Raphael Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Kworb 

Cover art for Raphael lyrics by CocoRosie

Girl from a broken home who tries to escape that world by having loveless sex with guys who sleep around.

I don't know, my interpretation is slightly different but yours also make sense. I thought it was about a married woman who is abused by her husband and so turns to a teenager to have an affair.

The words "drunken brawl domesticly" would suggest domestic voilence and the second part of the song is about a rebirth through sexuality, hence being baptized as a metaphor for the sex (which is perhaps the re-birth for the beaten woman?)

You don't have to agree with me, the song is sort of ambiguous and I'm not sure I agree with myself.

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or girls? bianca is gay and girls are more likely to have 'watery thighs'

Well, I think Bianca is attracted to both women and men, though I don't know for certain, and I feel no obligation to place a label on her. I think Raphael's thighs are described as watery because they're doing it in a swimming pool. I basically interpret this as a song about a girl who has been very broken by a childhood loneliness and a dysfunctional family who tries to escape this life of sadness by going to a boy who will give her love and happiness and giving him sex, but instead he just basically takes advantage...