213
Slayer
Tom Araya (front man of slayer) has a fascination with the minds of serial killers and he certainly did his homework on this one. A PERFECT description of Jeffrey Dahmer. Yes, “213” was his apartment number where the majority of his murders took place.
There are lots of details here that show that Tom has the portrayal correct. “Complete control of a prized possession” describes Dahmer perfectly. Serial killers have a need to make their murders progressively more sexually explicit and bizarre as they soon get “bored” with their original, more straightforward methods of killing. Dahmer’s urges got so out of control that he actually attempted to create “mindless sex slaves” by drilling holes into their heads and pouring acid into their brains.
I believe that this practice of Dahmer’s is the reason for the “prized possession” bit. The bridge is also a very telling description of Dahmer. In interviews after his apprehension, Dahmer stated that he killed the boys and kept their bodies because this was the only way he could ensure that the lovers would not leave him. He needed a “friend” and a “companion” and he didn’t want to be “left alone with his sanity.”
In his outwardly sane behavior, he felt alone but in his frenzied insane killings and sexual acts, he felt that he had “company.” I think this is also what’s behind the “Memories keep love alive…Memories will never die” bit.
Dahmer even went so far as to say that eating the victims made him feel that they were a “permanent part of him” which is also aptly described by this line. The ending is the perfect summation: “How I’d love…how I’d love to kill you.” That’s Dahmer summarized perfectly: love and killing are inseparable for him. This lyric is 100% accuracy on the part of Tom Araya. He absolutely nailed the psyche of Dahmer.