MAKE
performed on:
Plaastik's most confrontational opening track since "Santa Claus," this striking, enormously loud and cathartic eighteen-minute about child abuse hangs on to the rest of CHILD only by a thread. Easily the loudest and scariest song on the record, it's dervied from a Nick Parker studio demo of early 2002 but was recorded a day after the departure of Christina Singleton from the band. (More than one fan has wondered if this was the sole, malicious reason for its addition to CHILD.) Despite the riff's origin, the song as presented on the album was mostly improvised in two takes, including Nick's profane lyrics, which make a strong impression, as do his bloodcurdling screams. The recording came at an "emotional" time for the band, reported Janet Kieran, and "we decided to fuck off and do a rock song." The song was not added to the album running until 2004, after the first two acetates (Tina's and the one Nick threw out in December of '03) had already been nixed. Though it got stronger emotional reactions than anything on FUN or SCIENCE, most fans aside from those who hated it felt that it didn't belong at the all-important position of opening track. There are undoubtedly very few people who do not usually skip this track when they listen to CHILD.
"Make" was performed live once, in 2005, as (naturally) the opening number. A correspondent reported that the audience found it extremely annoying.
YOU RIPPED
YOU RIPPED
ME APART
OH FUCK IT HURTS
IT HURTS SO BAD
I WAS YOUR LITTLE ONE
THAT WAS WHEN
YOU PUT YOUR LEGS
ON THE OUTSIDE OF MY LEGS
YOU FUCKED ME LIKE
LIKE I WAS SOMEBODY
LIKE I WASN'T...
WHAT YOU DID TO ME
OH GOD
AND YOU DID IT EVERY DAY
AND AFTER THAT
WHEN YOU LOOKED AT ME
I JUST
I JUST
OH GOD
YOU RIPPED
ME APART
IT HURTS
IT HURTS SO BAD
IT HURTS ME NOW