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"Mutilated Lips"
Song
B-side"Ocean Man"

"Mutilated Lips" is a single that the band Ween released on Elektra Records from the 1997 album The Mollusk.

The song lyrics refer to being under the influence of psychedelic drugs. It explains that while under the influence of psychedelics, the distorted perception of sight while looking at an unattractive girl appearing to have mutilated lips.[1] The song's inclusion of acoustic guitar, bongos, synths, and keyboards were said to give the song a "psych-folk trippiness." [2]

The lyrics also make reference to the Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie I.[3]

In other media

The lyrics "Mutilated lips give a kiss on the wrist of the worm like tips of tentacles expanding" was directly referenced in the novel The Procession of Mollusks (2009) by Eric E. Olson.[4] The girl from "Mutilated Lips" was also a character in the novel.[5]

Track list

  1. "Mutilated Lips – 3:49
  2. "Ocean Man" – 2:07 [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Six Appeal Music » 2011 » July". sixappealmusic.com. Retrieved 2015-01-03.
  2. ^ Shteamer, H. (2011). Ween's Chocolate and Cheese. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 27. ISBN 9780826431172. Retrieved 2015-01-03.
  3. ^ "Ween - Mutilated Lips Lyrics | MetroLyrics". metrolyrics.com. Retrieved 2015-01-03.
  4. ^ Olson, Eric E. (2008-01-01). The Procession of Mollusks. Astrophil Press. ISBN 9780982225219.
  5. ^ Olson, Eric E. (2008-01-01). The Procession of Mollusks. Astrophil Press. ISBN 9780982225219.