BUTCHER VANITY – English Lyrics

• By: Vane Lily, Yi Xi, Jamie Paige, ricedeity

Lyrics & Translation

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[English]

They say my hunger's a problem

They tell me to curb my appetite

They say I can't keep myself

From trying a bite of every plate in sight

They worship patience, a virtue

Oh, they tell me gluttony’s a sin

But my desire, it’s bottomless

I wanna slit your throat and eat ‘till I get sick!

The slaughter's on

I’d love to see you come undone

Unsatisfied

Until I’ve got you flayed alive

So grab a plate, have a taste!

这口味让我陶醉

I’m still preying on a butcher’s vein

To truss you up in pretty patterns

Oh, to dress your flesh up with the works

Perfectly portioned by a dagger

Serving the finest leftover dessert

Why would I desecrate a carcass?

Why let the offal go to waste?

It’s love that guides my cleaver with such tenderness

A perfect strike to fix the horror on your face!

The slaughter’s mine

Oh, blood and viscera divine

Preserved and primed

Each muscle divvied up to dine

And in the high, 我存在

Tasting 血淋淋的爱

I’ll devour all of you in time

Oh, your heart

Aortic work of art

My love, my knife

To carve it out, your life

So grab a plate, have a taste

这口味让我陶醉

I’m still preying on a butcher’s vein

To snap the sinew, I want

To get within you, I want

To not forgive you

Rigor mortis, mold and mildew

But dear, you should be grateful

That I won’t waste a good meal

That all my love’s precision

Carves a cut to simply die for

TO SNAP THE SINEW, I WANT

TO GET WITHIN YOU, I WANT

TO SCAR THE TISSUE

BUTTERFLY AND RECTIFY YOU

I NEED TO BE YOUR AFTERLIFE

EUCHARIST, I DEIFY

GOD, OH, FUCK THE FORK AND KNIFE

I’LL RIP IN HANDS AND TEETH AND TAKE A BITE

The slaughter's on

I’d love to see you come undone

Unsatisfied

Until I've got you flayed alive

So grab a plate, have a taste

这口味让我陶醉

I’m still preying on a butcher’s vein

And now the slaughter’s mine

My darling, get under the knife

Your broken pride

A cut so perfect in its prime

All that I see, sixty-three,

为让我心醉的你

I'll be waiting, so impatiently

So grab a plate, have a taste

这口味让我陶醉

I’m still preying on a butcher’s vein

Still praying, hopeless and in vain.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
hunger /ˈhʌŋɡər/ A2	noun - a strong need or desire for food
curb /kɜːrb/ B2	verb - to control or limit something, especially something unpleasant
appetite /ˈæpɪtaɪt/ B2	noun - a natural desire to satisfy a bodily need, especially for food
bite /baɪt/ A1	verb - to cut or break something with the teeth noun - a small piece of food
plate /pleɪt/ A1	noun - a flat, round dish used for serving food
gluttony /ˈɡlʌtəni/ C2	noun - the habit of eating and drinking too much
desire /dɪˈzaɪər/ B1	noun - a strong feeling of wanting something or someone verb - to want something very much
slit /slɪt/ C2	verb - to cut a long, narrow opening in something
slaughter /ˈslɔːtər/ C2	noun - the killing of animals for food or the killing of people
undone /ʌnˈdʌn/ B2	adjective - not tied or fastened adjective - emotionally or physically in a bad state
flayed /fleɪd/ C2	verb - to remove the skin from something or someone
taste /teɪst/ A1	noun - the sensation of flavor perceived in the mouth verb - to perceive the flavor of something by eating or drinking it
vein /veɪn/ B2	noun - any of the tubes carrying blood to the heart
flesh /flɛʃ/ B2	noun - the soft substance consisting of muscle and fat that is found between the skin and bones of an animal or a person
dagger /ˈdæɡər/ C1	noun - a short knife with a sharp point, used as a weapon
devour /dɪˈvaʊər/ C1	verb - to eat something eagerly and in large amounts
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - the organ in your chest that pumps blood
knife /naɪf/ A1	noun - a tool with a sharp blade used for cutting
carve /kɑːrv/ B2	verb - to cut meat into slices or shapes verb - to cut a design into a surface
blood /blʌd/ A2	noun - the red liquid that flows in the bodies of humans and animals

Key Grammar Structures

• They say my hunger's a problem

  ➔ "hunger's" is a contraction of "hunger is".

  ➔ In this line, the word "hunger's" is a contraction for "hunger is".

• They tell me to curb my appetite

  ➔ "tell + someone + to-infinitive" expresses ordering or instructing someone to do something.

  ➔ The pattern "tell + someone + to-infinitive" shows requesting or commanding another person to do something.

• I wanna slit your throat and eat till I get sick!

  ➔ The word "wanna" is a colloquial contraction of "want to"; after this, the verb follows in the base form (slit) since the "to" is merged in "wanna".

  ➔

• The slaughter's on

  ➔ "slaughter's" is the contraction of "slaughter is".

  ➔ The word "slaughter's" is a contraction for "slaughter is".

• Until I’ve got you flayed alive

  ➔ This uses the present perfect with the causative have/get + object + past participle (I’ve got you flayed alive).

  ➔ The structure "have/get + object + past participle" shows causation (making someone do something).

• So grab a plate, have a taste!

  ➔ Imperatives: commands given with base form verbs (grab, have).

  ➔ Two imperatives are joined by a comma, giving direct commands.

• To truss you up in pretty patterns

  ➔ To-infinitive used to express purpose (infinitive of purpose).

  ➔ The phrase "To truss you up" shows a to-infinitive indicating purpose.

• I’ll devour all of you in time

  ➔ Future simple with "will" (contracted as I'll).

  ➔ The contraction "I'll" marks the future tense with the verb "devour".

• I'm still preying on a butcher’s vein

  ➔ Present continuous (am/is/are + -ing) to describe ongoing action.

  ➔ The form "am/’m + verb-ing" shows ongoing action in the present.