Baby Animals are a hard rock band from Australia, formed in 1989 by vocalis… Read Full Bio ↴Baby Animals are a hard rock band from Australia, formed in 1989 by vocalist Suze DeMarchi, drummer Frank Celenza, guitarist Dave Leslie and bass player Eddie Parise. They scored an immediate domestic No. 1 single with “Early Warning” and featured further Top 10 hits with “Painless”, “Rush You” and “One Word”. Their eponymous debut album Baby Animals was released in February 1992 and went multi-platinum. In 1993, the group released Shaved and Dangerous and attempted to break into the international market. However, in 1995, on the verge of their first major US tour, their US-based record company Imago Records folded. Following contractual problems and DeMarchi requiring surgery for her vocal cords, the band split in early 1996. DeMarchi eventually married guitarist Nuno Bettencourt of Boston-based Extreme and released a solo album, Telelove in 1999.

Baby Animals reformed in 2007 and released an acoustic CD of their hits entitled "Il Grande Silenzio" on January 19th 2008, as part of the Liberation Blue Acoustic Series. January 21st 2008 saw Liberation Records re-release their previous two albums ("Baby Animals" and "Shaved and Dangerous" remastered) as a 2 CD set, albeit missing the track "Big Time Friends". The band also toured Australia in January 2008 and appeared live on the Australian breakfast TV program "Sunrise" on January 22nd 2008.

On January 12th 2009 Baby Animals announced another Australian tour, playing 14 shows across Adelaide, Melbourne, Wollongong, Sydney, Sunshine Coast, Brisbane and the Gold Coast during April 2009. Frank Celenza resigned from the band only to reinstate himself two days later, and due to this and other internal conflicts DeMarchi & Leslie decided to continue the band with two hand-picked Sydney musicians, Matt Cornell (Bass/ Vocals) and Mick Skelton (Drums).

DeMarchi moved back home to Australia with children Bebe and Lorenzo in 2010 and the plan was for her husband, Bettencourt, to follow soon afterwards. The move never happened with Bettencourt sending an email saying the marriage was over. The breakup gave rise to the song E-Mail which features on the 3rd album This Is Not The End that was released in 2013.

The Baby Animals lineup behind that 3rd album now boasted a new line-up of Suze DeMarchi (Vocals/Guitar), Dave Leslie (Guitar/Vocals), Dario Bortolin (Bass/Vocals) and Mick Skelton (Drums). The album was a fast turnaround. After an intensive writing period, the band entered a two-week pre-production period. The recording stage at Sydney’s Blackfoot Studio was also relatively quick. This Is Not the End was cut in three weeks, and mixed-down in another two. The album was followed by an intense number of tour dates.

Baby Animals celebrated the 25th anniversary of the self-titled album in May 2016 with a concert in Melbourne and Sydney that featured both the current and original line-ups. The current line-up played songs off of the 2nd and 3rd albums, whilst the original lineup powered through end-to-end set of the self-titled album.

Working For The Enemy
Baby Animals Lyrics

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Have you ever wondered how a love
Can lift you up and then take you down
In case you haven't noticed
You're about to be a loser in this round

Tell yourself it's all too hard
Working for the enemy
You think there's something crazy going on

Inside your head behind your eyes

While you light a cigarette
You try to hide the fire from the spies
Tell yourself it's all too hard
Working for the enemy

Looking back you must have been
Working for the enemy

Working for the enemy
Working for the enemy

Overall Meaning

In the song Working For The Enemy by Baby Animals, the lyrics revolve around the theme of love and how it can be both uplifting and disappointing at the same time. The lyrics suggest that the singer may have fallen for someone who they consider to be their enemy. The lyrics also suggest that the singer is aware of the situation, but feels helpless and unsure of what to do about it.

The lyrics talk about the singer who has likely been caught up in a love affair that is bringing them misery. The lines "Have you ever wondered how a love can lift you up and then take you down" suggest that love is a double-edged sword. It can bring joy and pain at the same time. The chorus "Tell yourself it's all too hard, working for the enemy" empathizes with the singer's state of mind, that is lost, confused and struggling to come to terms with the situation.

The song suggests that the singer is trying to hide their love affair, for it is frowned upon based on the context of the lyrics. The lines "While you light a cigarette, you try to hide the fire from the spies" suggest that the singer is trying to hide how they feel from someone or something. The singer seems to come to terms with the harsh truth that they may have been working for the enemy all along, and it's time to move on.

Line by Line Meaning

Have you ever wondered how a love
Have you ever considered the unexpected rise and inevitable fall of affection

Can lift you up and then take you down
It has the power to elevate and then suddenly bring you to a low point

In case you haven't noticed
This may have gone unnoticed to you

You're about to be a loser in this round
You're likely headed towards a defeat in your current situation

Tell yourself it's all too hard
Convince yourself that the situation is too difficult

Working for the enemy
Working against your own interests or wellbeing

You think there's something crazy going on
Your mind is suggesting that there may be strange or unusual things happening

Inside your head behind your eyes
Within your own thoughts and perceptions

While you light a cigarette
As you smoke a cigarette

You try to hide the fire from the spies
You attempt to conceal your true feelings from others

Looking back you must have been
After reflecting, it becomes apparent that you were