Story Behind The Song

This one is for all of the picky eaters I've dated.

Song Description

This song is about how women can be so picky about what they eat. The man in the song is blaming all of the disfunction in their relationship on certain episodes where he grossed her out with various food items that he didn't even know she didn't like.

Lyrics

Shellfish and Salami
I feel unnecessary here - I feel completely in the way
Nothing, nothing good happens to me here
I think about your body and the way you used to use it
I think about that Christmas when you threw up all that shell fish
I didn?t know you were allergic
I?m sorrier than you know
So please make me pay, make me sorry that I stayed
What can be gained from keeping me down
What can be gained?
I feel extraordinary fear - I feel completely blown away
When I spread, when I spread myself too thin
I think about your hair and the way you used to lay it down upon me
I think about the time that I put mayo on your salami
I didn?t know you?d be disgusted
I?m sorrier than you know
So please make me pay, make me sorry that I stayed
What can be gained from keeping me down
What can be gained?
I feel worlds away from here
I?ve got to get out of here
I think about that time you were cozy you were watching Oprah
I think about that time you found a hair in your tapioca
I didn?t know that it would land there
I?m sorrier than you know
And I?m not okay
I?ve been sorry that I stayed
You should be ashamed for keeping me down
What can be gained?
J. Roberti 2001