Awful
The Hole Lyrics

Swing low sweet cherry
Inviting something/someone sweet and tempting with a cherry reference

Make it awful
Intensify the experience, let it be bad or hard

It's your life it's your party it's so awful
The ownership of one's life experiences, choices, and consequences is not always pleasant

Let's start a fire
Urge to cause a commotion or chaos

Let's have a riot! Yeah it's awful
Encouragement for a revolution that comes with consequences

It was punk
Referencing a time when rebellious attitudes were fashionable

Yeah it was perfect now it's awful
Looking back to a moment that was once great but now not so much

They know how to break all the girls like you
Men or society have the power to weaken and destroy women

And they rob the souls of the girls like you
The corrupting influence they have on women means that they take away their essence or spirit

And they break the hearts of the girls
The painful effect they have on women means that they shatter their emotions

Swing low cherry cherry
An invitation to indulge in temptation further

Yeah it's awful
Continuation of the intensity of the situation

He's drunk he tastes
Describing the flavor of the individual being indulged in

Like candy he's so beautiful
Comparing the person being tasted to something delicious, as well as being attractive

He's deep like dirty water
Despite being tempting and beautiful, he has a dark side to him

God, he's awful
Acknowledgment that this person is not good for you despite the temptation they bring

You're lost, oh, where's your daddy it's so awful
Feeling abandoned or lacking guidance in life, creating a bad situation

And they royalty rate all the girls like you
Women are used for capital gain or recognition in society by men in power

And they sell it out to the girls like you
The same men sell back what they took from women in one way or another

To incorporate little girls
The cycle of bringing young girls into this corrupt lifestyle never ends

Hey, run away with the light
Suggestion to escape from the darkness and find freedom

Run away it's divine
Escaping from a toxic environment or situation is a life-altering, beautiful decision

Let's run away, yeah, tonight and
An invitation to leave everything behind to chase a better life

We'll steal the light of the world
Taking what's good and precious and making it yours

You're ripe for the picking, it's so awful
Overindulging in something when vulnerable is risky and dangerous

You've got your youth
Acknowledging that time is valuable and fleeting, encouraging use of it in positive ways

Don't waste your money
Encouragement to make good financial decisions at a young age

Yeah it's awful
Continuation of the undesirable situation

I was punk!
Bringing the conversation back to punk and the rebellious counterculture

Now I'm just stupid!
The continuation of an unwanted transition from rebellion to foolishness

I'm so awful
Acknowledgement of failure and disappointment in oneself

Oh, just shut up you're only 16
Dismissal of the youth's problems or perspective

If the world is so wrong
Acknowledgment of the world's dysfunction

Yeah you can break them all
The notion of rebellion and changing the world

With one song
Using music as a medium for change, rebellion, and revolution

If the world is so wrong yeah you can take it all
Taking over the world to do what you want with it

Swing low sweet cherry
An invitation to indulge in temptation further

Make it awful
Continuation of the intensity of the situation

They bought it all, just build a new one
The idea of destruction and rebuilding better or differently

Make it beautiful yeah
The hope of creating something good from something bad