a young age, homosexuality is not socially accepted. When a child displays anti-social behavior (different from what the mainstream society portrays as okay), a parent will often abandon their children, depending on what type of parent they are and their own values of course, "a child despised" obviously means this kid was an outcast, oh he's probably a bit older (puberty/sexual maturity) since he's "like a child despised" not literally a child.
"Suck me in and spit me out, devour me in haste"
Since the Germs supposedly made themselves sort of cult-like following- We lead the science
All social convicts (misfits, deviants) follow the rhymes,
accept your cure (some people see homosexuality as a disease)
I believe there are multiple versions of this song with different lyrics, one version has the lyrics:
he could set your mind ablaze
with sparkling eyes and visionary case
he stood like a remnant from an outbreak past
wore something in his ear
and boy was he a sass
sounds like Darby admired him :) , obviously something in his ear- back in the day right ear earring= gay, and he was a sass, standing up for himself I guess or just not being pushed around
Could be autobiographical or mix (some about himself, some about somebody else)
To me Ritchie Dagger is about homosexuality. "His idea of fun was society's grudge." "He sits in the corner a child despised"- I've noticed how some parents freak out if their child displays homosexual behavior, like holding hands with or kissing their same sex friend (early age). In western culture, you learn from a young age, homosexuality is not socially accepted. When a child displays anti-social behavior (different from what the mainstream society portrays as okay), a parent will often abandon their children, depending on what type of parent they are and their own values of course, "a child despised" obviously means this kid was an outcast, oh he's probably a bit older (puberty/sexual maturity) since he's "like a child despised" not literally a child.
"Suck me in and spit me out, devour me in haste"
Since the Germs supposedly made themselves sort of cult-like following- We lead the science All social convicts (misfits, deviants) follow the rhymes, accept your cure (some people see homosexuality as a disease)
I believe there are multiple versions of this song with different lyrics, one version has the lyrics:
he could set your mind ablaze with sparkling eyes and visionary case he stood like a remnant from an outbreak past wore something in his ear and boy was he a sass
sounds like Darby admired him :) , obviously something in his ear- back in the day right ear earring= gay, and he was a sass, standing up for himself I guess or just not being pushed around
Could be autobiographical or mix (some about himself, some about somebody else)
I agree with you.
I agree with you.