The track name ‘Vol Au Vent’ (French for “windblown”) is the name of a hollowed out puff pastry dish. In the song Knox talks about illness as something that can hollow a person out like this specific pastry. He specifically references the streptococcus bacterium which can cause infections such as p...
[Verse 1]
Hey hey, you're eaten away
You're quite unlike the man I saw yesterday
We've had our eye on you
My my, little streptococci
Bring a big man down, take him out from inside
[Chorus 1]
Woo woo hey hey
[Verse 2]
Another reason for the humanoid blues
Hey hey, internal decay
How to be a vol-au-vent in only one day
[Chorus 2]
Woo woo hey hey
Chris Knox released Vol Au Vent on Sun Jan 01 1995.