I'm not sure, but I'm fairly certain this song is about abortion (that's the one scenario where a person might "explore" a fetus with needles). I think the bulk of the lyrics are about the darwinian savagery of nature, i.e. strong killing the weak, and nothing is weaker than a fetus at the mercy of modern science.
"The chromosomes seem not to want the fetus" = the mother doesn't want the baby.
"They beat you up, they make you leave" = the fetus is killed/removed from his mother
"Knowing God will be pleased" = this verse is the one that throws me. i suspect it's either A) all babies go to heaven, and that makes dying easier. Or B) it's saying that the mother believes that God condones her abortion, at that makes it easier for her.
"when the spaceship beams you up, boy, get drunk fast'" = could refer to the father who is stunned by the mother's decision and feels transported into another world by the news, or it could be from the fetus' POV and be about the vaccuum used to suck the fetus out.
@pthalomarie I think you're damn close. I have no idea what it is about but I really love this song! But what if it isn't about abortion but instead, it is a reference to miscarriage? Perhaps that would explain "Knowing God will be pleased" and "The chromosomes seem not to want the fetus." The body is rejecting the fetus instead of the mother.
@pthalomarie I think you're damn close. I have no idea what it is about but I really love this song! But what if it isn't about abortion but instead, it is a reference to miscarriage? Perhaps that would explain "Knowing God will be pleased" and "The chromosomes seem not to want the fetus." The body is rejecting the fetus instead of the mother.
Again, I do not feel as though I have much grasp on the meaning of this song. Just throwing an idea out there.
Again, I do not feel as though I have much grasp on the meaning of this song. Just throwing an idea out there.
I'm not sure, but I'm fairly certain this song is about abortion (that's the one scenario where a person might "explore" a fetus with needles). I think the bulk of the lyrics are about the darwinian savagery of nature, i.e. strong killing the weak, and nothing is weaker than a fetus at the mercy of modern science.
"The chromosomes seem not to want the fetus" = the mother doesn't want the baby.
"They beat you up, they make you leave" = the fetus is killed/removed from his mother
"Knowing God will be pleased" = this verse is the one that throws me. i suspect it's either A) all babies go to heaven, and that makes dying easier. Or B) it's saying that the mother believes that God condones her abortion, at that makes it easier for her.
"when the spaceship beams you up, boy, get drunk fast'" = could refer to the father who is stunned by the mother's decision and feels transported into another world by the news, or it could be from the fetus' POV and be about the vaccuum used to suck the fetus out.
@pthalomarie I think you're damn close. I have no idea what it is about but I really love this song! But what if it isn't about abortion but instead, it is a reference to miscarriage? Perhaps that would explain "Knowing God will be pleased" and "The chromosomes seem not to want the fetus." The body is rejecting the fetus instead of the mother.
@pthalomarie I think you're damn close. I have no idea what it is about but I really love this song! But what if it isn't about abortion but instead, it is a reference to miscarriage? Perhaps that would explain "Knowing God will be pleased" and "The chromosomes seem not to want the fetus." The body is rejecting the fetus instead of the mother.
Again, I do not feel as though I have much grasp on the meaning of this song. Just throwing an idea out there.
Again, I do not feel as though I have much grasp on the meaning of this song. Just throwing an idea out there.