Los Campesinos! - Too Many Flesh Suppers lyrics

rate me

They found two dogs hung from electrical pylons

by their hind legs just down from my road.

You slit their bellies open left the knife inside

they'd ripped off our collars we had nowhere to hide.

Do you feel the sweat drip?

Wake up when your hearts skips.

4am you're screaming 'Mother swear I am a good kid'.

I lean across to take the wheel

whilst so far blisters form and heal

compose a mental list of subtle ways to broach the point again.

Take my callous handsink these bloody fingers

Too many flesh suppers

Too many scents linger.

Take my callous handsink these bloody fingers

Too many flesh suppers

Too many scents linger.

You take the bed and I'll take the floor

I'll block the draft that comes under the door.

You take the sheets and I'll wrap in clothes

I overpack to keep out the cold.

Take my callous handsink these bloody fingers

Too many flesh suppers

Too many scents linger.

Take my callous handsink these bloody fingers

Too many flesh suppers

Too many scents linger.

I plunge my hand deep like child scraping around jam jar

Unwieldy as teenagers reach below his lover's belt line.

The power that I felt when you looked me in the eye

And said 'I promise boy I'll never let you see me cry'.

You don't pay back the debt you owe your parents for birth

by giving Grandkids in return.

You watch them die.

Through your declining eyes.

My clandestine broken cage

we'll keep them secret 'cause there's no other way.

You ripped off my flesh and my heart gripped the ribs like a prisoner.