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“The beast” in religious symbolism refers to Leviathan, one of two monsters who do battle at the end of the world. It is often associated with the darkest desires of man, the way violence and chaos destroys a person body and soul, and ultimately it symbolises death. All those who live lives of chaos enter the realm of the beast. And all those who enter its realm are sooner or later consumed by it.
Though there are two beasts, this one would make sense as the EP this song is included on is called Leviathan.
The English conservative thinker Thomas Hobbes wrote a book named after it which states that the only way to govern a country is with a strong authoritarian ruler. Again, Jean feels weak to their presence.
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Hunter’s S. Thompson’s suicide note was released under the title of “Football Season Is Over”:
No More Games. No More Bombs. No More Walking. No More Fun. No More Swimming. 67. That is 17 years past 50. 17 more than I needed or wanted. Boring. I am always bitchy. No Fun — for anybody. 67. You are getting Greedy. Act your (old) age. Relax — This won’t hurt
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Backcombing your hair gives it more volume, implying they’re all about their looks and try to look glamorous.
He’s saying that they’re ‘all the same’ to him – he can get sex from any girl he wants. This probably comes as some form of trying to deny that he has feelings for the girl, after realizing she won’t leave her boyfriend for him.
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More Nazi references. This album is chock full of them. It’s hard to tell why the lyrics move to German chanting here, but one reason could be that the failure of democracy and rights in Nazi Germany is similarly nasty and brutish to the difficulties of love.
Lebensraum = “Living space.” Used in relation to the Nazi’s need to spread the Aryan race further across Europe by conquering land.
Kulturkampf = “Culture struggle.” While the term pre-dates Hitler’s time in power, it does share similar qualities. It refers to Bismarck’s attempts to repress German Catholics in favour of Protestantism.
Raus = “Out.” An agressive command found in posters (e.g. “Juden raus!” would mean “Jews out!”)
Fila = This word is actually Italian, but is likely to evoke the totalitarianism of Mussolini, Hitler’s contemporary. It’s meaning changes between “queue” and “run away”.
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Interesting stuff:
- Revol is Lover backwards
- The word also recalls another – Revolution
These two opposing factors seem to tie up the above mentioned theories about this song quite nicely. Pretty impressive for a 5-letter word.
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We got one thing in common, it's this tongue of mine"
She said, oh The 1975 – Sex
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This is a variation of a line from one of their old songs, “Lost Boys”:
She said, “Use your fangs and my spare time
Come on in the car you’ll have a great time"
They have to use her “spare time” because, as is said in the next part, she’s cheating on her boyfriend. There is also a reference to the hands on an analog clock.
Having her tongues in common is a reference to them kissing, which goes to show that there is only physical attraction. The song isn’t about love at all, but about – yes, you guessed it – sex.
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Grae does all this crazy shit, but makes sure that she does it fast enough to get to the bar on time for the last rounds of beer (early morning). If that’s what’s on her mind she clearly doesn’t give a fuck about killing people.
Additionally, this verse is exactly 24 bars long (Verses are most commonly 16, 24 or 32). Thus she’s said everything she’s had to say and is able to call in Monch by the last bar.
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A remix of Busta Rhymes' 1996 debut solo single, “Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check”, he returns with a slower variation of the original track and features his Elektra labelmate Ol' Dirty Bastard from the Wu-Tang Clan. Both rappers were renowned for their weirdness at the time, making this song particularly crazy and the location of the music video set in a psychiatric ward appropriate.
In a 1997 interview, Busta talked about the collaboration:
Fun fact: the remix uses the same sample of the original, “Space” by GaltMacDermot; however, it samples an entirely different portion of the song (the beginning instead of where the original “Woo-Hah!!” starts)