You Are What You Eat
Exploring Identity Through Gastronomic Metaphors
Lyrics
Some may say
Some people may express
you are what you eat
Your identity is influenced by what you consume
if that is true
If that statement holds true
then I am you
The singer identifies with the listener
and you could be me
You, the listener, could reciprocate
if you wanted to
If you so desire
But I am not a cannibal
Clarifying that the singer is not a cannibal
*I am not unloveable
Emphasizing positive qualities
I am not unthinkable
Asserting that the singer is not beyond consideration
but I'll have you sunny side up
Expressing a preference for a positive disposition
with dressing on the side
Ordering eggs with dressing on the side
with extra cheese
With additional cheese
hold the tomatoes
Requesting no tomatoes
baked not fried
Preference for baked over fried
or medium well
Or medium well
if you can take the heat
Subject to tolerance for heat
for that long
Over a significant duration
or a la mode
Alternatively, with ice cream
so good, it can't be wrong*
Implying the enjoyment is justified
How do I taste thee
Referencing a romantic comparison
let me count the ways
Playfully enumerating various ways
I compare you to a creme broulee
Comparing the listener to a creme brulee
taste or not to taste that is the question
Pondering whether to indulge
before I do
Prior to making a suggestion
may I make a suggestion
Proposing a non-cannibalistic approach
that I am not a cannibal
*chorus*
Repeating the positive affirmations
(this part is kinda hard to understand)
(Difficult to understand)
You put the cream and the sugar in the cup
Instructions for coffee preparation
before the coffee then you don't have to stir it up (4xs)
Cha cha chicken
Invitation to dance with chicken metaphors
come on little chicken
Cha cha chicken come on (4xs)
-Your lips is like a magnet
Metaphorical description of attraction
my lips is like a metal
I'm gonna put my metal to your magnet (4xs)
-Some may say
Reiteration of the theme
you are what you eat
if that is true
-then I am you
-and you could be me
-if you wanted to
-But I am not a cannibal
Final assertion of not being a cannibal
*chorus*
Reiteration of positive affirmations
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