Butcher Vanity – English Lyrics

• By: Trickle, Shoku

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the intriguing world of "Butcher Vanity," a Synthesizer V song by Vane Lily and Yi Xi, covered powerfully by Trickle and Shoku. This song offers a unique opportunity to explore English lyrical metaphors related to intense desires and taboo themes, alongside subtle Chinese phrases. Its compelling narrative and widespread popularity make it an engaging piece for language learners interested in modern vocal synth music and its evocative storytelling.

[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?

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

Oh, forget 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

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

...

Still praying, hopeless and in vain

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
hunger /ˈhʌŋɡər/ B1	noun - a feeling of discomfort or weakness caused by lack of food, coupled with the desire to eat.
appetite /ˈæpɪtaɪt/ B1	noun - a natural desire to satisfy a bodily need, especially for food.
bite /baɪt/ A1	noun - an act of biting; a mouthful. verb - to cut or wound something with the teeth.
desire /dɪˈzaɪər/ B1	noun - a strong feeling of wanting something. verb - strongly wish for or want something.
throat /θroʊt/ A2	noun - the passage in the neck and upper chest through which food and air pass.
slaughter /ˈslɔːtər/ B2	noun - the killing of animals for food. verb - kill (an animal) for food.
blood /blʌd/ A1	noun - the red liquid that circulates in the body of a person or animal.
butcher /ˈbʊtʃər/ B1	noun - a person who slaughters animals or dresses their meat.
vein /veɪn/ B1	noun - a blood vessel that carries blood towards the heart.
flesh /fleʃ/ B1	noun - the soft substance of the body of a person or animal.
dagger /ˈdæɡər/ B1	noun - a short knife with a pointed blade used for stabbing.
horror /ˈhɒrər/ B1	noun - an intense feeling of fear, shock, or disgust.
viscera /ˈvɪsərə/ C1	noun - the internal organs in the main cavities of the body, especially the abdomen.
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - an organ that pumps blood throughout the body.
knife /naɪf/ A1	noun - a cutting tool with a blade.
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death.
sinew /ˈsɪnjuː/ C1	noun - a piece of tough fibrous tissue uniting muscle to bone or bone to bone; a tendon or ligament.
tissue /ˈtɪʃuː/ B1	noun - any of the distinct types of material of which animals or plants are made, consisting of specialized cells and their products.
bite /baɪt/ A1	verb - to cut or wound something with the teeth.
pride /praɪd/ B1	noun - a feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one's own achievements, the achievements of those with whom one is closely associated, or from qualities or possessions that one admires.
perfect /ˈpɜːrfɪkt/ B2	adjective - having all the required or desirable elements, qualities, or characteristics; as good as it is possible to be.

Key Grammar Structures

• They say my hunger's a problem

  ➔ Reported speech or indirect quote using 'say' in present simple to report habitual statements.

  ➔ "They" "say" "my" hunger's a problem – this introduces indirect speech to convey what others habitually tell the speaker.

• They tell me to curb my appetite

  ➔ Imperative in reported form using 'tell + object + to infinitive' to express advice or commands indirectly.

  ➔ "They" "tell" "me" to curb my appetite – the structure conveys indirect instructions or recommendations.

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

  ➔ Colloquial contraction 'wanna' for 'want to' combined with 'till' as a conjunction introducing a time clause, expressing continuing action.

  ➔ "I" "wanna" slit your throat and eat "'till" I get sick! – 'wanna' is informal, and ''till'' indicates the duration of the eating action.

• They worship patience, a virtue

  ➔ Present simple tense for habitual actions or universal truths, with apposition ('a virtue') describing a noun.

  ➔ "They" "worship" "patience", "a" virtue – presents patience as something always valued, with 'a virtue' renaming it.

• Oh, they tell me gluttony's a sin

  ➔ Present simple in reported speech for general truths, with inverted structure after 'oh' for emphasis.

  ➔ "Oh", "they" "tell" "me" gluttony's "a" sin – inverts slightly for exclamatory style, stating a common belief.

• But my desire, it's bottomless

  ➔ Emphatic structure with shifted pronoun ('it' before noun) to stress the quality, using present simple for description.

  ➔ But "my" "desire", "it's" "bottomless" – places 'it' before the noun to emphasize the endless nature.

• I'd love to see you come undone

  ➔ Conditional structure with 'would' in first conditional for hypothetical preference, using infinitive after 'to see'.

  ➔ "I'd" love "to" "see" you come undone – expresses a strong wish with 'would' for imagined scenarios.

• Unsatisfied, until I've got you flayed alive

  ➔ Present perfect continuous in adverbial clause with 'until' for actions continuing until a future point.

  ➔ Unsatisfied, "until" "I've" got you flayed alive – 'until' marks the ending point of ongoing dissatisfaction.

• Oh, why let the offal go to waste?

  ➔ Rhetorical question using inversion ('why + verb') in negative context to emphasize absurdity or suggestion.

  ➔ "Oh", "why" "let" the offal go to waste? – inverts for emphasis, questioning wasteful inaction.

• Oh, your heart aortic work of art

  ➔ Possessive structure with ellipsis (omitted 'is') in poetic exclamation, using attributive noun for description.

  ➔ "Oh", "your" heart "aortic" work of art – 'art' is described with 'aortic', implying greatness without full verb.