Chicken Head
Deal Casino Lyrics
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If there's plastic in my belly I'll sleep sitting up
We take your car but you make me drive all the way home
Picking out names for the kids, that I like and you don't
I'll do what you said
Be friends with all your friends
Cut off my chicken head and
Sew it on again
This Valentine's Day I'm not getting anything for you
18 years and now you're the smart one
Building rockets in your basement that you can't fit through the door
You say, "one day you're gonna blast right through the roof"
But you'll be spelling out her name before you're halfway to the moon
I'll do what you said
Be friends with all your friends
Cut off my chicken head and
Sew it on again
Tell them how we met oh
How could I forget
Cut off my chicken head and
Sew it on again
But this Valentine's Day I'm not getting anything for you
This Valentine's Day I'm not getting anything for you
Oh but I would
(This Valentine's Day I'm not getting anything for you)
The lyrics to Deal Casino's song Chicken Head are complex and reveal a complicated relationship with significant other. The singer starts by admitting his naivety, saying that if there's plastic in his belly, he will sleep sitting up - this might mean that he has consumed something toxic, causing him to sleep uncomfortably. The singer then complains that they always take his car but make him do all the driving back home. The relationship seems unbalanced in the sense that one person is always in control. The next few lines point towards the couple's differences, such as picking out names for kids - the singer likes names that the other person doesn't. The singer then reveals that he will do what the other person said and be friends with all their friends. We then come to the most lyrically interesting section of the song, "Cut off my chicken head and sew it on again." This suggests the singer's willingness to do absolutely anything for the other person, even if it causes him to lose his head. The following lines are about telling others their love story and how the singer would do that as well. The song ends on a bittersweet note - the singer mentions that he's not getting anything for the other person for Valentine's Day. However, he'd want to despite being hurt.
The song repeatedly mentions cutting off a chicken's head and putting it back on, which is a strange concept. It seems that the phrase "cut off my chicken head" is meant to represent the singer's willingness to sacrifice himself (like a chicken) for the other person's love. The other person might have some control over him or know how to manipulate him. The song's title refers to someone who follows others without thinking for themselves - this could be the singer. It's weird because the song doesn't criticize the other person for their behavior or the way they treat the singer. Instead, it portrays the singer as weak, unable to resist the other person's influence. The song's lyrics might indicate the singer's resentment towards being controlled but also his inability to do anything about it.
Line by Line Meaning
I guess now I know for the next time
Reflecting on a past mistake to prevent it from happening again
If there's plastic in my belly I'll sleep sitting up
Acknowledgement of the potential health risks and consequences of consuming inorganic material
We take your car but you make me drive all the way home
Frustration over being used and manipulated in a relationship dynamic
Picking out names for the kids, that I like and you don't
Compromise and disagreement in envisioning a future together
I'll do what you said
Submission to another's authority
Be friends with all your friends
Performative relationship expectations to please a partner
Cut off my chicken head and
Hyperbolic expression of willingness to comply with a partner's desires regardless of self-harm
Sew it on again
Symbolic representation of the cyclical and repetitive nature of a toxic relationship
Tell them how we met oh
Fond recollection of a relationship spark that has since soured
How could I forget
Ironically remembering a relationship past that they now wish to leave behind
But this Valentine's Day I'm not getting anything for you
A call for independence and a rejection of traditional romantic gestures
18 years and now you're the smart one
A sarcastic remark on the perceived intellectual superiority of a partner
Building rockets in your basement that you can't fit through the door
Questioning the practicality and usefulness of a partner's interests
You say, 'one day you're gonna blast right through the roof'
Cynicism towards a partner's ambitious yet unrealistic goals
But you'll be spelling out her name before you're halfway to the moon
A pessimistic prediction of a relationship's inevitable failure despite grandiose aspirations
Oh but I would
Despite newfound independence, a lingering attachment and longing for a past relationship
Writer(s): Joseph Paul Cowell, Joseph Parella, Jonathan Joseph Rodney
Contributed by Samuel V. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@llc88
Jon during this whole video is everything.
Also, I keep thinking about the logistics of syncing the slowed down driving with the song.
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