The song also appears on Rob Zombie's Past, Present & Future, the greatest hits album The Best of Rob Zombie, and a remix is contained on American Made Music to Strip By. The original mix was featured in both Bride of Chucky and Gus Van Sant's Psycho remake, appearing on the album of the latter, the "Naked Exorcism Mix" appeared on the The Crow: Salvation Soundtrack in 2000. The song was covered by Sinus Giddy for The Electro-Industrial Tribute to Rob Zombie in 2002. Also a version of the song is played in a club in the TV show Angel, while the character Faith tears apart a dance club. The sleeve for the CD single features an image Rob Zombie's wife Sheri Moon.
Living Dead Girl
Rob Zombie Lyrics
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Who has an insatiable lust for the dead?
Living dead girl
Rage in the cage and piss upon the stage
There's only one sure way to bring the giant down
Defunct the strings of cemetery things
With one flat foot on the devils wing
Crawl on me
Sink into me
Die for me
Living dead girl
Crawl on me
Sink into me
Die for me
Living dead girl
Raping the geek
And hustling the freak
Like a hunchback juice
On a sentimental noose
Operation filth
They love to love the wealth
Of an S.S. whore
Making scary sounds
Crawl on me
Sink into me
Die for me
Living dead girl
Crawl on me
Sink into me
Die for me
Living dead girl
Cyclone jack, hallucinating hack
Thinks that Donna Reed eats dollar bills
Goldfoot's machine creates another fiend
So beautiful they make you, kill
Crawl on me
Sink into me
Die for me
Living dead girl
Crawl on me
Sink into me
Die for me
Living dead girl
Blood on her skin
Dripping with sin
Do it again
Living dead girl
Blood on her skin
Dripping with sin
Do it again
Living dead girl
The lyrics of Rob Zombie’s Living Dead Girl paint a picture of a seductive female creature that is obsessed with death and being undead. The character she embodies is fascinating, intriguing, and dangerous, a force to be reckoned with. The song transforms the listener into a voyeur, taking us on a journey of fascination with this sinister figure. In the opening lyrics, Zombie depicts the 'living dead girl' as someone who is irresistible and obsessed with the dead. He sets a somber tone with his words, expressing that this creature has an insatiable desire for the deceased.
Zombie then proceeds to provide a vivid visual by portraying this character as someone who dominates her surroundings. He talks about her 'rage in the cage and piss upon the stage' referring to her dominating and controlling nature. The lyrics allude to the fact that this person has immense power over others, to the point where they are powerless in her presence.
Zombie's lyrics in the song might be interpreted as being controversial, but they highlight his artistic abilities. He brings his audience to a place where they can imagine and get lost in his world. The song offers up a unique, dark view of the world, and allows the listener to experience the raw, powerful emotion that he portrays in a haunting manner.
Line by Line Meaning
Who is this irresistible creature
Rob Zombie questions who this captivating entity is.
Who has an insatiable lust for the dead?
He wonders about her fascination with the deceased.
Living dead girl
Zombie repeats the chorus, calling her a living dead girl.
Rage in the cage and piss upon the stage
To bring the big players down, all you have to do is defy them in the extreme.
There's only one sure way to bring the giant down
He emphasizes that this is the ideal way to take down the powerful people.
Defunct the strings of cemetery things
Zombie suggests breaking the ties with cemetery-related objects that tend to promote death and negativity.
With one flat foot on the devil's wing
To move ahead without being hindered by evil forces, Zombie suggests keeping a firm grip on them.
Crawl on me
Sink into me
Die for me
Living dead girl
Zombie repeats the chorus.
Raping the geek
And hustling the freak
Zombie talks about exploiting those weaker or different than oneself.
Like a hunchback juice
On a sentimental noose
Here, Rob uses grotesque imagery to describe the nature of the exploitation.
Operation filth
They love to love the wealth
Of an S.S. whore
Making scary sounds.
Zombie cynically refers to the fascination with the filth, status, and power that Nazi Germany once held. This exploitation uses circus music and absurdity to evoke scariness in a world gone mad.
Cyclone jack, hallucinating hack
Thinks that Donna Reed eats dollar bills
Zombie shares an anecdote that showcases ridiculousness and lack of morality prevalent in the world of big money and corruption.
Goldfoot's machine creates another fiend
So beautiful they make you kill
The singer seems to suggest the origin of this kind of exploitation is in the desire to create a kind of beauty that promotes sick and twisted minds.
Blood on her skin
Dripping with sin
Do it again
Living dead girl
Zombie repeats the chorus of the song establishing his deep and frightening fascination with the idea of a woman dead or as good as dead.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Scott Humphrey, Rob Zombie
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LYRICS:
Who is this irresistible creature who has an insatiable love for the dead?
Living Dead Girl
"The same thing you are"
Ow
Rage in the cage
And piss upon the stage
There's only one sure way
To bring the giant down
Defunct the strings
Of cemetery things
With one flat foot
On the devil's wing
Crawl on me
Sink into me
Die for me
Living dead girl
Crawl on me
Sink into me
Die for me
Living dead girl
"The same thing you are"
Ow
Raping the geek
And hustling the freak
Like a hunchback juice
On a sentimental noose
Operation filth
They love to love the wealth
Of an SS whore
Making scary sounds
Crawl on me
Sink into me
Die for me
Living dead girl
Crawl on me
Sink into me
Die for me
Living dead girl
Ow
Cyclone Jack
Hallucinating hack
Thinks Donna Reed
Eats dollar bills
Goldfoot's machine
Creates another fiend
So beautiful
They'll make you kill
Crawl on me
Sink into me
Die for me
Living dead girl
Crawl on me
Sink into me
Die for me
Living dead girl
Blood on her skin
Dripping with sin
Do it again
Living dead girl
Blood on her skin
Dripping with sin
Do it again
Living dead girl
@raylampert1243
Rob Zombie is truly an artist. This musical style, while dark, always has a sense of humor. He uses themes of death and demons, but always with a wink and a nod to the audience, like we’re in on the joke. I’m not really a metalhead, but I’ve always found his music to be uplifting and energizing, in a macabre sort of way.
@girlwholikescandy
Facts
@angelic5424
I feel the same way. His song Dragula was named after the Munster's family race car. Horror doesn't get more wholesome than that.
@saveniykee3655
Don't have to be a metalhead to like great music
@Yaboi_Phantom
I love metal and I'm glad to see someone enjoying it metalhead or not
@pat442389
So you like living dead girl and dragula? I’d bet those are the only songs of his you know. His movies are god awful and besides those two songs his music isn’t very good. His real name is Richard B. Cummings.
@jae4213
My little sister has known this song by heart since she was 4 . And now at 9 years old it is still her favorite song.
@jae4213
@Poopie doopie ....That's the only cool song she listens too. Her second favorite is barbie girl
@necroid888
@Jae LMAO
@jackmakmorn
@Jae Yeah well... we all listened to some crap when growing up. Still she got 50% good taste in music ;)
And she decided for Rob Zombie as No.1.