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Possum Kingdom Lyrics

Artist: The Toadies

Make up your mind
Decide to walk with me
Around the lake tonight
Around the lake tonight
By my side
By my side
I'm not gonna lie
I'll not be a gentleman
Behind the boathouse
I'll show you my dark secret

I'm not gonna lie
I want you for mine
My blushing bride
My lover, be my lover, yeah...

Don't be afraid
I didn't mean to scare you
So help me, Jesus

I can promise you
You'll stay as beautiful
With dark hair
And soft skin...forever
Forever

Make up your mind
Make up your mind
And I'll promise you
I will treat you well
My sweet angel
So help me, Jesus

(hey, hey, hey)

Give it up to me
Give it up to me
Do you wanna be
My angel?
So help me!

Be my angel

Be my angel

Do you wanna die?

I promise you
I will treat you well
My sweet angel
So help me, Jesus

Jesus

Jesus

Jesus...

Comments/Interpretations
by bob on 5/15/2008 2:24pm i think todd lewis is a serial killer
by roger Holt on 5/16/2008 8:49pm the song is def about a serial killer
by jakebob on 5/21/2008 3:50pm its about a series of murders
by dude on 5/22/2008 10:43pm this song rocks
by strange on 5/24/2008 3:05am Its Vampires
by flower on 5/24/2008 4:05pm For a while, I figured murder, but lately, I've had a new theory... it was the nineties, and everyone was into the whole vampire thing... that's where I'm leaning now.
by Wade A Go on 5/24/2008 9:27pm yo, i don't see how everyone sees it as a story of a serial killer. i think it's about a guy trying to take a girl's virginity. "behind the boathouse, i will show you my dark secret" "and i promise you, i will treat you well, my sweet angel. so help me jesus." "i want you for mine" "my lover, be my lover, yeah..." "make up your mind"
by Jamie on 5/29/2008 1:57pm I'd agree with the vampire thing if it wern't for the part where he says 'so help me Jesus'. I think it's about a man who loved some chick and wanted to keep her forever by preserving her body. At the very least it's about obsession.
by Brittany on 6/2/2008 4:05pm im also agreeing with the vampire comment. "I can promise you You'll stay as beautiful With dark hair And soft skin...forever Forever" think about Interview with a Vampire...and his "dark secret" no doubt a vampire. which i mean, vampire are cool and all i love this song.
by Nick on 6/4/2008 4:32pm From what I understand Possum Kingdom is an area in Texas and this song is about someone who raped and killed a girl there. Not sure if he was a serial killer or just a psycho. Definitely about obsession. Not so much Vampires.
by Jen on 6/5/2008 10:06pm In classic literature, orgasms are often referred to as 'the little death.' Lines like "Do you wanna die?" "Be my lover" and "be my angel" go with that.
by shady glenn on 6/8/2008 5:12am ok you know what? just leave it as it is cuz its a kick ass song and we play it in our band, im drunk, its like 5 in the morn, go to bed learn it in the morn, later, its about a fuc kin rapest
by umm on 6/8/2008 11:39am You guys are def overlooking: DO YOU WANT TO DIE repeated over and over It's about rape Besides, haven't you seen the music video? Youtube that shit
by Chris on 6/12/2008 11:08pm The music video plays out the lyrics pretty clearly. He drowns his angel and will preserve her forever. Killer and necrophiliac.
by Storm on 6/14/2008 4:23pm I think this song is about a guy who lures this chick somewhere and trys to rape her making her think they are in love(calling her Sweet Angel) and when she refuses he says Do You Want To Die...Get it?
by probably on 6/15/2008 9:03pm Its definitely about vampires. The part about jesus is because vampires go to hell. Read the lyrics its pretty clear.
by el loco vato on 6/16/2008 10:17pm ok so if you're just tuning in, vampires took the lead early in the game with serial killers closing the lead quickly and rapists coming up from behind in the first half...more from girls losing their virginity after these short posts...
by it on 6/22/2008 9:24pm i believe the song is about trying to take a girls virginity aswell, but when he sayd "fo you wanna die?" he means do you want what was left of innocence to die and no longer be the innocent virgin blameless?
by Bryan on 6/24/2008 5:35pm Obsession. More precisely -- the obsession that a serial killer has. It is what drives him to kill.. and he did.
by ryan on 6/26/2008 8:54am Def vampires for sure
by Rin on 6/29/2008 5:37pm Vampire serial killing rapists, obviously.
