Viagra Boys formed in 2015 in Stockholm, Sweden. Tattoo artists Henrik Hรถckert and Sebastian Murphy (the latter born in San Francisco but living in Stockholm) met through a mutual acquaintance and went out for a night of drinking. The two ended up at a karaoke bar, and after hearing Murphy belt out a unique version of Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together," Hรถckert decided they needed to form a band. With Murphy on lead vocals and Hรถckert on bass, they recruited guitarist Benjamin Vallรฉ, who had previously worked with Hรถckert in the group Nitad. With the addition of drummer Sol Tor Sjรถdรฉn, the core of the group was complete and they began writing songs.
By the time Viagra Boys started playing out in June 2015, they'd added Oskar Karls on sax and producer Martin Ehrencrona on keyboards. By 2016, they decided it was time to document their music, and they cut a four-song EP, Consistency of Energy, issued by Kosmos Recordings. The Push My Buttons label brought out their second record, the 2017 EP Call of the Wild, but for their first full-length album, 2018's Street Worms, they signed with Year0001 Records, putting them on the same label as Swedish rapper Yung Lean. If the band was uncomfortable with the association, they didn't show it, and Street Worms got enthusiastic reviews while the tracks "Sports" and "Just Like You" earned enough streaming plays and video views to raise their following beyond the underground. Viagra Boys' unpredictable live show was documented on a 2019 concert recording, Shrimp Sessions, that was released only in Japan. In April 2020, Viagra Boys were back with their first studio recordings since Street Worms, a forceful four-song EP titled Common Sense. This was followed in January 2021 by Welfare Jazz, their chaotic and subversively satirical sophomore full-length.
Worms
Viagra Boys Lyrics
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Ett, tvรฅ, tre, fyra
I had a dream I was under the ground
My friends and family were buried all around
And a worm took a bite of me
And then he washed it down with a bite of you
They gonna eat you
Nibbled on your feet and they nibbled on my toes
They become the same when our bodies decompose
Youโฒll turn into dirt someday, same dirt as me
Like one becomes a two, and a two becomes a three
The same worms that eat me will someday eat you too
I had a dream I was under the ground
My friends and family were buried all around
A worm took a bite of me
And then he washed it down with a bite of you
A bite of you
The same worms that eat me will someday eat you too
They gonna eat you
They're gonna nibble on you hair
Theyโฒre gonna eat you up
Gonna slither all around you
Touch you everywhere
We got the same worms
We got the same worms
We got the same worms, baby
They gonna eat you
Same worms that eat me will someday eat you too
The lyrics of "Worms" by Viagra Boys depict a dream where the singer is buried underground, surrounded by the graves of their friends and family. This dream presents a macabre reflection on the reality of life, highlighting the inevitability of death and decay. The idea of worms eating away at their bodies becomes the central theme of the song, emphasizing the notion of life being a transient experience. The lyrics become an eerie reminder of the fragility of human existence.
The imagery of worms is used to show the cyclical nature of life and how everything ultimately ends up as one in death, with decomposition being the great leveler. The line "Like one becomes a two, and a two becomes a three" alludes to the idea that all living beings are connected and we all eventually return to the earth as part of the natural cycle of life. The repetition of the phrase "The same worms that eat me will someday eat you too" serves to emphasize this point.
The repetitive nature of the lyrics creates a hypnotic effect, adding to the unsettling feeling of the song. The dreamlike quality of the lyrics is matched by the hypnotic melody that accompanies it, making "Worms" an eerie yet captivating track.
Line by Line Meaning
I had a dream I was under the ground
The songwriter dreamt of being buried alive.
My friends and family were buried all around
The people close to him were also buried with him.
And a worm took a bite of me
A worm ate a part of his decomposing body.
And then he washed it down with a bite of you
The same worm ate a part of the person he loved.
The same worms that eat me will someday eat you too
Death and decay are equal for all human beings.
Nibbled on your feet and they nibbled on my toes
The worms ate different parts of their bodies, but in the end, all became the same.
You'll turn into dirt someday, same dirt as me
In death, all humans become dust and dirt.
Like one becomes a two, and a two becomes a three
Just like numbers, humans have a cycle of birth, life, and death.
They're gonna nibble on your hair
The worms will devour every part of the body.
They're gonna eat you up, gonna slither all around you
The worms will consume every inch of the body and crawl inside it.
We got the same worms, baby
Humans share the same fate in death.
They gonna eat you
Death is inevitable for every human being.
Writer(s): Per Gunnerfeldt, Tor Sjoeden, Benjamin Valle, Henrik Hoeckert, Oskar Carls, Sebastian Murphy, Martin Ehrencrona
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