Mouth
Siren's Deception: Unraveling the Depths of Desire in Spike Hellis' 'Mouth'
Lyrics
Easy to deceive swimmers of the sea
It's easy to trick those who navigate the waters.
Easy to deceive swimmers of the sea
Reiterated: Easy to trick those who navigate the waters.
You prefer to catch me, release me, repeat
You prefer to capture and release me repeatedly.
Easy to deceive swimmers of the sea
Repeated: It's easy to trick those who navigate the waters.
If inclined to wiles, facile to beguile
If you're inclined to deceit, it's easy to deceive.
Fish inclined to wiles are facile to beguile
Fish that are inclined to deception are easily tricked.
Feel you getting tired, you must be starving, I am meat
Sensing your exhaustion and hunger, I am the prey.
Cast another line, almost dinnertime
Casting another line, indicating it's almost feeding time.
Here, fishy, fishy
Calling out to the fish, luring it in.
If I take the bait, what will be my fate
Considering the consequences if I fall for the trap.
What will be my fate if I take the bait
Reiteration: What happens if I succumb to the bait?
Take me home and break me, separate me in a sink
Take me home and break me, likely referencing the process of preparing a fish for cooking.
If I take the bait
Contemplating the repercussions of taking the bait.
Then I take the bait, then I take the bait
Repeated: The decision to take the bait.
Easy to deceive swimmers of the sea
It's easy to deceive those who navigate the waters.
Easy to deceive swimmers of the sea
Restatement: It's easy to deceive those who navigate the waters.
You set out to catch me, consume me, so you see
You aim to capture and consume me, thus deceiving me.
It's easy to deceive swimmers of the sea
Recurrence: It's easy to deceive those who navigate the waters.
Baby look at you, setting your hook in my mouth
Observing the action of setting a hook in the speaker's mouth, indicative of manipulation or control.
Reel me in, rip it out
Metaphorically pulling the speaker in and then causing pain by ripping them out.
Nothing I can do, setting your hook in my mouth
Expressing helplessness in the face of being manipulated.
Reel me in, rip it out
Reiteration: Metaphorically being pulled in and hurt by the hook.
Easy to deceive swimmers of the sea
Repeated: It's easy to deceive those who navigate the waters.
There you go again, setting your hook in my mouth
Noticing the repetition of being ensnared by manipulation.
Reel me in, rip it out
Metaphorically being drawn in and then subjected to pain.
Baby look at you, setting your hook in my mouth
Observing the cycle of being controlled and hurt.
Reel me in, rip it out
Reiteration: Metaphorically being pulled in and hurt by the hook.
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