by Nickie on 6/30/2008 7:01pm I'm convinced it is about a rapist/killer. I only had to hear the song once and it was clear. Possum Kingdom is a lake in Texas which is where the band is from. I don't know if there was a real killer there but I guess the idea lends itself nicely for the makings of a cool song. The whole thing is disturbing and intriguing at the same time
by Rebekkah on 7/2/2008 1:53pm Has anyone ever seen the movie 'Perfume'? Definately makes me think of the crazy obsession the main guy has that kills the girl. But in all actuallity... The song is about Vampires. Everyone knows that.
by the choson one on 7/8/2008 3:00pm maybe it was about a psycho/serial killer/vampire with an obsession about a chick who was a virgin Yeah, i know i just blew ur mind
by the toadies on 7/11/2008 12:14am its about bread.
by marzeko on 7/17/2008 9:56am it states "clearly" in the title its about a possem kingdom
by Taylor Tampon on 7/19/2008 12:17pm He's obviously a necrophiliac.
by Sam Sam the Toadies fan on 7/21/2008 9:02am LOL people!! the Toadies was a local Texas band, thats where they started out, and played before they became big, this is just another one of their songs about something else that happened in Texas. Sorta like Tyler was a guy stalking a girl, which was somethin' that was going on in Texas...rofl vampire wtf??
by Rockin Barb on 7/30/2008 4:26pm I lived on Possum Kingdom Lake in North Texas for 3 years. The story takes place on PK Lake, and I agree it's about a guy taking a girl's virginity. Not sure about her refusing then being raped and killed. I haven't seen the video. Nothing like this happened when I lived there!
by denise on 7/31/2008 11:18pm if it's about a virgin, vampire, murderer, whatever, then what's with the ice sculpture at the very end of the video?
by Katie on 8/2/2008 3:25am Def VAMPS!
by goth_vampprincess on 8/2/2008 10:42pm being someone who owns and has read just about every vampire book out there this song is all about vamps.the dark secert is a vampires "dark Kiss" youll stay as beautiful hello "immortality" dark hair soft skin the number one thing about vampires is there sexually nature. and than theres him saying do you wanna die? think about it the only vampire that i can think of that was changed without being asked was Lestat in The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice.
by knows alot but not enough on 8/11/2008 10:10am peeps it's a rapist, "behind the boathouse i will show u my dark secret" duh rape and in "do u wanna die" rapist kills her also in "i can promise you'll stay as beautiful" shes beautiful dies beautiful stays beautiful, k.
by Kenny on 8/20/2008 11:51am I'm convinced it's about puppies, midgets, and butterflies.
by i love this song on 8/20/2008 12:42pm and because i love this song, you should all know something: idc about your little vampire clans, the only ones i know are from morrowind 3. this song is about rape and eventual murder. even todd said that it was. his family would get together and talk about ghost stories, and a recent murder occurred at possum kingdom state park, and it intrigued todd so much he decided to write a song about it :p go google that shit
by Maria on 8/21/2008 6:58pm so help me Jesus
by 2nasty on 8/23/2008 3:30pm yea this song is about a murder that occurred at possum kingdom lake in Texas. there was a summer camp there and one of the counselors became obssesed with a girl attending the camp. she didnt return his affection, and he killed her. and then a vampire fucked the counselors mom
by cason on 8/31/2008 6:34pm i agree with kenny... puppies, midgets, and butterflies
by stupidfack on 9/2/2008 9:17pm lol, where do you see the vampires!! is clearly about a guy taking a girls virginity, either if she wants to or not (rape) lol, vampires... lol
by jack the ripper on 9/7/2008 10:22pm dude its deffinatly about jesus and angels and of course boathouses. i mean he says it like 50 times in the song. i dont know where yall got rapists, midigets, or lakes. although i guess i can see where your coming from with the vampire theroy
by lolwut on 9/8/2008 11:05pm Vampires? Methinks you guys need stop cutting yourself and writing bad emo poetry for a few, and actually do a search on the song. Todd Lewis has stated that the song is about a real-life psycho stalker that ..er...stalked a lake in Texas called "Possum Kingdom", hence the title.
by haha on 9/9/2008 2:10am goth_vampprincess, you're a fucking tool.
