Wherever Hipsters Sleep
Beck sleeps with Geovanni Ribisi’s doppleganger before heading off to conquer an invisible spirit demon living in a mountain. Then he sings about deadly women.
I had the song Girl by Beck stuck in my head and it was bothering me a great deal. I was be-bopping along singing, “My brown eyed girl,” oblivious to how wrong I was. But before that, first the other weird stuff.
I can’t imagine most are surprised if Beck is a bit quirky (he feels very Canadian to me, though he’s a California kid) but a Scientologist? Wowsa. And his married to and has children with Ribisi’s twin sister. Weirdo. And all the other weird stuff he does too, don’t forget.
OK. The lyrics. I thought it was “brown eyed girl” but then read it was “sun eyed girl” and went on with life. I grabbed some lyrics from some site, pasted them here, and was about to move on when I read, “my cyanide girl.” What? My mind had been found to have C-4 inside it – after it blew up! I read some more and some more and this is what I’ve learned: it is intentionally vague. One source (source, lol) said it was originally sun-eyed girl but that he sings cyanide girl in concert, whilst another source said he even scrubbed the actual lyric from the official credits to the song.
Weirdo dude; good song. ‘ta.
Girl by Beck – MUSIC VIDEO
Girl by Beck – LYRICS
I saw her, yeah I saw her with her black tongue tied
Round the roses
Fist pounding on a vending machine
Toy diamond ring stuck on her finger
With a noose she can hang from the sun
And put it out with her dark sunglasses
Walking crooked down the beach
She spits on the sand where their bones are bleaching
[Pre-Chorus]
And I know I’m gonna steal her eye
She doesn’t even know what’s wrong
And I know I’m gonna make her die
Take her where her soul belongs
And I know I’m gonna steal her eye
Nothing that I wouldn’t try
[Chorus]
Hey, my cyanide girl
Hey, my cyanide girl
My cyanide girl
Hey, my cyanide girl
[Verse 2]
I saw her, yeah I saw her with her hands tied back
And her rags were burning
Crawling out from a landfilled life
Scrawling her name upon the ceiling
Throw a coin in a fountain of dust
White noise, her ears are ringing
Got a ticket for a midnight hanging
Throw a bullet from a freight train leaving
[Pre-Chorus]
And I know I’m gonna steal her eye
She doesn’t even know what’s wrong
And I know I’m gonna make her die
Take her where her soul belongs
And I know I’m gonna steal her eye
Nothing that I would not try
[Chorus]
Hey, my cyanide girl
Hey, my cyanide girl
My cyanide girl
Hey, my cyanide girl
[Chorus]
Hey, my cyanide girl
Hey, my cyanide girl
My cyanide girl
Hey, my cyanide girl
Hey, my cyanide girl
Hey, my cyanide girl
My cyanide girl
Hey, my cyanide girl
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