Go ahead, eat your death

she enjoys her suffering maybe ? 'eating' it up (next lyric clarifies further on that) . death could easily refer to abuse as it may feel as if you 'died' when you were abused due to no longer feeling lively or happy .

Lick your lips, see what fruit bears

licking your lips is usually only done when you enjoy something , meaning she enjoys her 'death' . the second part could mean her seeing what happens after her abuse when she stays with her abuser

It's your mouth, it's your throat, it's your belly

he could be saying that she has free will and/or whatever happens to her is her issue , not his

What's it to me, you seem happy

he doesn't mind hurting her as long as she appears to enjoy it , whether she truly does or not .

To blindly toss those apple seeds

potentially meaning 'planting' an emotion in somebody (possibly the singer)

Of vile discourse, the flit and the spit and the bile, all the while

the emotion she 'plants' in the person is anger , causing arguments and fighting . the word flit impying she might leave , the word spit implying she's 'spitting' out insults/arguments , the word bile implying he considers her actions repulsive/gross .

It serves you right, it serves you right

he believes she deserves whatevers happening to her .

Take your clothes off by the hearthside, then join me bedside

I lowkey dont know #sorry

Where the houses are eating their owners

maybe . just maybe . giant guess here . it could mean that something she thought she had stable was unstable and began causing issues ? i. dont know though . edit to elaborate: a house is usually stable for most people as well as a safe space , if a house were to 'eat' its owner it would be a giant issue . the thing she thought was stable could refer to the singer and then he 'ate', started abusing, her

Yeah, it serves you right, it serves you right

again , he believes she deserves whatevers happening to her .

‘Cause God forbid you ever let me inside, or there within

'god forbid you let me have sex with you'

Heaven forbid you show your underbelly

'heaven forbid you show me your nude self' maybe . . . or alternatively telling the woman not to wear revealing clothing

So go ahead, hold your breath

ok i stole this from the genius annotation but id say it means shes threatening to kill/injure herself

Be my guest, see if I care

and he doesnt care about it

‘Cause it's your life, it's your body in the morning

again , this implies he doesnt care about what happens to her because its her problem

What's it to you, my sweet bijou

a bijou is a jewel or trinket

‘Cause if you knew what was good for you

see next

You'd stand there lowborn to drop every rampart and drawbridge

he says that if she knew what was good for her she would stop arguing , the phrasing seems like a threat . also , lowborn means worthless , implying that he believes she is worthless and/or should think that she is .

So save your breath for cooling your tea and your porridge

again , stolen from the genius page , but it could mean she has children that she doesnt care for and instead argues .

So help yourself, it's okay

'helping' herself could refer to masterbation? she could be getting off on the abuse as a way to cope with it

‘Cause if it gets you through the night

again , shes coping , its what keeps her from taking her life

Well then hey, hey, it's your night, and that's your right, it ain't my business

he's saying its okay for her to get off on her abuse, saying it isnt his business

Red vein your nose with cheap cologne

im gonna guess this means to wear a lot of perfume , potentially being a metaphor for covering up a nasty secret since perfume usually covers up bad smells ???

And let's slither out of these filthy clothes

i dont know how to interpret this at all

And dust you off, send you off, get you breathing

dusting her off could refer to doing something for the first time in awhile , sending her off either being prostitution/sex work or sending her into esctasy . the breathing part could refer to how most people breathe heavy/moan during sex

And I don't wear my safety belt

And I don't watch my ass when I'm by myself

I sleep like a baby with candles burning

And I skip down dark alley lots

And I don't look both ways before I cross the street

yes i put all these together its just easier . basically hes saying he isnt careful and doesnt care for his safety

Or my heart or my fingers and my fingers say

could be saying he doesnt watch his heart either , refering to not caring about who he's in a relationship with or whether that person is bad

It serves you right, it serves you right

he believes she deserves whatevers happening to her .

‘Cause if it makes you feel a tiny bit warmer, reside by the torch light

this could refer to her feeling 'warm', blushing at her abuse or the thought of it . the torch light could represent the warm and comforting feeling of an abuser but also resemble the danger . im also not quite sure what they mean by torch light since all that comes up when i google it is flashlights but i doubt thats what they meant , idk thoo ...

With the outright crass indistinction

wild guess but i'd say he thinks she's not any different from other women

And it serves you right, it serves you right

he believes she deserves whatevers happening to her .

‘Cause god forbid you ever let me inside or there within

again, 'god forbid you let me have sex with you'

Heaven forbid you give a good god good evening

this could also refer to sex or just general pleasure , maybe even just her helping around the house . the heaven forbid part implies she doesnt do this , which makes me believe its helping around the house . more on why helping around the house is a possibility, his evening could be more stressful if she isnt working because he'd have to work , with her doing everything he will have a good evening because he can relax.

So go ahead, hold your breath

again , refering to her injuring herself likely to upset him

Be my guest, see if I care

and he doesnt care

‘Cause it's your life, it's your face in the place of the mirror

again, he's saying it isnt his problem

And here's to you, merci beaucoup

merci beaucoup is french for 'thanks a lot', which is likely sarcastic coming from him

But wait 'til I get my hands on you

this could imply he wants to hurt her

That's all you will get – a bear hug from your armless brother

ok .. kind of out there guess i think but .. this could refer to giving her false hope, he's saying all she'll get his a 'bear hug from her armless brother', but thats quite literally impossible . this could be him leading her into a false sense of security to trick and hurt her more .

So save your teeth for the toothy grins to your mother

this could be refering to the phrase 'baring your teeth', telling her to not do so and instead smile for her family

And no matter who you are, it's out there and it's gonna getcha

if i had to guess this is likely sampled from something as it doesnt sound like the singer , but i could be completely wrong here . it could mean that he believes that no matter how healthy you deem your relationship, one day one of you will snap

Yeah, go ahead, please yourself

could refer to her pleasing herself sexually or simply just pleasing herself by letting him abuse her

Wring your hands, throttle best-laid plans

i have no clue what wring your hands could mean . BUT im assuming the term throttle is used as in attacking or killing something , meaning she 'kills' perfectly fine plans, 'best-laid plans', instead staying home

They're alive, they're a bishop, a loose leaf, a bottle

i dont know man

I come to hear my neighbors' thoughts

i dont knooowww

So I will saunter down this hallway dark

to saunter is to walk slowly without hurrying

I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive, God willing, I'm alive I'm alive I'm alive I'm alive

wild guess again but this could be from the perspective of the woman after she escapes the singer's abuse , surprised that she survived him

work in progress!