Lyrics to
Meathook

This version of Meathook was released by The Cure in 1979.

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I went into the butchers
I said wanted wanted wanted some
Meat
Pass
Me some of that steak over there
It looks so
Sweet

I lost my heart to a meathook

That butcher man was some
Lady
He really stole my heart
He hung me up on his meathook
A real piece of
Slaughterhouse art

I lost my heart to a meathook

There’s a meathook in my heart
Tearing me all apart
Ripping out my insides
But I just can’t get away
I can’t leave my
Meathook
Lost my heart to a meathook
Lost my heart to a meathook
Meathook

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About Lyrics and Meathook by The Cure

The lyrics for Meathook are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1979 song by The Cure. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Meathook have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Meathook - The Cure and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Meathook by The Cure in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Meathook" means the words set to the music of Meathook, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Cure. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Meathook and the lyrics to Meathook are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Cure who came here looking just for the lyrics to Meathook, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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