Pop Song
***** Lyrics

It's the wood man and his splintering self.
A man who is crumbling apart like a piece of wood that is splintering into pieces.

It's the wooden woman and her hollowing out
A woman who is empty and hollow on the inside like a wooden object that has been carved out.

Sickly Micky Mouse.
A reference to Disney's iconic character, Mickey Mouse, who is portrayed as unhealthy and weak.

Skinny Minnie Mouse.
Similar to the previous line, a reference to Disney's Minnie Mouse, who is depicted as emaciated and frail.

Elvis, what happened ?
A question about what went wrong with Elvis Presley's life and career.

Pop Sickle note: The lable stapled a speaker to the back of a sheep's throat.
A comment on the music industry's willingness to do anything for the sake of producing hits, even if it is unethical or cruel to animals.

Tongue depressor with the width With the width of a spatula suppresses all syllables; "blah blah blah", end quote.
An observation about how meaningless and unintelligible some pop songs can be, reduced to nonsensical sounds like 'blah blah blah'.

Cotton candy, Cotton candy... spun any way you like it.
A metaphor for how the music industry manufactures catchy pop songs that are 'spun' in a way that is appealing to the masses, like cotton candy.

High school picture day in L.A., someone in the sky with diamonds. And you go back to bed with a dead dog in your head.
A surreal description of a bizarre day in Los Angeles, where someone saw the sky filled with diamonds (a reference to a Beatles song), and the artist feeling haunted by unsettling thoughts.

How can I be your lover when you sport a head of rubber? Sucker...
A comment on how shallow and fake some relationships can be in the entertainment industry, with one person putting up a facade like a 'head of rubber' in order to appear perfect and desirable.

You can't take applause to bed with you. I've got my own blood and a decent depression line.
A reminder that fame and success can't really bring happiness, and that the singer has their own struggles and personal issues to deal with, like depression.

And then we say "fuck" in our pop song.
A rebellious act of breaking the conventions of pop music by using profanity in a song meant for popular consumption.