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Intro
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Verse
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A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-/-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
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A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-/-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|
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A|---6-6-------|
E|-7-----7-12-|
Chorus
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A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
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A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
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TABBED BY ASHLEY SPEAKE
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Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net
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Jamie Average |
#1 by Jamie Quirk at Jun 28, 1974 at 8:13 AM EST |
| Just wanted to point out that "built like a brick shithouse" is a VERY widely used phrase for a big rugby playing type, the archaic link to real outdoor toilets went with the toilets themselves (a long time ago, for anyone unacquainted with history...). Simple meaning that fits the rest of the song... | |
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Tradition Average |
#2 by Tradition Funk at Dec 19, 1976 at 4:27 PM EST |
| It is a ghost story. In the perspective of a ghost who was killed by his wife/gf's lover. "Now your lover went and put me in the ground" ANd how he is haunting them."i'll be watching, when he's around" | |
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Super Average |
#3 by Super Unknown at Mar 22, 1982 at 9:00 AM EST |
| According to Brian Molko, it's about a disembodied soul floating overhead watching their lover make love to the person who killed them. "About getting to beaten to death", verbatim. And Deebs is right...."don't you wish you'd never met her" = shoutout to PJ Harvey's "Rid Of Me". | |
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Allistair Average |
#4 by Allistair at Nov 17, 1982 at 2:29 PM EST |
| I think at the end he says "don't you wish HE'D never met her" which would make more sense, although "don't you wish YOU'D never met her" could be to himself, like, if I hadn't met her none of this would have happened. just a thought... | |
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Dave Wanna Be |
#5 by Dave Bitches!!!! at Feb 11, 1983 at 6:37 PM EST |
| Although with my theory, I'm not sure what sense the 'now your lover went and put me in the ground' is in. | |
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Mike Average |
#6 by Mike Fraguglia at May 4, 1986 at 10:23 PM EST |
| Brian has said this song is about someone getting beaten to death. the way I interpret it, is some guy (The Brick Shithouse) finds out his wife/girlfriend is having an affair. She never makes a single sound cos the other guy is providing her with sex. And so her husband is thinking, ok, I'm going to be watching when he's around. And as he's beating the guy to death, he's saying 'don't you wish you never met her?', which is a line Brian borrowed from the PJ Harvey song 'Rid Of Me', which Brian has acknowledged. It is one of his favourite albums ever. Although with my theory, | |
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Shaun Average |
#7 by Shaun Johnson at Feb 29, 1988 at 4:35 PM EST |
| I think it's darker than that. According to urbandictionary.com, a Brick Shithouse can be an outdoor toilet, and I get the feeling the song is designed to conjure up images of actually being trapped in the lower part of such a toilet. (Yeah, rather disgusting but after "Evil Dildo" I wouldn't put it past them :P) Basically the singing voice is the old lover, and the voice-overs is the new lover. The new lover has put the old lover "in the ground" (i.e. trapped under the toilet) and that's why he's telling him to "meet the brick shithouse". The only thing this doesn't really explain is the sex references, but this is what I think the song is about. It seems I'm rather unique in this view :S | |
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Public Enemy Wanna Be |
#8 by Public Enemy at Jun 1, 1998 at 12:19 AM EST |
| Anyone heard the phrase 'Built like a brick shithouse?' It means someone who is very large and muscular. So maybe the brick shithouse in this is a very masculine man. | |
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Shattered Dream Wanna Be |
#9 by Shattered Dreams Always at Aug 4, 2003 at 12:24 PM EST |
| i think the meaning is clear there is a woman who is cheating her husband that is why yhe lover doesnt make a single sound cause he is afraid of being caught by the husband but i guess he get caught so he wishes he had never met her ... i didnt get the ghost story but yeah prolly the husband kills the lover thats all .AND i wonder who can write songs like brian amazingly beautiful | |
