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This song, featured as a B-side for both the “Teenage Whore” and “Dicknail” singles, is about loving someone who’s hurt you and wanting revenge on them because of all the hurt they’ve caused. It was also included on the compilation album, My Body, The Hand Grenade, and some of the lyrics were slight...
[Verse 1]
Now you complain, you say want the keys
Over my dead body, baby, that's where they'll be
Forget-me-nots around your neck
You say you remember, baby, you forget
[Chorus]
Hey hey, this much is true
I never trusted you
Hey hey, this much is true
Now I burn black for you
[Post-Chorus]
And I'm tryin' just to forget
Never, I won't
Never, I won't
Never, ever
Never!
[Verse 2]
Sayin' the things that you can't hear
My dumb mouth to your deaf ear
Gushing lump, a violent smear
My dumb mouth to your deaf ear
[Chorus]
Hey hey, this much is true
I never twisted you
Hey hey, this much is true
Baby, I burn black for you
[Post-Chorus]
No, I won't go down to this
Never, I won't
Ever, I won't
Never, I won't
Never!
[Interlude]
Crawl
Right up the wall
And up the stairs
And down your hall, wow!
[Verse 3]
Now you beg, and you want me
Over my dead body, baby, that's where I'll be
And you laugh at my disease
While sugar runs from my arteries
[Chorus]
Hey hey, this much is true
I never bothered you
Hey hey, this much is true
Baby, I'd burn black for you
[Post-Chorus]
And I'm trying just to forget
Never, I won't
Never, I won't
Never, I won't
Never!
[Interlude]
Starts out like magic, some sick religion
That ain't no vulture, that's a fucking pigeon
She's got vultures in her hair
And blood and feathers, they are everywhere
You want retreat, filthy, deep
A dead moon, a drunken seed
Babygirl, there is a room
Full of death and whores and truth
And I am waiting in that room
And I am dyin', yeah, for you
It's all whores! It's all pain!
It's all disease, man! It's all the same!
My little Judas, my little twin
Where you start, that's where I'll begin, she said
[Outro]
"I want it now", she said, "I want it now", she said
"I want it now", she said, "I want it now", she said
"I want it now", she said, "I want it now", she said
"I want it now", she said, "I want it now, now!"
Burn Black was written by Courtney Love & Caroline Rue & Eric Erlandson & Jill Emery.
Burn Black was produced by Michael James (producer) & Barry Goldberg & Eric Erlandson.
Hole released Burn Black on Tue Sep 24 1991.