by 90's alt. freak on 9/12/2008 7:25pm It's about me and your mom getting freaky-deeky.
by woooooooooow on 9/26/2008 3:20pm I was a camp counselor at possum kingdom lake this summer..and 2nasty..I can promise you nothing like that every happened at camp there..
by Rockitredemeer on 9/30/2008 10:30pm its about reject and psycotic issues classics 90�s song, i love it
by erica on 10/1/2008 1:21am OMG about a serial killer!!!damn shallow!!! is all about a vampire choosing his mate. he choose her...to be his bride and live forever...stay young thats his promise. and gives her the choice!!"do u wanna die"???(or live forever!!! its all there guys..READ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by Brotherwynd on 10/2/2008 2:19pm Vampires do not exclude the possibility of Vampires in fact if it is a remorseful, vampire seeking redemption through the woman he has chosen as his angel. If he can make her live for ever and get her to be his lover he can have both his dark secret and redemption at the same time. Dracula was fiercely Christian it's the reason the cross caused him so much pain. The girl is his redemption, his beauty his angel forever. But she has to do it willingly or she will lose what he needs her for. Knowing his dark secret and choosing to be with him anyway allows her to maintain her angelic status atleast in the twisted psyche if a man become monster. As a funny side note that makes everyone right as Vampires by their nature tend to be serial killers. You know that hold needing blood to survive thing. In closing this song is expertly crafted vampire (erotica) no matter how tame in a song that just kicks ass.
by Amused on 10/2/2008 5:46pm This is a freaking hilarious conversation.
by Interesting on 10/6/2008 1:16am I still to this day here this song on the local radios here in NYC. It's just a good, excellent song that obviously has true classic staying power. I have wondered for the longest time what it was about. Vampires did come to mind initially and still do. Obsession as well...maybe the both subject hand in hand. Hearing some other thoughts about it being about rape and murder do make some sense as well, however...I'd rather not think of it as that. Thinking about it being about rape/murder kind of ruins it for me in a sense. Vampire folklore, obsession, twisted erotica... even stalking would suffice. Plain, put out there modern rape and murder is something I'd rather put far away from my mind. I guess it's all how the listener chooses to take the song. That's the beauty of it. There is definately a general dark feel to the song which I think everyone understands in slight differing variations.
by whoo hoo on 11/5/2008 12:04am its grunge guys, it actually doesnt reaally matter what it means. but yea, serial killer/rapist/vampire. but not so much vampire. but yea google that shit
by Hmm... on 11/13/2008 3:13am This is really similar to the Robert Browning's poem "Porphyria's Lover," in which the speaker strangles his lover with her own hair in order to preserve her ultimate love for him. Ew.
by SNUCKLES on 11/13/2008 8:59pm Dude. Watch da music vid. it has a guy stabbin sumtin wit a knife over and over again after unwrappin it from plastic. serial killer. maybe rapist. hard 2 tell. NOT vampires. wtf? rly? vampires? lol.
by grunger on 11/16/2008 5:19pm iagree with the virginity thing especially the "give it up to me" part lol
by Todd Lewis on 11/17/2008 12:19am It's about a serial killer from Texas.. not vampires. However, an over-active imagination never hurt anybod. :)
by nice-n-yum on 11/19/2008 11:59am The ice sculpture at the end could symbolize a tombstone... just a thought.
by hippie on 12/1/2008 9:08am yeah... its most definitly about a girl who is raped, her virginity is taken,then she is murdered. i have no idea what all this vampire crap is about...
by miss stacey on 12/2/2008 8:01pm i love this song and this band a freakin lot. DO YA WANNA DIE?!?!?! im heard singing that from like a mile away... this song just rocks. hell fuckin yeah.
by Tanner on 12/2/2008 10:36pm Possum Kingdom is a lake in Texas, I dont see how that would have to do with anything about vampires. I think this song is about him taking a girls virginity, a blushing bride, is self explanatory towards her being a virgin, and be my lover, is also self explanatory. I think everything else is him trying to be gentle with it. and ofcourse this probably all happened at possum kingdom lake, behind one of the boat houses, like it states in the lyrics.
