So this song is great because if you're not paying attention, it sounds like a really sweet love song where the girl refers to her boyfriend as her velvet Elvis.
And then you read the lyrics and SHIT BRIX.
This song is literally about a velvet Elvis. This is an old fad; it was a framed painting of Elvis painted on black velvet. She's literally singing about a picture of Elvis that she is in love with, and seems to believe is real/alive ("Kill the bitch that bats at eye at Elvis").
More ridiculously, her dad appears to walk in on her while she's masturbating using the picture ("Papa said I cross the line/Caught us in our special time, Elvis").
And then she's sent to an asylum. Holy shit.
"Shackled arms are tight" <-- she's in restraints
"Now it's five by five" <-- she's living in the psych ward's little room now
"Finger paint and circle time" <-- Normal activities you do in a psych ward
Additionally, the chorus of "They're comin'/They're comin'/They're comin'/Oh no!" I think is either her being super paranoid that people want her Elvis, or this just might be referring to professionals/her parents coming to take her away to the hospital.
I'm not sure about masturbation I could be wrong but the lyrics say "carve" not "caught" now they could be wrong. But it seems like she "crossed the line" when she "Light his coat in turpentine" and something about "slicing" not sure what that means yet, but it seems she was put away because she got violent about his love.
I'm not sure about masturbation I could be wrong but the lyrics say "carve" not "caught" now they could be wrong. But it seems like she "crossed the line" when she "Light his coat in turpentine" and something about "slicing" not sure what that means yet, but it seems she was put away because she got violent about his love.
The cross the line was after her dad found them, so it doesn't make sense that it would relate to the "light his coat in turpentine". The "slice my starry eye" is just a reference to a song by the Pixies. Aaaand the lyrics on here are wrong, she is actually saying "caught" and not "carve".
The cross the line was after her dad found them, so it doesn't make sense that it would relate to the "light his coat in turpentine". The "slice my starry eye" is just a reference to a song by the Pixies. Aaaand the lyrics on here are wrong, she is actually saying "caught" and not "carve".
So this song is great because if you're not paying attention, it sounds like a really sweet love song where the girl refers to her boyfriend as her velvet Elvis.
And then you read the lyrics and SHIT BRIX.
This song is literally about a velvet Elvis. This is an old fad; it was a framed painting of Elvis painted on black velvet. She's literally singing about a picture of Elvis that she is in love with, and seems to believe is real/alive ("Kill the bitch that bats at eye at Elvis").
More ridiculously, her dad appears to walk in on her while she's masturbating using the picture ("Papa said I cross the line/Caught us in our special time, Elvis").
And then she's sent to an asylum. Holy shit. "Shackled arms are tight" <-- she's in restraints "Now it's five by five" <-- she's living in the psych ward's little room now "Finger paint and circle time" <-- Normal activities you do in a psych ward
Additionally, the chorus of "They're comin'/They're comin'/They're comin'/Oh no!" I think is either her being super paranoid that people want her Elvis, or this just might be referring to professionals/her parents coming to take her away to the hospital.
Basically, this song fucking ROCKS.
I'm not sure about masturbation I could be wrong but the lyrics say "carve" not "caught" now they could be wrong. But it seems like she "crossed the line" when she "Light his coat in turpentine" and something about "slicing" not sure what that means yet, but it seems she was put away because she got violent about his love.
I'm not sure about masturbation I could be wrong but the lyrics say "carve" not "caught" now they could be wrong. But it seems like she "crossed the line" when she "Light his coat in turpentine" and something about "slicing" not sure what that means yet, but it seems she was put away because she got violent about his love.
The cross the line was after her dad found them, so it doesn't make sense that it would relate to the "light his coat in turpentine". The "slice my starry eye" is just a reference to a song by the Pixies. Aaaand the lyrics on here are wrong, she is actually saying "caught" and not "carve".
The cross the line was after her dad found them, so it doesn't make sense that it would relate to the "light his coat in turpentine". The "slice my starry eye" is just a reference to a song by the Pixies. Aaaand the lyrics on here are wrong, she is actually saying "caught" and not "carve".
you identified the rest of the pieces so well. Salute!
you identified the rest of the pieces so well. Salute!