Daddy
Desperate Pleas: Yearning for Guidance in 'Daddy' by King Diamond
Lyrics
Oh Daddy...I'm so alone, Oh Daddy...come home
Expressing loneliness and a plea for the father to return home.
Oh Daddy...I've missed you so
Reiterating the sense of missing the father.
Oh Daddy...tell me what to do
Seeking guidance and instruction from the father.
Daddy don't look at me like that
Suggesting a disapproving or unsettling look from the father.
I didn't do it...HE did...It was HIM
Denying personal responsibility, attributing actions to someone else ("HE").
I could never...I could never
Emphasizing an inability to commit certain actions.
I wasn't even there
Claiming innocence by stating absence from the scene.
Daddy tell me what to do...Daddy...No don't no
Mixed emotions, torn between seeking guidance and resisting it.
Oh Daddy, you're fading away
Expressing a feeling of the father's fading presence or influence.
Oh Daddy, Daddy please stay
Pleading for the father to stay, emphasizing the need for his presence.
Oh...you're fading away
Repeating the sense of the father's fading away, possibly symbolizing a loss.
Oh Daddy, Daddy please stay
Reiterating the plea for the father to stay, highlighting emotional dependence.
You're going down, you're going down, McKenzie
Addressing someone named McKenzie, suggesting a negative fate or consequence.
Sit down you creep, you degenerate son of a sheep
Expressing contempt or disapproval towards someone with derogatory terms.
What am I to do you...with you ?
Possibly questioning and expressing frustration with someone's actions.
You're going down, you're going down, McKenzie
Repeating the earlier mention of someone named McKenzie and predicting a downfall.
Sit down you creep, you degenerate son of a sheep
Reiterating disdain towards a person with strong language.
What am I to do you... with you ?
Continuing frustration or confusion about dealing with a particular individual.
Sit down you creep, you degenerate sheep
Repeating derogatory terms and emphasizing a negative characterization.
You're going down, you're going down, McKenzie
Reiterating the prediction of a downfall for McKenzie.
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