Lyrics Beasts of Burden - Kill the Vultures

Beasts of Burden

Telling stories of a war chief killing with bare hands
To feed his fam with that boar meat
Swore he’d never starve, follow the herd
Keep the blade sharp and aim for the nerve
I’ll burn the world down to keep you cozy
Drown in the deep blue, curse the old sea
Paint my picture on the corner store
So the crack heads and insects will know what we’re dying for
Used to make tapes to court my love
But I broke away 'cause depression hugs me tighter
Scared to shame the name that brought me life
That worked late nights to buy me diapers
I’m a writer that never wrote home
But I phone when I need money 'cause the work’s gone
Sell hell to the Devil, hustling charm
The tat on my arm keeps me at level
You can pray at the man’s church or fall off the barstool
Stumble home and stare at your picture
When they ask you «So what does your son do?»
Say he mastered cool and works as a drifter
Beasts of burden, damn them dogs
Eat my flesh and drink my blood
Yea, Aqua-boogie on reggae woman with the clean hair
Took me to the water, cannot say what I seen there
Held me to the bottom, I floated to the surface
Did not keep that promise, felt that she hadn’t deserved it
Died with that, disguised as a mermaid
Heartache emits the high tide and hurricane
Gave her one last amphibious wish:
For me to catch her the prettiest fish
Soknowing full well that it don’t exist
I baited with blood from my bony fist
The scent was enough to make a sinner repent
Dinner of flesh, a sense of feeling inwardly cleansed from
Misdeeds committed against friends
Personal histories revised and resented
Green eyes, self-defense, platinum blonde
That’s a trinity that I beheaded
Beasts of burden, damn them dogs
Eat my flesh and drink my blood
The arrow in my prey took twelve years to make
And tonight it will be burned in return for what I take
Storm in the heart release poison in the blood
The blood that I cough up is thicker than mud
The guts in my stomach were built by my mother
No father, no brother, no preacher, no other
Color of my face is from your indifference
Monster in my grandpa diagnosed malignant
The body that they buried had my rocks in his warm hand
Said my final words on the phone in a foreign land
Rifles kept shooting, every shot made me jump
The sky was so open it carried him up
I said the arrow in my prey took my whole life to make
Didn’t learn from nobody, just filed the blade
Throw the beast on the fire, smoke get higher
Been a long time coming, never felt so motherfucking tired