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Manic Street Preachers
Of Walking Abortion
Track 3 - The Holy Bible
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Verse Riff
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Part Before Chorus
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Chorus
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transcribed by Adam and Paul Firth
Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Danyboi Average |
#1 by Danyboi at Jun 5, 1980 at 9:04 PM EST |
| I think richeye and ithillion have nailed it. Some other lines that support this are, "we are ALL of walking abortion" and "The massacred innocent blood stains us ALL" | |
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===Mr. Brownsto Rhythm Player |
#2 by ===Mr. Brownstone=== at Jun 18, 1995 at 3:50 AM EST |
| At first, I thought it was about abortion, but I looked into the lyrics again and I realized that it is really about masturbation, comparing it to abortion: "Life is lead weights pendulum died/pure or lost/spectator or crucified..." means that wasted sperm are as equal as the living breathing being, except that the sperm were not given the chance to live their full life but instead treated like part of temporary pleasure (in other words, some sperm is instead wasted due to masturbation) "junkies winos whores..." represents the fact that there are people lucky enough to be the sperm that made it end up wasting the gift of life. "We all are of walking abortion"- We are the sperm that made it. "Mussolini hangs from butcher's hook..." means that there are sperm that made it to end up killing other living beings (Hitler and Mussolini were responsible for genocide) "Fragments of uniforms..." stanza means that everybody has something sinful to hide. "Little people in little houses/like maggots small blind and worthless/the massacred innocent blood stains us all"- About the sperm wasted as a result of masturbation. "...blood stains us all" means that you should feel really guilty about jacking off. "Who's responsible? You f______ are" means that everybody masturbates and that it is nature, although it is evil. "You" means everyone and that you are among everyone else. Even those who say that masturbation is a sin probably do it when no one is looking. | |
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luke Wanna Be |
#3 by luke hastings at Jun 13, 2000 at 1:01 AM EST |
| this song has nothing to do with maturbation: richey was writing at a time when he was at his best. the song is about how men are inferior to women. the quote is something along the lines of men missing the vital chromosome to be emotional beings with compassion. the whole point of the song is to show that the worlds recognised evil people (mussolini and hitler) wre men. have you ever heard of a woman who killed six million people because she didn't like the way they looked? | |
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Hellspawn Average |
#4 by Hellspawn at Dec 16, 2003 at 8:37 PM EST |
| Um, am I the only one that thinks that this song is about something more important than masturbation (though that's an excellant interpretation). I think it means that every human being is directly responible for war, famine etc. not just males (as Solanas said) or Americans ('so wash your car in your X baseball shoes)'. That everyone's got hatred in them ('Hitler reprised...'). 'Shalom, shalom, we all love our children' - everyone loves their own offspring, but when it's the offspring of others suffering most couldn't care less. 'Spectator or crucified' - there's no middle ground, no one cares. | |
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Andy Average |
#5 by Andy Quinton at Aug 23, 2007 at 1:57 AM EST |
| the title of this song comes from Valerie Solanas' SCUM manifesto claiming men are inferior and are walking abortions as they are failed females. | |
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