With Halloween just around the corner Iโm seeing a number of posts proliferating a common misconception that I want to clear up:
There is no textual confirmation that the Purple People Eater is purple. In fact the lyrics state:
The key point here is that while listeners at first reasonably assume the name โPurple People Eaterโ refers to a purple creature that eats people, it ACTUALLY refers to a creature (of unspecified color) that eats purple people.
COULD the Purple People Eater be purple? Absolutely. Could one argue that it is LIKELY to be purple in order to blend in with its prey? Certainly! But while we can confirm indisputably that it has one eye, one horn, flies, and plays rock n roll, we cannot make any such authoritative claim regarding its color.
your โถ๏ธ๐ delicious ๐ ๐ body heat๐ก๐ฉธits so warm ๐ฅ inside of me ๐ณ its too bad ๐ ๐ you dont ๐ซ โ๏ธ have more meat ๐๐ฅฉ on your tiny body ๐ค๐ค oh youre dying โ๏ธ๐คจ what do you mean ๐ง๐ค you say ๐ฃ๐ข that i cant eat ๐๐ดoh but its so good ๐ฅบ๐ it taste so sweet ๐ญ๐ฐ how dare you ๐คฌ๐ฟ deprive me ๐ซ๐ค would you โถ๏ธ like to eat ๐ฟ๐ with me ๐ฝ๐ฒ a dinner ๐ฅ๐ฅฃ as a family ๐ค๐ซ where we take care โฎ๏ธ โ๏ธ of each others needs ๐ค๐ yeah thats not happening ๐คฃ๐คญ but โ๏ธ๐ฏ ill feed you your own hands ๐๐ and feet๐ฃ๐ฆถ dont worry ๐ its my treat ๐๐ค though ive had my feast โบ๏ธโ๏ธ youre not released โ๏ธ๐ cuz id like seconds please ๐๐ฅ there ๐๐ another one in the trash ๐๐ your dispair ๐๐ฅ i wonder how long โฑ๏ธโณ๏ธ its gonna last โฎ๏ธ๐ i think ๐ค ๐ญ theres something wrong with me ๐ฑ๐จ why cant โ๏ธ๐ซ i just live happily ๐ก๐ just the thought ๐ฌ๐ญ of giving up ๐๐คฒ your meat's ๐๐ฅ impossible ๐๐ โโ๏ธ as sleep ๐ด๐ and i swear ๐ค๐ฏ every time i breathe in ๐ซ๐ฎโ๐จ i stare ๐๐ in disbelief ๐ฒ๐ and i cant go without ๐๐ the feeling of your flesh ๐ช๐ฅฉ upon my teeth ๐ฆท๐ฆ i cant retreat ๐ช๐โโ๏ธ no i cant even breathe ๐๐จ without feeling hungry ๐ฅ๐ฅ why do you still believe ๐๐ฅฐ in me ๐๐ and I'm baffled ๐๐คทโโ๏ธ why you choose to stay ๐งโโ๏ธโ๏ธ with me ๐๐ซ youre completely free ๐๐ถโโ๏ธ yet you refuse โ๏ธ๐ท to leave ๐๐โโ๏ธ in the face of anger ๐ฏ๐ข you say ๐ฃ๐ฃ patience โฑ๏ธ๐ before pride ๐ค๐ while youre feeling dead๐๐ฅ inside im so alive ๐คช๐ฅณ and its all thanks to you ๐ ๐ค that i survived โ๏ธ๐ guess ill say thank you ๐๐ for lending me ๐โโ๏ธ๐ your life ๐งฌ๐ฟ
"and I'm baffled why you choose to stay with me. You're completely free yet you refuse to leave. In the face of anger you say patience before pride. while you're feeling dead inside, I'm so alive. And it's all thanks to you that I survived. So I say thank you for lending me your life!"