Famine Affair has picked up on probably the most important point; the line "You don't let me sleep
and when you do it's just teeth-falling-out nightmares" isn't just in there because it sounds good, it is a reference to Sigmund Freud and his slightly perverted views on the human brain and its workings. I interpret this song to be about a relationship the protagonist has with a female (which is the "affair" the song title refers to). The "famine" that the song title alludes to is the fact they aren't having sex at all, yet the man is still drawn to the lady and she knows this...
"You act aloof, say that I'll crawl back. You must be sick."
Because they aren't having sex, this in turn makes the guy feel "ugly" about himself and this gives her a chance to leave the relationship. And the guy is having to jerk off as he isn't getting his leg over, which takes us back to the Sigmund Freud reference and his teeth-falling out-nightmares.
Famine Affair has picked up on probably the most important point; the line "You don't let me sleep and when you do it's just teeth-falling-out nightmares" isn't just in there because it sounds good, it is a reference to Sigmund Freud and his slightly perverted views on the human brain and its workings. I interpret this song to be about a relationship the protagonist has with a female (which is the "affair" the song title refers to). The "famine" that the song title alludes to is the fact they aren't having sex at all, yet the man is still drawn to the lady and she knows this...
"You act aloof, say that I'll crawl back. You must be sick."
Because they aren't having sex, this in turn makes the guy feel "ugly" about himself and this gives her a chance to leave the relationship. And the guy is having to jerk off as he isn't getting his leg over, which takes us back to the Sigmund Freud reference and his teeth-falling out-nightmares.