The meaning of the lyrics of the song "Patricia the Stripper" by the artist "Wombats, The"

The song "Patricia the Stripper" by The Wombats tells the story of the lyrical hero's unrequited love for a stripper named Patricia.

The hero is obsessed with Patricia, calling her "Queen of the Night" and "his sun". He frequently visits the bar where she works and drinks himself numb ("It's all alcohol's fault / Mixed with an inner sense of emptiness"). The hero understands that falling in love with Patricia is "a bad idea" but can do nothing about it.

He is jealous of her clients ("businessmen and lawyers") whom he calls "a marathon" and has to pretend to be someone else ("stick on a beard, wear a suit and tie") to get into the bar. The ending of the song is tragic: Patricia leaves with another man, and the hero is left alone, tormented by unrequited feelings.

The recurring line "Why didn't God give her two left feet? / Then she couldn't run away from me!" is a cry of despair and a manifestation of toxic love. The hero does not accept Patricia's choice and wishes to restrict her freedom in order to possess her.

Patricia's image is ambiguous. On the one hand, she is an object of desire, an unattainable goddess ("silicone drugged up girl"). On the other hand, she is an ordinary girl who, perhaps, is confused in life and sees nothing in the hero but an obsessed fan ("She thinks I'm pathetic, and that's okay").

The song "Patricia the Stripper" is a story about the dark side of love, about obsession, jealousy and the inability to accept rejection.