Honey or Tar Lyrics

Lyric discussion by pocketvision 

Cover art for Honey or Tar lyrics by CocoRosie

ohhh wow. well this really changes things for me see instead of: "Sexless and comfort in your mind Even barer than a child's"

I have been hearing: "Sexless and comforting You might have even been, been a child"

I am pretty relieved right now, this song is much less ominous than I thought it was. Not that I disprove of Cocorosie's ominosity or anything but.. I'm glad I can love this song and not feel too messed up.

That's what I've always heard too, and I listened back to make sure I wasn't wrong, and we're definitely not. they are most undeniably saying "might have" and the rest can be heard too. theres no reason to feel "messed up" for liking this song though.. I personally love the lyric. It just deeply demonstrates the flowing, rather obsessed, a bit out of control fantasy. Shamelessly giving us every detail. I think it's beautiful.

@pocketvision I was always pretty sure it said that and it made me feel messed up too and kind of tainted the song song for me. I re-listened and I'm still not sure, I don't know if Cocorosie released any official lyrics on their website or if it was included in the physical copy of the album.

I started to think more deeper about it and IF it does infact say this, I think it could be more about when adults think back to their younger days and reminisce. As an example, I'm thinking of when people over a certain age...