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Kiss Of The Octopus
The Blood Brothers Lyrics


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And the swarm of winged octopi fly out
Under the lid eye of the star studded sky...singing...
"do you want to live forever baby?
Do you want to live forever baby?
Suck the youth stuck forever baby?
Throb the camera flash forever baby?"
The flock of grinning octopi drop like tears
From a varicose thigh singing...
"do you want to live forever?
Nail your crotch to the hive of pleasure!"
Their hearts strung up like a moustache angel,
They pull the screen down and she steps inside.
She coo's her mouth for the face re-arranger...
Their tentacles puckered... ready to fire!
Tug tug tug-the beard of the octopus...
Lick lick lick the kiss of the octopus...
She wants more she wants more sweet serum to devour the hours,
Sweat serum to sweeten the sour,
Sweet serum to devour the hours.
"do you want to live forever baby?
Boil you birth skin in the tv baby?
Mrs. electric bride forever baby?"
The cloud of humming octopi spin the mucus crown of eternal life!

we watch alone from the waterfront
Her newly immortalized face splattered across the sky
Like hot human cocaine.
She closes her eyes in ecstasy
But mr. electric ocean has tattooed his face inside her eyelids.

Overall Meaning

The Blood Brothers's song Kiss Of The Octopus describes a bizarre, surreal scene involving winged octopi and a woman who wants to live forever. The octopi are urging her to suck the youth stuck forever and throb the camera flash forever, and even nail her crotch to the hive of pleasure. The woman seems to be under their spell and solicits them to inject a serum that will "devour the hours" and "sweeten the sour." As the octopi tug the beard and lick the kiss of the octopus, they are getting ready to use their tentacles to re-arrange her face, and Mr. Electric Ocean has tattooed his face inside her eyelids. The scene ends with the newly immortalized woman with her face splattered across the sky like hot human cocaine, while the octopi spin the mucus crown of eternal life.


The lyrics of Kiss Of The Octopus are full of images and metaphors, and they describe a world that is both gruesome and fantastical. The song might be interpreted as a critique of our society's obsession with youth and beauty, and its reluctance to come to terms with mortality. The octopi could represent the forces that manipulate us to conform to these norms, and the woman could represent the people who are trapped by them. The song's surrealism and grotesqueness might be an attempt to shock the listener out of complacency and make them question their assumptions about life and death.


Line by Line Meaning

And the swarm of winged octopi fly out
A group of octopi with wings fly out.


Under the lid eye of the star studded sky...singing...
The octopi fly under the starry sky while singing.


"do you want to live forever baby? Do you want to live forever baby? Suck the youth stuck forever baby? Throb the camera flash forever baby?"
The octopi ask if the person wants eternal youth, to be forever stuck to the camera, or if they want to live forever.


The flock of grinning octopi drop like tears From a varicose thigh singing...
The octopi drop down while singing from a varicose thigh, similar to tears.


"do you want to live forever? Nail your crotch to the hive of pleasure!"
The octopi ask if the person wants to live forever, and if they do, they should nail their crotch to a hive of pleasure.


Their hearts strung up like a moustache angel, They pull the screen down and she steps inside.
The octopi prepare for something, their hearts strung up like a moustache angel, and someone steps inside a screen that they pull down.


She coo's her mouth for the face re-arranger... Their tentacles puckered... ready to fire!
The person inside the screen uses a device to rearrange her face, while the octopi's tentacles are ready to do something.


Tug tug tug-the beard of the octopus... Lick lick lick the kiss of the octopus...
The person tugs the octopus's beard and kisses them repeatedly.


She wants more she wants more sweet serum to devour the hours, Sweat serum to sweeten the sour, Sweet serum to devour the hours.
The person wants more serum so that she can overcome the difficulties of life and make it sweeter.


"do you want to live forever baby? Boil you birth skin in the tv baby? Mrs. electric bride forever baby?"
The octopi ask if the person would like to live forever, if they would like to boil their birth skin in a TV, or if they would like to be Mrs. Electric Bride forever.


The cloud of humming octopi spin the mucus crown of eternal life!
The group of octopi spin a crown of eternal life made of mucus.


we watch alone from the waterfront
The scene is watched by someone alone from the waterfront.


Her newly immortalized face splattered across the sky Like hot human cocaine.
The immortalized face of the person is displayed across the sky like hot human cocaine.


She closes her eyes in ecstasy But mr. electric ocean has tattooed his face inside her eyelids.
The person closes her eyes in ecstasy, but Mr. Electric Ocean has tattooed his face inside her eyelids.




Lyrics © MOTHERSHIP MUSIC PUBLISHING
Written by: CODY VOTOLATO, JOHN WHITNEY, JORDAN BLILIE, MARK SUNIL GAJADHAR, MORGAN HENDERSON

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Comments from YouTube:

Joshua Nilles

they were the biggest band in seattle in 2002/2003.

Coax Me Don't Coax Me

Do you wanna live forever, baby? FUCK YEAH!

cokedupcatholic

that drum break at 1:04 sounds an awful lot like NIN The Perfect Drug's drum break

exexalien

That's because it is the drum break from "The Perfect Drug" - they sampled it.

Hope this information was worth waiting four years for.

Robin Powell

That's because it is.

popnotmyface

If I'm not mistaken that's the Amen Break at 1:04?

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