Intwine was a Dutch rock band. It started in 2001 when a group of students … Read Full Bio ↴Intwine was a Dutch rock band. It started in 2001 when a group of students of the Rock Academy in Tilburg decided to form a band. They received national attention when their lead singer Roger Peterson quit from the last group of 10 in the first Dutch finals of Idols. The untitled first album was released in 2003, preceded by the single Happy. Their second CD, Perfect, was released in 2004. The song Cruel Man was featured on the soundtrack of the Dutch movie De Dominee. The sophomore release earned the 3FM Award for Best Album in 2005. In the same year, they also performed at the Pinkpop Festival in Landgraaf.

In 2006, they released their third album: Pyrrhic Victory. It was recorded with sound artist Gordon Groothedde (whose CV includes Absynth Minded, The Sheer, Vengeance, Spittball and others), who also worked with Intwine on their previous albums.

Intwine was forced to go through several line-up changes, of which the latest was Ferdinand van Duuren's departure.

In 2010 the band broke up.

Roger Peterson (vocals)
Touche Eusebius (bass)
Jacob Streefkerk (guitar)
Jon Symons (guitar)
Rocheteau Mahuwallan (drums/percussion)

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Perfect
Intwine Lyrics

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Wouldn't it be nice if my words were sticks and stones?
So they would definitely hurt you, or even better
Make your mother never birth you
Just make her feel like me, aching she sits and bleeds
Thinking is this what she really needs

So what the hell if I'm not really perfect
Nobody ever said I had to be

And even if I wasn't really perfect
You'd give an arm and a leg to be me

You just wanna be me
Don't you really, really wanna be me?
Pretty like me

Wouldn't it be nice to take a little trip over some ice?
And make you freeze like you did to me
So maybe freezing wasn't such a bad idea
But knowing my luck you'd float back up
And make the freezing stop, isn't life such a breeze
Seems like Jesus took a trip to the fucking Antilles

So what the hell if I'm not really perfect
Nobody ever said I had to be
And even if I wasn't really perfect
You'd give an arm and a leg to be me

You just wanna be me
Don't you really, really wanna be me?
Pretty like me

You just wanna be me
Don't you really, really wanna be me?
Pretty like me

Oh, you know it's true
You can't deny it
Closing doors before you even try it

You just wanna be me
Don't you really, really wanna be me?
Pretty like me

You just wanna be me
Don't you really, really wanna be me?
Pretty like me

Don't you wannna be pretty, pretty like me?
Don't you want to be just like me?

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Intwine's song "Perfect" convey a message of retaliation towards someone who has hurt the singer emotionally. The singer is expressing their desire to harm or hurt the other person just as much as they have been hurt. The first verse talks about how the singer's words are not enough to hurt the other person and how they wish their words were sticks and stones that would hurt the other person physically. The second verse talks about the singer's desire to freeze the other person, just as they have been frozen emotionally, but they know deep down that it's not the right thing to do.

The chorus of the song talks about how the other person wants to be like the singer even though they pretend they don't. The singer implies that the other person is envious of their life and appearance, even though the singer does not claim to be perfect. The repetition of "pretty like me" emphasizes the superficiality of the other person's envy, as they only want to be like the singer on the surface and do not understand the depths of their pain.

Overall, the song "Perfect" portrays the anger and hurt that can come from being mistreated by someone else. The singer wishes to hurt the other person just as much as they have been hurt but realizes that revenge is not the answer. The chorus shows that the other person wishes they were like the singer, highlighting the singer's strengths and the other person's envy.

Line by Line Meaning

Wouldn't it be nice if my words were sticks and stones?
I wish my words had the power to hurt you physically.

So they would definitely hurt you, or even better Make your mother never birth you Just make her feel like me, aching she sits and bleeds Thinking is this what she really needs
I want you to feel the same pain that I do and for your mother to regret giving birth to you.

So what the hell if I'm not really perfect Nobody ever said I had to be And even if I wasn't really perfect You'd give an arm and a leg to be me
I don't have to be perfect and I know you envy me.

You just wanna be me Don't you really, really wanna be me? Pretty like me
You want to be like me, pretty and popular.

Wouldn't it be nice to take a little trip over some ice? And make you freeze like you did to me So maybe freezing wasn't such a bad idea But knowing my luck you'd float back up And make the freezing stop, isn't life such a breeze Seems like Jesus took a trip to the fucking Antilles
I want to make you suffer the way you made me suffer, but I know it probably wouldn't work out in my favor.

Oh, you know it's true You can't deny it Closing doors before you even try it
You know deep down you want to be like me, but you're too afraid to admit it to yourself or anyone else.

Don't you wannna be pretty, pretty like me? Don't you want to be just like me?
You wish you could be as pretty as me and have the same life that I do.

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