This shows that he is not afraid to "let the chips fall where they may". You'll notice that he's sitting comfortably at his desk, and lets white chips fall from his hands. so there's nothing to really be afraid of (or to be jealous of, to be addicted to, to covet, etc.). a being of light and energy who is not living in constant fear because in the spiritual realm, nothing is repressed. This represents the man as a spiritual being.
#MOKEY LYRICS SKIN#
He's dressed in white, and his skin is also painted white. Only now, the man and the room look much different. The camera then fades over to the same man in a similarly-structured room.
So we see the man become exhausted trying to push these feelings back down, as he slumps back into his chair. But again, the main idea is that this man cannot control his fear because he keeps trying to repress it instead of dealing with it in a healthy manner. His specific "demons" are difficult to identify from the video alone, but the lyrics of the song (and other comments made by Peter Gabriel) definitely indicate that these are feelings of jealousy in relation to a woman (that's why he specifically says "darling" in a few lines). This represents his inability to control his repressed inner demons which are now bubbling to the surface in a disruptive way. The man becomes increasingly frustrated and scared, as he can't seem to keep his desk from violently shaking and disrupting his work.
#MOKEY LYRICS MOVIE#
There's also a projector playing a movie showing monkeys. The man sits down at a desk, opens his briefcase, and takes out some paper with the words "shock the monkey" written on it in different languages.
his connection to the spiritual realm is frozen or cut off. This is symbolizing the split between modern man and his inner psyche (i.e. We also see a few quick flashes of a statue of a human head with stones underneath the skin. The lights are very invasive, which indicates feelings of paranoia/fear. This room represents the physical/material world. In the video for Shock The Monkey, we see a business man in a suit trapped in a very dark, uncomfortable room with lights flashing in from the outside. But I get much more out of the song when I think of it metaphorically and relate it to the human psyche, which is what the video is trying to bring out imo. It could definitely be related to things like drug use, masturbation, etc. (Monkey) Don't like it but I guess I'm learningĪs someone else wisely pointed out, many specific/linear interpretations of this song will work. Don't you know when you're going to shock the monkeyĭarling, don't you monkey with the monkey, heyĭon't you know you're going to shock the monkey, hey, hey
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