The Day The Devil Lyrics

Lyric discussion by ladarius1991 

Cover art for The Day The Devil lyrics by Laurie Anderson

The song could be about two things:

  1. It could be about being kidnapped and raped and the whole imagery of "The Devil" represents a man who destroys the innocence of victims and he both bribes and manipulates his victims with needful things that causes chaos.

  2. It could also be about a person selling their souls to the Devil for stupid and worthless things that would soon drive them all crazy.

that's just my two interpretations of this song.

My Interpretation