by Your mother on 12/3/2008 1:19am "It's about me and your mom getting freaky-deeky." Lol
by happy pants on 12/3/2008 3:26pm most definitly about a murder... a girl is raped and her virginity is taken from her then she is killed... i have no idea what this vampire crap is about... but whatever floats your boat!
by Anonymous on 12/3/2008 3:49pm This song isn't about vampires you twilight fags. GTFO.
by avathestrong on 12/6/2008 4:20pm I just love shadyglen's comment...it's true, the song just rocks...saw them in the ATL and it all was amazing...I don't care who or what the frig it's about...it rocks...ps, I'm drunk too and it's only 5:20.
by Dr.Jordan on 12/12/2008 11:30pm Its about an urban legend, and when asked, the band never mentioned vampires in their explanation
by matt on 12/19/2008 5:00pm yes this song is about vampires. Listen to the lyrics. "i can promise you'll stay as beautiful with dark hair and soft skin forever. Do you want to die"
by anonynmous on 12/26/2008 8:37pm crap... XD i wanted to sing this song to a girl i didnt thought the song was all about rape,obsession or vampires :S
by MRamirez on 12/28/2008 9:04pm They're getting the vampire theory b/c of the immortality and the girl has dark hair and soft skin (mistaking that for pale skin). Definately an obsessed murderer (though not sure a serial, I should know though) who kills her to keep her the same as she is but forever in his mind and in death. Cool song. One of my all time favorites.
by Homely Wife on 1/1/2009 5:18pm Dude, these lyrics are sooo simple and thought provoking at the same time...they def knew what they were doing when they wrote this song. I love it!!
by cooleyhigh on 1/8/2009 12:42pm I like the different takes on this. This song has been debated since 1994 and it's always the same sides. Cool to see that this song, and the debate, lives on 15 years later!
by hornytoad on 1/8/2009 4:40pm I think its just about a guy who is trying to get some action!! Oh yeah!! Whoop Whoop!!
by courtney on 1/16/2009 10:37pm Ok people. Stop being fucking gothic fags and ruining a good song. Its about a rapist. Whatch the damn music video, research it, listen to what todd says its about. Just because you're a gay emo who's seen twighlight thrity times doesn't mean you have to ruin a good song for the rest of us. Just because you want to be right, doesn't mean you actually are.
by AlexKindred on 1/18/2009 10:59pm its about a girl he's in love with thats going to destroy his life
by yall r stupid on 1/22/2009 9:33am its abour gd vampires.
by bigtex on 1/25/2009 9:55am It's not about vampires or a serial killer (which implies killing more than one). It's about a guy obsessed with a girl who is not that interested in him. As for the lines "You'll stay as beautiful/With dark hair/And soft skin...forever" when someone dies young, it is said the person is always remembered as young and beautiful or the photograph they plaster on the news.
by rockerbabejessicuhh! on 1/25/2009 8:24pm eh i think its about vampires trying to get it on.... ....anyone else think of that one..... ....it makes sense
by Potentialmassconsumer on 2/3/2009 12:46pm it's about vamps fools! LOL some of the ideas I just saw were interesting... to say the least. But it's about an infatuated vampire trying to create a neophyte LOL I always wanted to use that word
by david on 2/3/2009 1:45pm nick was right. possum kingdom is an area or lake in north texas. the song is about a rape and murder that happened there. def not about vampires.
by greg on 2/15/2009 9:51pm its not about vampires...its about a stalker.
by Missy on 2/18/2009 1:10pm I think he means do you want to die with me, they can live together forever. His dark secret is a gun.
by blood red sins!!!!!!! on 2/20/2009 6:28pm grrrrr.......stop being mean to vampires or ill bite ur head off
by Jimmy on 2/22/2009 10:16pm Why would it be about Vampires? Thats dumb as hell. Its about a man that killed someone....he's taking a girl behind the boathouse to show her. "Show you my dark secret" It has nothing to do with rapist or vampires.
by Its me again on 2/23/2009 5:45pm its about what you want it to be about.. thats the idea of music so people can take it the way they want to... I think its about vampires
by TX guy on 2/24/2009 11:12pm There's a lake out here in Texas called Possum Kingdom lake. There is a boathouse. I don't know if anything happened there, but it sure is creepy out there!
