KIng Jeremy

Jeremy Lyrics

At home Drawing pictures....of mountain tops...with him on top...

lemin yellow sun... arms raised in a V...dead lay in pools of maroon below..

daddy didn't nnnnn King Jeremy the wicked... ruled his world...

Jeremy spoke in..class..today...Clearly I remember ...picking on the boy...

seemed a harmless little fuck...but we unleashed a lion...

gnashed his teeth and bit the recess' lady's breast...how could I forget..

and he hit me with the suprise left...oh dropped my jaw wide open just like the day...

oh...like the day i heard...daddy didn't give affection..

and the boy was something that mommy wouldn't wear...

King Jeremy the wicked ruled his world...Jeremy spoke in...class..today..

Try to forget this... Try to erase this... From the blackboard.

Song Interpretation

The first verse of the song describes Jeremy drawing pictures.
These pictures have Jeremy on top of mountains with all the people who tease him lying below him dead.
Jeremy gets his revenge by imagining that he is killing the people who taunt him.
He stands with his arms raised in a ³V² shape in the picture.
The "V" is for victory with is revenge.
Jeremy can not get his revenge in reality, so he draws these pictures and creates his own little world where he is mightier than his peers.

The second verse explains how Jeremy's parents did not pay any attention, or care too much about him. Eddie shows how the responsibility of the parents can influence a child's life. The parent¹s are not caring and supportive enough towards Jeremy.
Jeremy creates his own little world, separate from reality, where he is the ruler or king.

The chorus is simply "Jeremy spoke in class today".
Though short and simple, the meaning is more complex. Jeremy did not actually speak in class, he committed suicide.
He commits suicide to escape the problems he has dealing with reality. And metaphorically he speaks by making a point that some thing in society needs changing.

The third verse is a flashback to Eddie's past.
He remembers a boy who when teased would unleash is anger against those teasing him. In the second verse Eddie shows how Jeremy¹s parents have to take some responsibility for the way Jeremy was and what happened to him. In this verse he makes the point that Jeremy's parents are not solely to blame; that his peers and society must take some responsibility for his death. The fourth verse reinforces the responsibility that the parents should take in Jeremy's death. It also repeats how Jeremy ruled his imaginary world. The fifth verse is the chorus plus three other lines. He ends the song with these three lines: "Try to forget this..." , "Try to erase this..." and "from the blackboard". Eddie is saying these lines sarcastically because anyone faced with this situation will not be able to forget even if they try. People closely involved in a situation similar, will feel guilt and it will leave a mark in their memory.