It's obviously about a drunk person returining home and his fragmented thoughts, but some points in this song makes me think that this is also about a codependent relationship. Both themes are blended very well, all through Karl Hyde's skillful songwriting skills.
In the second verse the narrator is saying to the chick: "I could listen to you all day, what a laugh, cut me, I bleed like you, ha ha"
He is basically not satisifed with the relation he is in, but he keeps staying with this girl. And he is sardonically saying that he can listen to her all day, which is obviously a lie.
"Cover your teeth, I love you"
This line is possibly about Methamphetamine abuse. The girl is abusing said drug, but the narrator is saying to her that she must cover her teeth. Possibly for not the police to discover them. And thus stop their sick "love story". This can be related to a line in the first verse: "Carrying something wrapped in plastic"; the narrator is bringing home some drugs, or something illegal, since he doesn't say what is that.
And the next line in the bridge: "Don't bite me yet, I believe in you"
The narrator is afraid that one day, the girl can snap some senses in her and escape from him. But he wants this to continue, since they're in a codependent relationship. So we can say that the song's main character is actually the bad guy. He is for sure "guilty as sin".
Other things:
orange in the mouth again could be a reference to an MP who died of auto-erotic asphyxiation in 1994
Curled on the blue velveteen again: a sign of submission and fear
It's obviously about a drunk person returining home and his fragmented thoughts, but some points in this song makes me think that this is also about a codependent relationship. Both themes are blended very well, all through Karl Hyde's skillful songwriting skills.
In the second verse the narrator is saying to the chick: "I could listen to you all day, what a laugh, cut me, I bleed like you, ha ha" He is basically not satisifed with the relation he is in, but he keeps staying with this girl. And he is sardonically saying that he can listen to her all day, which is obviously a lie.
"Cover your teeth, I love you" This line is possibly about Methamphetamine abuse. The girl is abusing said drug, but the narrator is saying to her that she must cover her teeth. Possibly for not the police to discover them. And thus stop their sick "love story". This can be related to a line in the first verse: "Carrying something wrapped in plastic"; the narrator is bringing home some drugs, or something illegal, since he doesn't say what is that.
And the next line in the bridge: "Don't bite me yet, I believe in you" The narrator is afraid that one day, the girl can snap some senses in her and escape from him. But he wants this to continue, since they're in a codependent relationship. So we can say that the song's main character is actually the bad guy. He is for sure "guilty as sin".
Other things:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/drugs-are-focus-of-mp-death-inquiry-post-mortem-fails-to-solve-milligan-mystery-as-ministers-mount-damage-limitation-exercise-over-a-personal-tragedy-1392852.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/drugs-are-focus-of-mp-death-inquiry-post-mortem-fails-to-solve-milligan-mystery-as-ministers-mount-damage-limitation-exercise-over-a-personal-tragedy-1392852.html
"orange orange in the mouth again, straighten"
"orange orange in the mouth again, straighten"