Butcher Vanity – English Lyrics

• By: Vane, Jamie Paige, Rice, Yi Xi

Lyrics & Translation

[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 'til 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

這口味讓我陶醉

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?

Oh, 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 血淋淋的愛

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

這口味讓我陶醉

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

這口味讓我陶醉

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, 63

為讓我心醉的你

I'll be waiting, so impatiently

Oh, your heart

Aortic work of art

My love, my knife

To carve it out, your life

So grab a plate, have a taste

這口味讓我陶醉

I'm still preying on a butcher's vein

...

Oh, your heart ain't got no rhythm in the night

You're good and done

Still praying, hopeless and in vain

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
hunger /ˈhʌŋɡər/ A1	noun - a strong desire or need for food
curb /kɜːrb/ B1	verb - to control or limit
gluttony /ˈɡlʌtəni/ B2	noun - excessive eating or indulgence
desire /dɪˈzaɪər/ A2	noun - a strong feeling of wanting something
slit /slɪt/ B1	verb - to make a long, narrow cut in something
slaughter /ˈslɔːtʃər/ B1	noun - the killing of animals or people, especially in a brutal way
flay /fleɪ/ C1	verb - to strip the skin off a body
prey /preɪ/ B1	verb - to hunt and kill animals for food noun - an animal hunted or caught for food
truss /trʌs/ C1	verb - to tie or fasten tightly
carcass /ˈkɑːrks/ B2	noun - the dead body of an animal
offal /ˈɒfəl/ C1	noun - the internal organs of an animal used for food
cleaver /ˈkliːvər/ B2	noun - a large, heavy knife used for cutting meat
viscera /ˈvɪsərə/ C1	noun - internal organs of the body
sinew /ˈsɪnjuː/ C1	noun - a strong fibrous tissue connecting muscle to bone
butterfly /ˈbʌtəflaɪ/ A1	verb - to cut food into thin, decorative slices
Eucharist /ˈjuːkərɪst/ C2	noun - a Christian ceremony involving the consumption of bread and wine
deify /ˈdeɪɪfaɪ/ C2	verb - to worship or treat as a god
undone /ʌnˈdʌn/ B1	adjective - not functioning or in a state of disarray
portion /ˈpɔːrʃən/ A2	noun - a part of something
tenderness /ˈtɛndərənɪs/ B1	noun - gentleness or kindness

Key Grammar Structures

• They say my hunger's a problem

  ➔ Present simple with 'say'

  ➔ The verb 'say' is used in the present simple to describe a habitual or general statement.

• I wanna slit your throat and eat 'til I get sick

  ➔ Modal verb 'wanna' (want to)

  ➔ 'Wanna' is an informal contraction of 'want to,' expressing desire or intention.

• So grab a plate, have a taste

  ➔ Imperative mood

  ➔ The imperative mood is used to give commands or instructions, such as 'grab' and 'have.'

• It's love that guides my cleaver with such tenderness

  ➔ Emphatic 'It's...that'

  ➔ The structure 'It's...that' is used to emphasize the subject or cause of an action.

• I'll devour all of you in time

  ➔ Future simple with 'will'

  ➔ The future simple with 'will' is used to express a future action or promise.

• To scar the tissue, Butterfly and rectify you

  ➔ Infinitive of purpose

  ➔ The infinitive form is used to express purpose after certain verbs or prepositions.

• God, oh, fuck the fork and knife

  ➔ Interjection

  ➔ Interjections like 'God' and 'oh' are used to express emotion or surprise.

• All that I see, 63

  ➔ Appositive

  ➔ The number '63' is used as an appositive to rename or explain 'all that I see.'