Cockroach Waltz Lyrics

Lyric discussion by hiddenhikari 

Cover art for Cockroach Waltz lyrics by Jack Off Jill

Im going to go a bit of a different direction, and maybe im just projecting, but i also think its the relationship between a parent and child, but specifically that of a queer child and a nonaccepting parent.

"WE hide in the cupboards" implies both parties are hiding, avoiding one another, both are uncomfortable. "see something thats nothing and then start to cry" because they look at their relationship and theres nothing there, no love between them.

"crawl quick past eachother/the cord starts to break" this makes me think of an umbilical cord, theyre distancing themselves more and more from eachother, even familiar ties cant keep them together. "i gave you too much/thats my big mistake" this is when the child came out to their parent, they gave them too much information on their life, too much trust, and thats when it all went to hell.

i dont think "faithfully. as i fuck all the rest" is actually sexual, i dont think this line means literally fucking people, i think its more of a figurative "fuck it" attitude, like they promised their parent they wouldnt so certain things to preserve what little relationship they had, then they said fuck it and did it anyway.

i think "insect boy becomes a girl" is the strongest line to back up this theory for obvious reasons, a cockroach is said to be able to survive so much shit, so by completeing their transition even at the cost of family they have become like a cockroach, able to survive anything.