Marilyn Moore Lyrics

Lyric discussion by jamiesmusicmachine 

Cover art for Marilyn Moore lyrics by Sonic Youth

I'm Pretty certain this song was written about Marilyn Moore, one over the survivers of an attack by Peter Sutcliff (The Yorkshire Ripper). Sutcliff was a Schizophrenic who murdered Murdered Prostitutes during the 19070's. this explains the lines such as "frustrated desire turns you away and turns you insane over and over" i feel asif the first section is sutclif talking to himself about his mental anguish, then he see's marilyn moore (a prostitute) walking along and decides that he's going to kill her; he inticer her into his car and drives to a desserted area. he then suggests they go to the back seat and as shes leaving the car he get's his hammer and goes to hit her. only he trips up and doesn't do as much damage as he could have and she only collapses. "hammer in hand and her head to the floor"

he then drives off.

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