Suck : Broken
The lyrics:
There is no god up in the sky tonight
No sign of heaven anywhere in sight
All that was true is left behind
Once I could see now I am blind
Don't want your dreams you try to sell
This disease I give to myself
How does it feel?
She makes it sweeter than the sun
I get too tight I come undone
I bow my head to confess
The temple walls are made of flesh
Runs up my arms 'til I'm on track
Itches my skin right off of my back
I'll heal your wounds
I'll set you free
I'm Jesus Christ on Ecstacy
How does it feel?
I am so dirty on the inside
How does it feel?
Suck
A thousand lips a thousand tongues
A thousand throats a thousand lungs
A thousand ways to make it true
I want to do terrible things to you
(Pre 5-12-98)
The song "suck" has nothing to do with denouncing god- not technically-
"there is no god up in the sky tonight...this disease i give to myself"
There is no god because god has been replaced by her. She has reached a point where she is more important than any god. I'm listenting to the original Pigface version right now & I feel confident of this fact- there's no anger in this song, only l(ust)ove. He chooses to be blind to god in favor of her.
He brings the disease of being away from god onto himself.
"she makes it sweeter than the son [see what I'm talking about NOW?]...i bow my head to confess the temple walls are made of flesh..."
There is no god up in the sky because there is only her. She makes things infinitely better than god ever could. She whispers back "i'll heal your wounds i'll set you free i'm jesus christ on ecstacy..."
"a thousand lips a thousand tongues... [of all the people you could easily have why me?] a thousand ways to make it true [everything you do proves your perfection] i want to do terrible things to you [let's go fuck]."
That's basically what the song's about- although I have yet to figure out the whole "suck" theme- could be he was thinking all this during a blowjob, who knows... in the Pigface version it says "suck suck suck" after every line in the chorus.
At any rate- the song's not about god, it's about goddess. he's saying to her, "I have put you above everything else, even the thing that made us both. nothing is more important than you. so I'm just wondering-
how does it feel?"
...I figured out the "suck" part;
Okay, so like I said, it's all about making someone in your life god-
but once you make someone god in your eyes, they become everything to you--the air you breathe, the blood in your veins--they take up evey minute of your life, which is emotionally draining. they begin to feed off you, just as you feed off them; they begin to "suck" your life force away, until there's nothing left...
as sure as the blade's course is run
i think my kingdom's finally come
(Pre 5-12-98)
My interpretation of the song is that Trent has lost all his faith in god
and he realized that god has never helped him. Maybe he means that he is
laughing in christians faces to see how it feels when their religion is
critized because they are forever critizing every other religion. Maybe he is
just tired of everbody saying everything about something they don't know
about. This probably makes no sense but oh well that's all.
-Lost Grrl
(Pre 5-12-98)
suck=rape
"I am so dirty on the inside"
this is trent saying wow i'm really a sick person and no one knows it because
i keep fantasy and reality seperate.
"I want to do terrible things to you"
rape, sodomy, etc. note that he says i want to do terrible things to you not;
I have done terrible things to you, I will do terrible things to you, or I am
doing terrible things to you. Also note that this is the last line of the song
and it is whispered, Trent doesn't want you to know this stuff, it's a secret
and by whispering he implies that he might be embarrassed by it.
-Anonymous
(Pre 5-12-98)
Suck: What everyone wants to do to the naive and hateful. To point at their dogmas
aand show them the flaws, the incorrectness, the blatant idiocy. Not in the dogma
itself, but in their interpretation. To show them that who they thought they were
because of their interpretation and who they thought you were because of it all
falls apart to reveal what they will never want to see. "How does it feel?"
And at the same time, it's the hatred you feel towards these people because they
are happy in their blindness and you can never be because you have already seen
what you never wanted to see.
-HK
(Pre 5-12-98)
Actually ever since I found this site I've been trying to figure out this song. Then when I read the interpretation about not believing in god, it just hits me. Suck is about someone being drawn into some sort of cult. I'm going to put what the cult leader is saying in "text" format and what Trent is saying in 'text' format.
("There is no god up in the sky, tonight. No sign of heaven anywhere in sight.")
Someone luring him in, telling him whats real.
(All that was true i left behind, once i could feel now i am blind.)
Its easy to get drawn into a cult or any belief when you are in transition, once I could see now I am blind.
('Don't want these dreams you try to sell, this disease i give to myself')
A rejection. No, I don't want this. I just lost everything, I won't fall for your tricks.
('how does it feel?')
Starting to consider it. How does it feel? Is it like the heaven I was promised by different religons? Or like the hell they threatened?
(She makes it sweeter than the sun, i get too tight, i come undone, i found a way to confess, the temple walls are made of flesh)
He's promised these wonderful hopes. She makes it sweeter than the sun. He's getting happy. For the first time in awhile. He's learned how to believe again, and he finds that the temple walls, the bounds of faith, are within him, made of his flesh.
(Runs up my arms til i'm on track, itches the skin right off my back)
I'm believing. It's setting me straight. This new belief is covering me.
("I'll heal your wounds, i'll set you free, i'm jesus christ on ecstacy")
I am god. Believe in me and i'll give you all you wish.
("How does it feel?")
He's saying it this time. Saying, see, this feels good right?
('I am so dirty on the inside')
When he realizes his mistake things go downward. He sees he's been drawn into the abyss. He's so dirty on the inside. He can't get out.
("How does it feel?")
A mocking how does it feel. An, I've got you now, does it still feel great?
("Suck!")
Not to be taken literally. He's saying, Do what I want you to do, now!!!
("A thousand lips, a thousand tounges, a thousand throats, a thousand lungs, a thousand ways to make it true, i want to do terrible things to you")
He's telling the truth. I want to break you down. You are nothing. I am your god now.
-Fox
(Pre 5-12-98)
"The American dream....Family sucks. Life sucks. Then you die" Okay so maybe that's what the suck part is about.....reality slapping him in the face, realizing that nothing is perfect, despite this goddess or god he has put her above....maybe it's a reminder of life without her and that nothing lasts forever....a dysthemic bell sounding in the background.....or maybe it's an oral fixation.....who knows?
(5-26-98)
I don't think this song is about religion. I could be really reaching here, but could it be following the same lines as sanctify...appearing to be about a woman while really being about drug addiction? The disease I give myself being the drugs. When he asks, "how does it feel?", I think he's repeating the question. You know, like when someone asks you a question and you repeat it back to them before answering. Then, he's telling you what it's like during the high..."it itches my skin right off my back" and makes him feel "dirty on the inside" because he knows its not a good thing and is maybe ashamed of it. How does it feel to be controlled by the urges of the flesh when it's not something that makes you feel good about yourself personally? It SUCKS...hence the title and theme.
-G.-