“I wish I could eat your cancer when you turn black.”
About This Quote
This lyric as meaningful as the cancer could represent a metaphoric cancer or a literal cancer that the narrator wants to remove. Regardless, this lyric shows that the narrator's lover is either emotionally or literally dying.
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