The band’s key member is guitarist/singer/composer Kevin Shields, a reclusive perfectionist and radically inventive guitarist/engineer. The band’s other original member is drummer/studio maven Colm Ó Cíosóig; during their heyday MBV also included singer-guitarist Bilinda Butcher and bassist Debbie Googe. Their band shares its name with a low-budget Canadian slasher film.
MBV influences include The Velvet Underground, Sonic Youth, Cocteau Twins, late-1970s Wire, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and independent artists such as The Pastels. Kevin Shields has also named The Beach Boys and The Ramones as a personal influence.
After leaving Creation Records in 1992 and signing with Island Records, the band fell into a creative black hole. Rumors spread among their fans of albums being recorded and then shelved. Debbie Googe left the band to form Snowpony; she had not played bass on their recordings since You Made Me Realise. Colm Ó Cíosóig eventually left and formed a band with Hope Sandoval, formerly of Mazzy Star, called Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions. Kevin Shields sporadically collaborated with other artists, most notably Experimental Audio Research, Curve, and Primal Scream. He revealed in a fall 2003 National Public Radio interview that Island Records quit financing his My Bloody Valentine endeavors after he spent half a million pounds of their money.
As of 2006, many rumors mentioned the possible reformation of MBV for a new studio album, but none of these were true. On November 15 2007, My Bloody Valentine announced three upcoming live gigs in the UK for 2008. On June 13 and 14, the band played in public for the first time in thirteen years, offering a pair of "Live Rehearsal" presentations at the ICA in London and officially starting their series of comeback performances. The band went on to play a slew of festivals in Summer and Fall of 2008. Following their appearance at the 2008 All Tomorrow's Parties festival, the New York Times reported that Shields was planning to complete the unfinished album.
On 2 February 2013 they self-released the self-titled album m b v as a download with both vinyl and CD copies shipping on 22nd Feb 2013. The Huffington Post reported that it caused such a public stir that the official MBV website crashed when fans attempted to access the site to purchase a copy.
Tiger in My Tank
my bloody valentine Lyrics
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Let me find out when
There's only one way outta this
And no need to pretend
The taste of blood is warm and sweet
And welcome to his lips
The congregation decimated
I am you and you are me
And god is living in everyone
And Jesus cried a million tears
To save the lives of you and me
Yeah, (??????????????????????)
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Dig the mother, dress the lamb
And long live his suicide
The taste of blood is warm and sweet
And welcome to his lips
The lyrics of My Bloody Valentine's song, "Tiger in My Tank," are open to interpretation, but one possible meaning can be that the singer is offering a thinly veiled proposition to a woman. He is saying that he wants to be her lover and that there is only one way out of their current situation, which might be a dead-end relationship or something equally stagnant. He invites the woman to be honest with him and to stop pretending that everything is okay.
The next lines about the taste of blood being warm and sweet and welcome to his lips can be interpreted in several ways. It could be a metaphor for the passion and intensity of a sexual encounter, or it could be a more sinister reference to violence and domination. The singer then mentions a congregation that has been decimated by the shrapnel of someone's rhetoric, suggesting that he may be criticizing religious or political extremism.
The last verse is more abstract and could be seen as a call for unity and peace. The singer suggests that we are all connected and that the divine is within each of us. The mention of Jesus crying a million tears is a reference to his suffering and sacrifice to save humanity. However, the final lines about digging the mother and dressing the lamb and long live his suicide are perplexing and could be interpreted in many different ways.
Line by Line Meaning
Well let me be your lover, girl
The singer desires to have a romantic relationship with the addressee
Let me find out when
The singer wants to determine when the situation will arise
There's only one way outta this
There is a singular means of escaping the situation
And no need to pretend
There is no reason to act falsely or deceive
The taste of blood is warm and sweet
The artist relishes in the sensation of consuming blood
And welcome to his lips
The singer enjoys the taste and feeling of blood on their lips
The congregation decimated
The group has been severely reduced in number
By the shrapnel of his rhetoric
This decrease occurred due to the destructive and damaging words spoken by an individual
I am you and you are me
Both parties share a similar identity
And god is living in everyone
Divine presence is within every individual
And Jesus cried a million tears
Jesus suffered heavily to save humanity
To save the lives of you and me
Jesus underwent his hardships to preserve the existence and well-being of the listener and the artist
Yeah, (??????????????????????)
Untranslatable vocalization
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Untranslatable vocalization
Dig the mother, dress the lamb
Undisclosed action relating to the women and animals
And long live his suicide
The artist expresses a desire for the success and longevity of another's suicide
Contributed by Savannah V. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
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Well let me be your lover, girl
Let me find out when
There's only one way outta this
And no need to pretend
The taste of blood is warm and sweet
And welcome to his lips
The congregation decimated
By the shrapnel of his rhetoric
I am you and you are me
And god is living in everyone
And Jesus cried a million tears
To save the lives of you and me
Yeah, [?]
Dig the mother, dress the lamb
And long live his suicide
The taste of blood is warm and sweet
And welcome to his lips
@stdrum-nb6qr
Well let me be your lover, girl
Let me find out when
There's only one way outta this
And no need to pretend
The taste of blood is warm and sweet
And welcome to his lips
The congregation decimated
By the shrapnel of his rhetoric
I am you and you are me
And god is living in everyone
And Jesus cried a million tears
To save the lives of you and me
Yeah, [?]
Dig the mother, dress the lamb
And long live his suicide
The taste of blood is warm and sweet
And welcome to his lips
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