During Magic Dirt’s Young and Full of the Devil 25th anniversary tour, Adalita noted that a major theme of the album was children being grossly mistreated by their parents (heavily implying that she was one of those children herself).
Shrinko is possibly the most direct example of that theme on the...
[Verse 1]
Mother will take you to the shrinko
And father will make the sun go
Mother will take you to the shrinko
And father will make the sun go
[Chorus]
Where, where, where will it end
Where, where, where will it end
Where, where, where will it end
Where, where, where will it end
End, end, end
[Bridge]
Miss you, miss you, miss you, miss you
I miss you, miss you, miss you, miss you
Oh when they say
Oh can't be friends
Oh when society gets in the way
Oh come to this
Oh can't be friends
Oh can't be sad 'coz we tried in the end
[Chorus]
Where, where, where will it end
Where, where, where will it end
Where, where, where will it end
Where, where, where will it end
End, end, end
[Verse 2]
Mother will sculpt you to the wall
And father will sit back and watch it all
[Chorus]
Where, where, where will it end
Where, where, where will it end
Where, where, where will it end
Where, where, where will it end
End, end, end
Shrinko was written by Adalita & Raúl Sánchez i Jorge & Dean Turner & Adam Robertson.
Shrinko was produced by Lindsay Gravina & Magic Dirt.
Magic Dirt released Shrinko on Mon Apr 06 1998.