#wrapped in plastic

[thefugitivesaint]

'Twin Peaks Timeline', ''Wrapped In Plastic'', #3, 1993 Source

[theinternetarchive]

david lynch pictured in 'wrapped in plastic,' #57, 2002.

[shessoft]

A mood board/aesthetics for Regina x Janis in Wrapped in Plastic

[the1013file]

I saw the Olympic games mascot like this in an office and in my head I immediatly thought and heard "She's dead. Wrapped in plastic."

[chaptertwo-thepacnw]

laura palmer. february 24th, 1989. pixel art |2025|

[burningpysche]

[dogwelder]

"This meeting of the Laura Palmer Fan Club is officially called to order!"

[horror-aesthete]

Laura Lee, Yellowjackets / Laura Palmer, Twin Peaks

[ciefstatten]

special edition Twin Peaks Corndog

[vcrs-and-vaselinee]

Wrapped In Plastic: a lyric analysis

welcome to my first lyric analysis! these are all just my interpretation, not factual.

Guilt is a snake we beat with a rake / Grow in our kitchens in the pies we bake - Guilt permeates their lives, and is somehow woven into everything they do. This guilt suggests something more sinister is going on behind the scenes. “Beat with the rake” implies a desperate attempt to suppress or even destroy it, while “Grow in our kitchens in the pies we bake” suggests that no matter how much they try to suppress it, this guilt is unavoidable, manifesting into their daily lives despite their efforts to hide it.

Stay, hey don’t wanna go now, I’ll stay - This line implies a sense of forced entrapment within this sinister household. “Stay” sounds like a command, as if this person is being ordered to stay, while “don’t wanna go now, I’ll stay” suggests coercion, perhaps driven by fear. This reinforces the song's unsettling tone. 

Drove the children from their chores / Handcrafted housewives into whores - This suggests a distorted version of traditional family values, perhaps focusing more on the stereotype of abuse and misogyny. Children doing chores reflects the expected roles in a rigid, structured household, while the woman is “handcrafted” to satisfy her husband. The children being “driven” from their chores could be a metaphor for removing them from a child’s typical innocence and into something darker. The word “handcrafted” is important too, as it suggests that the woman is being changed or manipulated from her identity to fit her husband’s standards.  The transformation from “housewives to whores” is significant, and plays into the Madonna-Whore complex, where women are viewed in binary extremes– either pure and respectable or tainted and disposable, with no in-between.

Fear of the beast is calling it near / Creating what we’re hating, only fear that is here - This suggests that fear itself can manifest the very thing we’re afraid of, giving fear power over us. “Calling it near” suggests that obsessing over fear can bring it into existence. Fear often drives irrational behavior, leading people to create the “beast” they dread. “Creating what we’re hating” suggests that hatred and fear shape our realities, and by hating something we are only giving it power. “Only fear that is here” is suggesting that the true danger isn't the “beast” – it’s fear’s ability to distort reality and control us. 

Well, I know the steak is cold / But it’s wrapped in plastic - This could imply cannibalism or dehumanization, given the song’s unsettling themes. Alternatively, the steak being cold could also represent neglect or abandonment, suggesting something that was once valued but has since been discarded. Plastic wrap is used to preserve leftovers, keeping them fresh while delaying inevitable decay. The word “wrapped” suggests entrapment, suffocation, or a false sense of preservation. This ties to the theme of being “wrapped in plastic” – a lifeless, preserved existence rather than something truly alive. 

I’m only as deep as the self that I dig / But I’m only as sick as the stick in the pig - “I’m only as deep as the self that I dig” suggests that depth is self-created– he is only as “deep” as he chooses to be, which could imply a shallow personality marked by a calculated facade. “Only as sick as the stick in the pig” could be a reference to people finding it cruel or “sick” to roast a pig on a spit over a fire. Many view this as grotesque, particularly in modern society, where the act of roasting an animal on a spit is largely unnecessary. This suggests that the narrator has no remorse for his actions, dismissing any judgment of his “sickness” as merely a reflection of others’ sensitivities. 

Thin and so white, thin and so wide / Daddy tells the daughter, “Mommy sleepin’ at night” - “Thin and so white, thin and so wide” uses subtle but effective wordplay. “Mommy sleepin’ at night” could be a more ‘gentle’ way of telling the daughter that “mommy” is dead, possibly hinting that he played a role in her death. The first part of the lyric may describe a bedsheet, suggesting she is covered, possibly concealed in death. This also works in a parallel way, as one typically sleeps under bed sheets, just as the dead are often covered. “White” is a common bedsheet color, but “so white” reinforces an artificial, almost sterile feeling, further suggesting death and lifelessness.

Wash all your sin, take off your skin / The righteous father wears the yellowest grin - This is also interesting wordplay, as the words “all/sin” and “off/skin” can be almost interchangeable– i.e. “wash off your skin, take all your sin.” “Wash all your sin” suggests that “Daddy” is trying to cleanse himself of wrongdoing, possibly after committing an act of violence (such as killing mommy, maybe as a result of abuse). This is also possibly a critique of religious absolution– the idea that, no matter how severe the sin, one can still be granted salvation. “Take off your skin” reinforces the same idea, but more in the sense that he’s changing who he is around others, masking his true nature. “The righteous father wears the yellowest grin” implies decay, as yellowing teeth or a rotting smile often symbolize corruption or hidden evil. This ‘decay’ could also foreshadow “Mommy’s” fate, reinforcing the song’s ominous undertones.

[shessoft]

"She quite literally wrote down every shitty thing she’s ever done and people are still tripping over themselves to get to her? Society is so fucked, she thinks."

Regina is on her book tour and she sees a familiar face. A short fic based on a universe where Regina wrote a memoir (an edit I made back in February).

[alfonsonogueroles]

Vacuum-sealed bouquet of chrysanthemums (1 year after)

29 x 38 cm / 11.4 x 11.6 in

[imsolament]

Hayley Williams (2019) // Lynn Gunn (2023) - wrapped in plastic

[burningpysche]

gwendoline christie for maison margiela