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The narrator is using an electrical device to drop unto the bathtub to electrocute a girl. She can see the cord of the device as it drops into the bathtub. Chino Moreno told The Washington Post:

I just pictured this whole scenario of having this girl, bringing her downstairs and taking a bath and like, out of nowhere, just reaching back and … electrocuting–basically throwing some kind of electrical device in the bathtub … When I was done with it, I even thought, ‘Why the hell did I write that?’

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It was probably 5 in the morning, we were still up partying, and I just pictured this whole scenario of having this girl, bringing her downstairs and taking a bath and like, out of nowhere, just reaching back and electrocuting – basically throwing some kind of electrical device in the bathtub and then taking her out of the bath and drying her off and putting her clothes back on.
- Chino Moreno

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He wishes that when he took a hit that it would give him the same feeling as his very first high. This is often a problem for drug addicts, who try to achieve the most powerful. original. This attempt usually is seen in taking higher and higher dosages, which sometimes leads to an overdose.

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In cinema, the term extra is used to indicate an actor who has no role in the film other than to serve as a realistic backdrop for the main actors

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“Everyday is Like Sunday” was released as the second single off of Viva Hate and follows Morrissey’s disgust with a particular out-of-season beach town.

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Morrissey has stated that the lyrics to this song are inspired, to an extent, by Nevil Chute’s novel On The Beach, which tells the tale of post-apocalyptic Australia, ravaged by nuclear war.

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Just like how in nightclubs, VIPs will need their names on a guestlist to get in, Mars requests that his name be put on this love interest’s list.

The “SOS in Bel Air” serves as a cry of desperation, the point in the song where he admits he finally can’t resist this woman.

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The double meaning in this lyric is clear: they can literally smoke up (as Toro y Moi has been known to do) as well as live the metaphorically high: a tranquil, comfortable life and only end the relationship on their own terms, when they’re ready.

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To some extent, he’ll embrace whatever they agree upon regardless of what she’ll give him. Since he’s the one who fucked up, he doesn’t have much of a say in things now.

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If both Chaz and the girl work things out together, they can chill and enjoy a blank slate for the future. He’s begging that she doesn’t pull the world out from underneath him, because he’s placed all his faith in this one girl.

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