The lyrics might be a reference to Turbonegro's 'Monkey on Your Back' from 1998. The monkey in the latter song also makes its carrier do things (like fall).
@terrycraig Oh, I just found out that to have a monkey on one's back is an actual idiom (meaning to have a major problem figuratively weighing on your shoulders), so it could easily just be a coincidence that there's another song about it.
@terrycraig Oh, I just found out that to have a monkey on one's back is an actual idiom (meaning to have a major problem figuratively weighing on your shoulders), so it could easily just be a coincidence that there's another song about it.
So the monkey could be any sort of problem that makes the afflicted narrator of The Kills' song talk and act "like that"... anything from drugs to stress.
So the monkey could be any sort of problem that makes the afflicted narrator of The Kills' song talk and act "like that"... anything from drugs to stress.
The lyrics might be a reference to Turbonegro's 'Monkey on Your Back' from 1998. The monkey in the latter song also makes its carrier do things (like fall).
@terrycraig Oh, I just found out that to have a monkey on one's back is an actual idiom (meaning to have a major problem figuratively weighing on your shoulders), so it could easily just be a coincidence that there's another song about it.
@terrycraig Oh, I just found out that to have a monkey on one's back is an actual idiom (meaning to have a major problem figuratively weighing on your shoulders), so it could easily just be a coincidence that there's another song about it.
So the monkey could be any sort of problem that makes the afflicted narrator of The Kills' song talk and act "like that"... anything from drugs to stress.
So the monkey could be any sort of problem that makes the afflicted narrator of The Kills' song talk and act "like that"... anything from drugs to stress.