Venus
Hotei Lyrics

The lyrics to Hotei's song "Venus" paint a dark and gritty picture of society, where there is corruption and decay everywhere. The opening lines describe a scene where a tattooed lizard is wriggling through the gap of a lifted dress while a syringe lies rolling about the ladies' room. The entire city is portrayed as being corrupt with wicked BGM's, and the only people who can seem to function are the fallen angels or "delinquents" in the streets. The chorus is meant to be a reassurance or seduction, telling the listener not to cry because nothing's going to change, and that the singer will be their God.

The second verse talks about the singer's unhappy childhood where he was beaten by his mother, indicating that perhaps his dislike for society had been cultivated because of a hard upbringing. He grew up in a Harlem where he tasted the flavor of junk and loneliness on his lips. The images of the plastic moon and the crying soul of a barbie doll create a sense of fake happiness and soullessness. The rapper turns away from such a world and flaunts his sexuality, telling his partner to don the wings of pleasure.

The final verse tells us that hopelessness lies even in freshly baked bread, and that everything that was a source of happiness in the previous century has crumbled now. The 'Jesus' figure that the rapper introduces tells us that if we embrace him, we too can become part light, part body, and become the truth like Venus. The lyrics describe people as beasts with the eyes of predators, weaklings pretending to be dead just to be torn apart.

Overall, the song describes a collapsing society with everyone struggling to come to terms with it. The song's seductive tone and reassuring chorus seek to buy into the idea that nothing will change, and that it's pointless to resist.