Thursday, May 17, 2012

Week Two: The Jesus & Mary Chain - "Cherry Came Too" - Darklands

"Cherry Came Too" is definitely a guilty pleasure song for me.  It is such a provocative little tune, and I feel as though I am being given a glimpse of one (or both) of the Reid brother's bizarre love lives.

Again, I feel that what draws me to JAMC songs so magnetically, aside from the appropriately placed killer feedback, is the lyrical content.  I just cannot get enough of phrases like: "barbed wire kisses" and "trigger itch in a killer's hand".  I don't know many souls who speak of love in such a manner, but sometimes, it truly can be torturous.  I adore the fact that JAMC doesn't shy away from admitting such.


When she walks towards me
I feel something
Crawl beneath my skin
And all the electric stars are shining
Beneath my skin and
Cherry takes me to the place above
With barbed wire kisses and her love
We’re going where the oceans blue
Kick the dust and you can come too
In the light of all my darkest mornings
Things fall into place
And all the soft orange coloured dawnings
Fall into place and
Cherry’s scratching like a grain of sand
The trigger itch in the killer’s hand
Me and Cherry are so extreme
Making love to the sound of a scream
Oh Cherry honey you got me stuck on a rope
You got me running around
With the fear in my head for you
And I want you
And I’ll give you my head
And all the things it said
And I’ll give you my thoughts
If those things weren’t lost
And I’ll give you my soul
To beat it with your pole
I’m going to give you my head
You could kick it dead
And I’ll give you my head
Come on and kick me dead
Come on and push me down
Come on and drag me down
Oh Cherry be bad
Come on and kiss my head

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