Lyrical Dissection #2
She Wolf - Shakira
S.O.S. she’s in disguise
S.O.S. she’s in disguise
There’s a she wolf in disguise
Coming out, coming out, coming out
Right Shakira me old love, we’re gonna make your next song a bit of a scary one, what with Halloween coming up. So what do you fancy? A werewolf? Well, I’m not dimissing it obviously, but it means using the word lycanthropy and as we know that rhymes with virtually fuck all. Oh, alright then…
A domesticated girl that’s all you ask of me
Darling it is no joke, this is lycanthropy
The moon’s awake now with eyes wide open
My body’s craving, so feed the hungry
Not bad eh? ‘Lycanthropy’ and ‘me’, lyrical bedmates if ever I saw them. What are you laughing at? I’m not Burt fucking Bacharach you know. It’s your fault anyway, loads of stuff rhymes with witch, you bitch. See?
I’ve been devoting myself to you Monday to Monday and Friday to Friday
Not getting enough retribution or decent incentives to keep me at it
I’m starting to feel just a little abused like a coffee machine in an office
So I’m gonna go somewhere cozy to get me a lover
And tell you all about it
Right you cheeky little shit, it’s lucky that your breasts are small and humble, cos this is a fucking abortion of a song if ever I saw one. Monday to Monday is fine, but then Friday to Friday? What? Is your calendar fucked or what? And then to top it all off we need a simile for ‘abused’, and you want it to be a coffee machine. You barmy Spanish slapper.
There’s a she wolf in your closet
Open up and set her free
There’s a she wolf in your closet
Let it out so it can breathe
‘Let it out so I can breathe’ sounds like a farting reference.
Sitting across a bar, staring right at her prey
It’s going well so far, she’s gonna get her way
Nocturnal creatures are not so prudent
The moon’s my teacher, and I’m her student
You can’t have ‘prudent’ and ‘student’. That’s lesson number one at songwriters school. Oh, OK, if you must.
To locate the single men, I got on me a special radar
And the fire department hotline in case I get in trouble later
Not looking for cute little divos or rich city guys that just want to enjoy
But having a very good time and behave very bad in the arms of a boy
You’re taking the piss now. Fire department? How am I meant to squeeze that in? And you’re taking liberties with the syllables as well.
There’s a she wolf in the closet
Open up and set her free
There’s a she wolf in your closet
Let it out so it can breathe
Huh-huh, frrrrrrtttt.
S.O.S. she’s in disguise
S.O.S. she’s in disguise
There’s a she wolf in disguise
Coming out, coming out, coming out
A fucking number one record if ever I saw one. Especially once we film the video of you basically doing bondage gymnastics with your arse hanging out, as has been the key to your previous chart success.
