Just gonna say this is not about an angry relationship between one of the band members, it's merely a clever twist to a dramatically spiteful song. All the power is built up in a negative way throughout the song, and by the end, when you get the twist, "Not like Mark Bowen..." all that powerful negativity is reversed to reflect him in a positive light. One thing I like about Faith No More is there's actually poetic power in the lyrics, even before Mike Patton joined the band. I gotta admit some of the songs I'm working on lyrically draw on FNM inspiration. "You're in the depths of hell/And I think that's swell/And I hope you get well". These lines have such happy-go-luckiness with undertones of horror and hatred... I love it.
Just gonna say this is not about an angry relationship between one of the band members, it's merely a clever twist to a dramatically spiteful song. All the power is built up in a negative way throughout the song, and by the end, when you get the twist, "Not like Mark Bowen..." all that powerful negativity is reversed to reflect him in a positive light. One thing I like about Faith No More is there's actually poetic power in the lyrics, even before Mike Patton joined the band. I gotta admit some of the songs I'm working on lyrically draw on FNM inspiration. "You're in the depths of hell/And I think that's swell/And I hope you get well". These lines have such happy-go-luckiness with undertones of horror and hatred... I love it.