by Me on 3/3/2009 11:27pm Wow me n my husband argue the lyrics of this song every time we hear it im glad were not the only ones
by miranda on 3/9/2009 2:54pm the song was written for the movie interview with the vampire. it just did not make it in. so that should clear it up for everyone. right down to behind the boat house.
by one with everything on 3/12/2009 12:31pm so i'm guessing they wanted to write lyrics that would sound like the shizzle at the end of a vampire movie but also wanted to put a grungie spin on it by eluding to a presumably well-known urban legend what do you know... all this crap does tie up into one gigantic rat-king to make one enormous ugly oozing rat out of all the little annoying piece of crap rats
by cid on 3/17/2009 3:42am its about a girle giting fucked in the ass hard core
by rockerbabejessicuhh! on 3/21/2009 7:07pm yeah okay heres my theory, it is about a stalker vampire right who rapes like girls who are emo/scene ok and cheahh that what im thinking it make sense cause like he talking about how he wont mangle her face but will get it
by that one guy on 3/22/2009 11:22pm dude i beleive todd lewis the lead singer is right and should know what the fucking song is about and i totally 100% agree its about a serial killer from texas and im not gonna lie its a kick ass song
by Eric on 3/25/2009 2:10pm This song is really old, and while it may work with Interview with a Vampire, the music video gives no hints whatsoever to vampires. Songs allow us to see what we want, but I would argue that metaphor is a loose game to play. The artist's intentions are probably best summed up in the music video
by All-Knowing Man on 3/26/2009 11:10am Twilight fuckers, shut the hell up. It is definitely not about vampires.
by All-Knowing Man on 3/26/2009 11:11am The song is definitely about a murder or a serial killer. It does indicate rape or something quite mysterious.
by Randy on 4/1/2009 12:11pm Who cares what the song is about it freakin rocks! Yall have too much time on your hands!! Get a hobby
by supbitches on 4/1/2009 1:08pm you are all gay and i mean it from the bottom of my soul
by johnny boy bledsoe on 4/1/2009 10:28pm the song is in the ears of the listener...its whatever u think it is...personally i think its about love and obbsession
by Suppah Fly on 4/5/2009 4:53pm Haven't you people seen the music video? It's about murder. Or murder and rape.
by Juice Box on 4/13/2009 2:59am okay, let me give you my opinion from the viewpoint of a lit. major. Some quotes counter the murder and rape comments. "make up your mind" why would he say that unless he was giving an option? and "i will treat you well" This seems rather obvious. The only other comment that EVERYBODY seems hung up on is "Do you want to die?" This is probably refering to the "little death" (look it up) referred to by Shakespeare. ITS ABOUT HAVING AN ORGASM!!!! Listen to the end of the song and TELL ME he is NOT just had an orgasm.... he repeats jesus over and over again and it slows down... and wow! that is all it is about. If you are interested in a song that IS about rape and murder and is on this album by the Toadies look up TYLER That song is about a serial rapist who stalked in tyler, texas.
by The Answer on 4/14/2009 6:41pm Its about one of the band member's sister getting raped at Possum Kingdom Lake in North Texas. Some of you're answers are completely idiotic!
by ender on 5/12/2009 11:14am well if you look at the guy above me knowen as "juice box" he is a total bag. i'm not sure about you, but i think your the only person i know that screams jesus when the have an orgasm. dude come on. the song is pure awsomeness.
by ovid on 5/18/2009 9:09am watch the video on youtube. it is definitely about a serial killer.
by T.K.! on 6/1/2009 9:33pm THIS SONG IS ABOUT A FUCKEN LAKE IN NORTH TEXAS CALLED POSSUM KINGDOM!! FUCK!!! i live in north texas and all those gay ass twilight fans can go suck a cock cauz its totaly not about VAMPITES!!
by Just Me on 6/17/2009 2:06pm I agree with Juice Box. It is just about love and obsession (in my mind anyway -- and that's the only one that counts).
by enlightened on 6/29/2009 5:54am Wow, you people are dense. It's about a vampire that's about to 'turn' his girlfriend. It's not like he's using complex metaphors or anything, it's right there in plain english.

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