Animals in Cages

Unveiling the Human Zoo: Pallas' 'Animals in Cages' Explained
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Lyrics

Feel me feel me feel me

Expressing a desire for attention or connection

Do you want to know

Prompting the question of whether there is interest in understanding

What it takes, what it takes for me, for me to let go

Asking what it takes for the speaker to let go emotionally

Spit me out on the sink, you're the type I like to drink

Describing a person who is appealing, but possibly harmful

You really really, really really make me think

Reflecting on the impact of the person on the speaker's thoughts

And if I fall, what will you do

Contemplating the consequences of falling for the person

Watch me slip, slip away

Anticipating slipping away, possibly into emotional distance

And if I swim, what will you say

Considering swimming, possibly making an effort, and seeking a reaction

Will you run, run away

Questioning the response if the speaker chooses to run away

Maybe we're just animals in cages

Suggesting the idea that humans are constrained or restricted

Trying to get back home to you

Expressing a longing to return home despite the constraints

Maybe we're just hooligans with phases

Suggesting a rebellious or unruly nature with changing behaviors

Oh lord, you know it's true

Acknowledging a higher power's awareness of the situation

But I tried, and you passed me by

Expressing an attempt that went unnoticed or unreciprocated

To the point where I take off the wrapper on my time

Highlighting an action that reveals vulnerability

The only thing that hurts me more than it hurts you

Stating that a particular action hurts the speaker more than the other

Is coming home with nothing to do

Describing the emptiness of returning home with nothing to do

Spin me spin me spin me

Expressing a desire to be manipulated or influenced

Turn me round and round

Describing a repetitive or cyclical motion

Kick me to the ground

Describing a negative action of being kicked to the ground

Pick me up when I feel down

Seeking support or comfort when feeling down

Throw me up you're so disgusting can't you see

Expressing disgust and questioning the desirability of the speaker

You want to be with me, you really want to be with me

Affirming that the person wants to be with the speaker

Maybe we're just animals in cages

Reiterating the idea of humans being confined or restricted

Trying to get back home to you

Repeating the theme of longing to return home despite constraints

Maybe we're just hooligans with phases

Reiterating the idea of unruly behavior with changing phases

Oh lord, you know it's true

Acknowledging the truth of the situation with a higher power

But I tried, and you passed me by

Expressing another attempt that went unnoticed or unreciprocated

To the point where I take off the wrapper on my time

Repeating the vulnerability revealed by taking off the wrapper

The only thing that hurts me more than it hurts you

Reiterating the idea that a particular action hurts the speaker more

Is coming home with nothing to do

Highlighting the emptiness of coming home with nothing to do

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