"Love is wrapped around my heart / Like a boa constrictor, babe."
— Stephin Merritt (b. February 9, 1965)
Work Title
Date
1999
Metaphor
"Love is wrapped around my heart / Like a boa constrictor, babe."
Metaphor in Context
I spend my evenings alone
Talking to your picture, babe.
Love is wrapped around my heart
Like a boa constrictor, babe.
My mother should have murdered me.
What jury would convict her, babe,
For love is wrapped around my heart
Like a boa constrictor, babe.
Talking to your picture, babe.
Love is wrapped around my heart
Like a boa constrictor, babe.
My mother should have murdered me.
What jury would convict her, babe,
For love is wrapped around my heart
Like a boa constrictor, babe.
Categories
Provenance
Listening
Citation
"The Magnetic Fields, "Boa Constrictor," 69 Love Songs, vol. I (1999).
Date of Entry
07/18/2024
