The eleven songs on "The Pleasure To Remain So Heartless" shimmer as the last stars in an apocalyptic sky, or is it the first? Kane Hodder has a lot of hard questions, about topics ranging from social justice to personal relationships, and they're not allowing anyone, let alone themselves, to get away with the easy answers anymore. The songs riddled with images of cancer, scars, and bile, but also kisses and embraces shift between ecstasy and elegy, spiraling into the darkness in ferocious guitar passages and lyrics screamed like a death-rattle, but just as quickly move back into quieter introspection and tight melodies. While common themes run throughout the record, it is impossible to reduce any of the songs into being ìaboutî one thing; in the same way, it is impossible to describe the band's sound in one easily-packaged word. Don't say "screamo" unless you want your ass kicked.
Kane Hodder's multivalent identity might be attributed to the diverse influences of each of its members; the band is run as a collective, with each member contributing to the songwriting process of "The Pleasure" - which was recorded with T. Dallas Reed (formerly of the Treepeople) over a few blistering weeks in April 2004. But while the band is Andrew Moore, Nick Cates, Eric Christianson, Jeremy White and Charley Potter, their individual identities slip away as the many-headed hydra that is Hodder takes over. Nowhere is this more apparent than in their electrifying live show, where the energy on-stage is matched only by the writhing, chanting, fist-pumping crowd. Having shared the stage with acts like Pretty Girls Make Graves, MXPX, Phantom Planet, and others, Hodder has perfected a live show that is a kind of controlled chaos, a tightly crafted blend of technical precision and apocalyptic spontaneity that is the band's hallmark. Hodder's dedicated following shows that people get itóthere's something really wrong with this world, and for a while, even if only in the space of a set, it seems possible to do something about it.
At the end of an evil century, facing down a new one which so far has nothing much to recommend it, Kane Hodder has not, like so many others, given in to the temptation of irony or irrelevance as a way to avoid the problems we have all faced. Instead, they have turned the death march into a dance party. Saul Bellow writes that "art is the community's medicine for the worst disease of mind, the corruption of consciousness." As society totters along the deathline, like a sleepwalker venturing toward the precipice's edge, the members of Kane Hodder have picked up their venom-tipped syringes and gone about the hard, endless work of waking up the world.
Fueled By Ramen rereleased Kane Hodder's full-length CD "The Pleasure To Remain To Heartless" with new artwork and a bonus DVD on April 12, 2005.
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Heaven Help Me
Kane Hodder Lyrics
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You'll know you really are in love
Hey baby, it's just the acid with the lethal tongue-kiss
That gears you off completely
That motif screams heaven
Like something umbilical
When it defies
Threatening your ovum
And your ravaged torso
Bring us the still born and the midwife
And complete the stunning response to the spite
Dance away
Shimmy down the birth canal
When the cervix smiles
Such a wicked smile
Dream of your heroine
And let's begin
Dream of your heroine
And let's begin your death scene
Your death scene
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The song "Heaven Help Me! I Love a Psychotic!" by Kane Hodder is a dark and twisted love song. The lyrics are filled with disturbing imagery and metaphors that describe the singer's love for a psychotic person. The first verse alludes to the physical sensation of being in love, comparing it to bile burning your teeth. The singer then suggests that it's just the acid of the psychotic's kiss that causes this sensation. The second verse uses the motif of heaven to describe the intense feeling of love when it defies reason and becomes spiteful. The lyric "threatening your ovum and your ravaged torso" suggests a violent and disturbing relationship. The final lines "dance away, shimmy down the birth canal" and "when the cervix smiles, such a wicked smile" are particularly disturbing and suggest a dangerous obsession.
Overall, the lyrics of "Heaven Help Me! I Love a Psychotic!" are a warning about the dangers of falling in love with someone who is mentally unstable. The song highlights the destructive nature of this kind of relationship and the harmful effects it can have on both partners.
Line by Line Meaning
When that bile burns your teeth
If the acidic feelings of love leave you disturbed
You'll know you really are in love
Then it confirms the reality of love
Hey baby, it's just the acid with the lethal tongue-kiss
Don't worry, it's just the passionate yet deadly nature of love speaking
That gears you off completely
It can make you spiral out of control
That motif screams heaven
The love is so pure and divine
Like something umbilical
As though it's an inseparable part of you
When it defies
Even when it goes against conventional rules
And the opiate is spiteful
And the addiction to this love can be harmful
Threatening your ovum
It can even affect your ability to conceive children
And your ravaged torso
It can take a toll on your body and health
Bring us the still born and the midwife
In the most extreme cases, it can even result in a tragic birth and require medical intervention
And complete the stunning response to the spite
But no matter what happens, the intense love is worth it
Dance away
Just let go and enjoy yourself
Shimmy down the birth canal
Have a rebirth and start anew
When the cervix smiles
When life is full of unexpected gifts and surprises
Such a wicked smile
Even if they are slightly sinister
Dream of your heroine
Fantasize about the object of your affection
And let's begin
Let's start something new together
Your death scene
Accept that this love may eventually come to an end
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Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: ANDREW MOORE, ANDREW ALAN MOORE, CHARLES POTTER, CHARLES GILBERT POTTER, ERIC CHRISTIANSON, ERIC JOHN CHRISTIANSON, JEREMY WHITE, JEREMY RYAN WHITE, NICK CATES
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