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A track from 2004's 'Encore', 'Puke' opens with the sound of retching and a toilet flush before Eminem adopts the voice of someone consumed by bitterness toward an ex-partner. The chorus literalises disgust, whilst the verses catalogue regret and rage in equal measure. Eminem references getting another tattoo of the subject's name despite already having one, and notes that his next girlfriend's name will have to be Kim to avoid the same mistake. The tone veers between self-laceration and outright hostility, the freestyle structure allowing him to rattle off grievances without polish or restraint. The lyric paraphrases hatred as a physical response, the nausea metaphor sustained across the hook and verses. Eminem calls the subject a substance user and wishes harm upon them, then claims not to be bitter or mad. The contradiction is the point: the song performs the gap between what the speaker insists and what the vitriol reveals. It is one of several tracks Eminem has written about his ex-wife, this one reportedly a reaction to her legal troubles and substance use at the time of writing.
"Puke" is a track by Eminem, released 12th November 2004. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Eminem.
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