I was talking with another member of this forum about what the lyrics to La Salle de Bain meant and I decided to post my thoughts here and I'm very interested in what other people think about it.
I think this song deals with suicide @_@.
"you said it did not you? “just do it kill me”
"i just had a dream and in it you had died
and i had no choice then but to love you "
"so wash me cut me i am underwater
my lungs and breathing are quite affected
please watch me closely and do check to see
i dry out completely i dry through and through "
I get the feeling that she cut herself and the drying through and through is like all the blood leaving her body. I guess the guy she was with was going to leave her or left her, and she killed her self. And that's his "bon appetit". It’s like she mocking him or trying to make him feel guilty for what he did to her.
But, I don't get this part:
"it was you who was dying there right in front of me and i could not stop the tears i could not hold them in"
because if he is dying, then its weird that she would kill herself. The only thing I could think of is that she means that his image is dying in front of her, because they are becoming separate.
"the troops to protect me were out on patrol
please watch me closely and do check to see
i dry out completely i dry through and through"
The “troops” were not there to watch her, so she killed herself. I guess the troops is her good judgement and it was gone because of all the emotions she was feeling were too overwhelming.
"a lie so big that it got me dirty
as soon as i said it a wound opened up"
I think thats where she cuts herself. I can’t figure out what the “lie” is, but I think it’s probably some false idea she had of the guy. Or an excuse she was trying to make for his behaviour, but in the end could not make herself believe it.
So, basically, I think the “plot” to this song is that the guy was going to leave her, or left her, and she killed herself as a form of sick revenge.
"and when i do melt down entirely immediately
bon appétit "
Like she’s saying "eat this" after she killed herself.
I hope my idea is not too far off from what everyone else though @_@. It’s weird that when I first heard this song I thought it was so comical because the music has a sort of lightheartedness to some parts and the singing about being underwater, but the more I heard it, the more I realized it’s dark theme.
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