Placebo: Spite and Malice Meaning
Spite and Malice Lyrics
Aces take your time
Queens are left for dead
Jacks can stand in line
And touch themselves instead
Aces take your pity
And keep it warm in bed
Aces take your time
Cut the deck
The...
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'Dope, guns, fucking in the streets' is the old White Panther saying. Spite and Malice started off as a song about homophobia, but when brian opened up a newspaper and saw a picture of Winston Churchill's green mohican and he started cackling and jumping around the studio screaming "dope, guns, fucking in the streets". Spite and Malice is a card game and some people percieve the ace as women, Jacks as guys and queens as gay guys. The jacks trying hard to get the aces who have them tied around their finger and the queens trying to get the jacks but have no chance. As is a lot of Placebo's music it is based around sexuality. I hope that has helped?
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