Eyes are sober and this is the plan
I'm sitting in a car heading Neverland
A fancy man a fancy man
He's pointing with the fingers that are left on his hand
Eyes are hazel but far too cold
Looking out for love
But none of us can
Where's the monkey that I've been told of
I'm staring at the money
That burns in my hand
I'm dancing for dollars
And for a fancy man
Come right over
I'll knock on your sholder
This is a story and this is what I've planned
An angry man an angry man
Nothing is more fatal than an angry man
Vulnerable heights
Feed the hand that bites me
Following the steam into another room
Standing in the corner
Is this my home
Showing us love that none of us can
I'm singing for money
That burns in my hand
Tell me
Will I make it home tonight
I'm doing it for dollars and for a fancy man
I've got a lot of money that burns in my hand
I'm sitting in a car heading Neverland
A fancy man a fancy man
He's pointing with the fingers that are left on his hand
Eyes are hazel but far too cold
Looking out for love
But none of us can
Where's the monkey that I've been told of
I'm staring at the money
That burns in my hand
I'm dancing for dollars
And for a fancy man
Come right over
I'll knock on your sholder
This is a story and this is what I've planned
An angry man an angry man
Nothing is more fatal than an angry man
Vulnerable heights
Feed the hand that bites me
Following the steam into another room
Standing in the corner
Is this my home
Showing us love that none of us can
I'm singing for money
That burns in my hand
Tell me
Will I make it home tonight
I'm doing it for dollars and for a fancy man
I've got a lot of money that burns in my hand
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"Feed the hand that bites me" is a very poetic way of describing an abusive relationship.
I disagree, Michael Jackson may or may not have done something bad (after all the courts say he was innocent, it's only really the tabloid press who villify him), but you can't ignore that one of the greatest entertainers of modern times is now a washout. How does that happen? For the collective conciousness of society to suddenly flick from hot to cold like that? It's DEFINITELY something worth examining in a song. What's art about if not questioning important things like that? I hope this song IS about Michael Jackson.
I really do.
I should know, I know enough of 'em, and you eventually get into the psychology of them as the years pass by.
And it is kind of scary, "Am I going to make it home tonight", but ladies and gents, thats the truth of the world out there...
Michael Jackson indeed.........pffft!
the MJ reference is totally off.... - NEVERLAND in this case refers to a place of illusions. (btw. te original Neverland is in Peter Pan ;-))
I think from these song of girls wich are brought to western europe with promises of wealth and good life and finally enslaved there: it must seem like Neverland to them in terms of something that can never be.
I find the song really strong as it really very accurately transports what these women feel.
"He's pointing with the fingers that are left on his hand" - i think this picture is a metaphore for the environment these women are in - a criminal one. probably the "man without fingers" is the man who is enslaving these ladies.
"the monkey" term refers porobably to the men who are paying these women for their services, and how the women refer to them as "monkeys" wich is strong as it expresses how unpersonal these relationships are.
"Feed the hand that bites me" is probably referring to the act of love - giving "love" (for money) to a man who abuses her.
"Showing us love that none of us can" - describing how cold everything gets, how far away these women from love are.
One could also interpret the parts about missing fingers and "feed the hand that bites me" as metaphorical references to Captain Hook, who had his hand chopped off and fed to a crocodile by Peter.
Here: metro.co.uk/2018/01/10/much-pony-monkey-cockney-rhyming-slang-money-explained-7219427/
A 'monkey' is 500 quid, as we say.
And the 'fingers left on his hand' would refer to the typical Russian gangster client she is 'entertaining' that evening. A few of them really are missing fingers..
And I'm sure the love is as cold as you describe it.
However, everyone gets laid, and everyone gets paid. The world keeps on turning.
"pointing with fingers that are left on his hand" could refer to a Yakuza member.
"singing for money" and "following the steam" both make me think of Geishas (entertaining their clients, saunas etc..)
Not sure about the rest of it :)
I also think that one can take this prostitution concept and transpose it to artists: "I'm singing for that burns in my hand". How the artist or musician must prostitute themselves and their art for money and to the taste of the public.
I don't think that is too far of a stretch, considering The Knife's relationship with the media and their feelings about 'selling-out' their music and art.
sitting in a car (not driving, but heading) [to] neverland with a plan, fancy man, dancing for dollars, nothing worse than an angry man, bump shoulder and tell a story, follow steam into another room....
yeah if any of you had ever been to a strip club this scenery would be pretty familiar.
And the kicker is singing for dollars, completing the musician as prostitute metaphor.
It's not a stretch, and it certainly isn't the first time I've heard a musician refer to themselves as such.
The Michael Jackson theory is hilarious, though. Bubbles was a chimp, not a monkey.