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Old 08-23-2006, 10:00 PM   #18
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Forget about "Baby Sister" for a moment. What if it's one of Juniper's most powerful and chilling songs, "Cutting the Rose"?

That one was very specifically about abuse of the young by religious figures both metaphorically and physically.

There are a few lines which appear to indicate, among other possibilities, abortion: a practice the church itself doesn't publicly endorse (which then implies the cover-up of rape a' la "Agnes of God").

Also, Damo appears to realize that 'Cutting the Rose' is a term for female genital mutilation or female circumcision: the removal of the clitoris. A scarily common worldwide practice (estimated at 135 million) which was documented in the film "Moolaade" Lyrics below- complete w/ clever riff on famous Shakespeare quote in chorus:

Cutting the Rose

Well hello, contestant number one!
What's your name and where'd you come from?
Did they cut you while they held you down?
That's the trouble with religion.

Never question: there's never a need!
If you think too much they'll put you on your knees
I'm a lapsed Catholic by demographic
At least no one's ever tried to cut off my prick!

Cutting the rose (2x)
Doesn't smell as sweet by any other name
Cutting the rose (2x)
Doesn't smell as sweet by any other...

Well hello, contestant number two!
What's your game: what's in it for you?
Never flowers is never to seed.
Blow the dandelion: always spread out weeds.

Push the butterfly back to cocoon
Hide in the blood stained corner of the womb
Burst the stitches in the curtain of night
Sew and patch her: it looks like the light!

Cutting the rose (2x)
Doesn't smell as sweet by any other name
Cutting the rose (2x)
Doesn't smell as sweet by any other...

Name.



So perhaps he's pulling another 'Cross-eyed Bear' "it's a new song because it has a new title" stunt.
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