
Date of issue: 19.09.2004
Record label: Mute
Song language: English
Cannibal's Hymn |
You have a heart and I have a key |
Lie back and let me unlock you |
Those heathens you hang with down by the sea |
All they want to do is defrock you |
I know a river, where we can dream |
It will swell up, burst it’s banks, |
babe, and rock you |
But if you’re gonna dine with them cannibals |
Sooner or later, darling, you’re gonna get eaten |
But I’m glad you’ve come around |
here with your animals |
And your heart that is bruised but unbeaten |
And beating like a drum |
I will sit like a bird on a fence |
Sing you songs with a happy ending |
Swoop down and tell you that it don’t make sense |
To attack the very thing you’re defending |
Didn’t I just buy that dress for you? |
That pink paper pinafore that you keep mending |
Well, if you’re gonna dine with the cannibals |
Sooner or later, darling, you’re gonna get eaten |
But I’m glad you’ve come around |
here with your animals |
And your heart that is banging and beating |
And banging like a gong |
I can see that they’ve hurt you, dear |
Here is some moonlight to cloak us And I will never desert you here |
Unpetaled among the crocus |
Allow me, my love, to allay your fear |
As I swim, in and out of focus |
But if you’re gonna dine with the cannibals |
Sooner or later, darling, you’re gonna get eaten |
But I’m glad you’ve come around |
here with your animals |
And your heart that is bruised but bleating |
And bleeding like a lamb |
Banging like a gong |
Beating like a drum |
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