Brett Simon, of Assassination of a High School President
fame, directed this cannibalistic video for the QOTSA song Sick, Sick, Sick. I think I vaguely thought the song was about living life to the fullest in a risk-taking and sexually-fulfilling way. I love the way it rhymes Problem and Hoodlum. Once I saw this video, the song always felt more like it was about unfulfilling excess.
Whichever. I used to want to try cannibalism. Just as a committed foodie, I felt I should experience the flavor of long pork. At some point in time, I stopped being interested in it though. I’m not sure if the urge passed because I got to a less risk-taking headspace or if I just don’t like people enough any more to want to take another person’s essence into me. Like maybe it would be conceptually neat if I got to eat a respected opponent, warrior-style, but not in any scenario I could actually see happening.
Music video by Queens Of The Stone Age performing Sick, Sick, Sick.
Interscope Records
Lyrics
Young, dumb
Don’t see a problem,
Bloodshot
Stare like a hoodlum,
Simple as this
I’m in love with the risk
I know what I’ve done
But tell me what did I miss
So, please don’t save something
Waste not, save nothing
Lose the halo
No need to resist
A lick of the lips
And my grip on your hips
Sick, Sick, Sick
Don’t resist
Sick, Sick, Sick
Don’t resist
First thing we succumb to
Shout, erase, and undo
Days are unreleased, if there’s no release
Race to slip into whatever fits you
Make something, make someone
Beg on a knee baby, baby please
Pout your bottom lip, while cracking the whip
You know what we want is
Candy to come to
Sick, Sick, Sick
Don’t resist
Sick, Sick, Sick
Don’t resist
Sick, Sick, Sick
Don’t resist
Sick, Sick, Sick
Don’t resist
Eternal eclipse
In the teeth of the risk
The tongue is a twist
Perpetual bliss
Forever midnight
Forever midnight
Forever midnight
Forever …
Sick, Sick, Sick
Don’t resist,
Sick, Sick, Sick
Don’t resist
I’m gonna change
I don’t wanna change
Sick, Sick, Sick
Don’t resist
Sick, Sick, Sick
Don’t resist
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