Bodies
Danzig Lyrics

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bodies please don't cry
bodies please don't die
bodies please don't cry
bodies

I been taking all the silver
I been taking all the gold
I'm gonna stuff it down the throat

of a week old corpse
save that doggone soul
I been saving up my pain
I'm gonna give it back in spades
I been strangling the cries
from the murder of love
save your soul tonight

I been raising up the dead
gonna send them to the house of cain
I been praying in light
of the waning moon
slay your doggone soul
I been taken out of heaven
I been put upon this world
I been walking up and down
to and from
save your doggone soul

I got bodies on the left
I got bodies on the right
I got bodies up and down

all across town
save your soul tonight

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Danzig's song 'Bodies' appear to be a conversation between the singer and the bodies mentioned in the song. The phrase "Bodies please don't cry/Bodies please don't die" is repeated several times as if the singer is trying to calm or reassure them. The first verse talks about the singer taking silver and gold and stuffing it down the throat of a week-old corpse to save its soul. He has been saving up his pain to give back in spades and strangling the cries of murder of love to save souls tonight.

The second verse has a more ominous tone with the singer raising up the dead and sending them to the house of cain. He prays in light of the waning moon to slay doggone souls. He mentions being taken out of heaven and put upon this world and walking up and down to and from, save your doggone souls. The chorus repeats, "I got bodies on the left/I got bodies on the right/I got bodies up and down/all across town/save your soul tonight."

The song seems to be about someone who is surrounded by death or perhaps someone who is a killer or a serial killer. The repetition of the phrase "save your soul tonight" suggests that the singer is trying to save the souls of the bodies mentioned in the song, possibly in some twisted or macabre way. The lyrics are dark and foreboding, the tone is aggressive, and the imagery is disturbing.

Line by Line Meaning

bodies please don't cry
Please don't cry, bodies.

bodies please don't die
Please don't die, bodies.

bodies please don't cry
Please don't cry, bodies.

bodies
Bodies.

I been taking all the silver
I have been stealing valuable things.

I been taking all the gold
I have been stealing valuable things.

I'm gonna stuff it down the throat of a week old corpse
I plan on putting the stolen things inside of a dead body.

save that doggone soul
I want to keep the soul of the dead body safe.

I been saving up my pain
I have been holding onto my pain.

I'm gonna give it back in spades
I plan on inflicting pain on others.

I been strangling the cries from the murder of love
I have been suppressing the emotions related to the end of a romantic relationship.