Tom Violence Lyrics

Lyric discussion by froderik 

Cover art for Tom Violence lyrics by Sonic Youth

The T.V. thing makes sense...never occurred to me.

I'm a long-time fan of Sonic Youth (since 1985) and am aware of their penchant for writing about the Manson Family, especially during this early phase of their career. I think this song could be Manson-inspired -- think about it:

"Tom violence is a dream coming out of a girl"

What drew me to this site / song to begin with was the phrase 'Suk for honesty'; I wanted to find out about that...Suk was a character in Samuel Beckett's novel "Murphy." Suk was Murphy's mentor, or spiritual advisor, who drew up some sort of life-directing chart for him.. .any thoughts?