She the creature revels in the sugariness creatures can have, but as creature she also has bitchiness, what she calls shiftiness. And behold that her song is itself a creature! It veers from cursing listeners to crooning to them worldly advice, setting an example for them by not taking criticism to heart. And upon perusal of what is being said, she is a sweet creature after all, acting bitter only when provoked enough to do so.
One does well to look at the line echoing “asshole,” which may or may not be “as whole.” Though change is the word, we still ought to let musicians be musical (and echo sounds). So since it can be both and since “Sweet As Whole” is the title, something incredible has been accomplished with that line. She has addressed assholes and assholes who are wholly assholes while also praying to the audience to be sweet creatures, letting the world go when it naturally distances itself from them.
This line also marks another mind-bending shift: from individual to group (or to everything “as whole”). Until now, who “you” are has been the audience. Now, “you” is a changing character, one where different people fit in before leaving again. A state of chaos reigns!
In a way, she embodies that populous world as the song concludes. As she repeats “asshole” (or that delicious “as whole”), the “fuck the world but not really” chorus stresses the human voices of male and female, an anthem sung by many “as whole” and led by someone “sweet as whole.”
Change is the word.
She the creature revels in the sugariness creatures can have, but as creature she also has bitchiness, what she calls shiftiness. And behold that her song is itself a creature! It veers from cursing listeners to crooning to them worldly advice, setting an example for them by not taking criticism to heart. And upon perusal of what is being said, she is a sweet creature after all, acting bitter only when provoked enough to do so.
One does well to look at the line echoing “asshole,” which may or may not be “as whole.” Though change is the word, we still ought to let musicians be musical (and echo sounds). So since it can be both and since “Sweet As Whole” is the title, something incredible has been accomplished with that line. She has addressed assholes and assholes who are wholly assholes while also praying to the audience to be sweet creatures, letting the world go when it naturally distances itself from them.
This line also marks another mind-bending shift: from individual to group (or to everything “as whole”). Until now, who “you” are has been the audience. Now, “you” is a changing character, one where different people fit in before leaving again. A state of chaos reigns!
In a way, she embodies that populous world as the song concludes. As she repeats “asshole” (or that delicious “as whole”), the “fuck the world but not really” chorus stresses the human voices of male and female, an anthem sung by many “as whole” and led by someone “sweet as whole.”