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Baby I Got The Death Rattle

from Hello Sadness (Remastered) by Los Campesinos!

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lyrics

We burnt all the skin from the palm of my hands
with an old zippo lighter and deodorant can
I went to the palmist and asked her to read:
No heart line, no sun line, no life line, no need
Said all that I wanted was a quiet life,
not one predetermined by minuscule slices
into my flesh and the broad she agreed
One look in my sad eyes she had to concede

"Baby…the girdle of venus got me…got me down on my knees
And baby…baby I got the death rattle and you're six months old sh-shakin' me”

Traced my right index finger along the roof of every car
on the walk back to your house in the cold from City Arms
In the frost I drew a dick for every girl that wouldn't fuck me
Woke early the next morning to see the frost had bitten me

My blisters black and touch cold, like a cute stuffed toy bear's nose
The kind of gift I'd give you, like a less committed Van Gogh

Your halo slipped to frame you, like a photo, a porthole window
I see blood spill in the pure snow, you see sweet sauce on ice-cream cones

You, you are an angel that's why you pray
I am an ass and that's why I bray
If you were tomorrow I'd be today. And this is the end…

Baby I got the death rattle and baby I got it bad
I've been digging my grave for quite some time when I'm not digging up the past
And I chewed my only necktie from the metal frame of my bed
Where I tied your wrists together spent all night giving…
(Oh, you get the message)

NOT HEADSTONE
BUT HEADBOARD
'SWHERE I WANNA BE MOURNED

credits

from Hello Sadness (Remastered), released November 15, 2021
All songs by Tom and Gareth
Arranged and performed by Los Campesinos!
All songs published by Nettwerk One Music.

On these recordings, Los Campesinos! were Tom, Gareth, Neil, Kim, Jason, Ellen and Rob.
With Harriet Coleman - Violin, Piano, Backing Vocals

Produced, Recorded and Mixed by John Goodmanson.
Recorded at MusicLan Studios, Girona, Spain (Assistant Engineering by Jose Luis Molero) in April 2011
Mixed at ElectroKitty, Seattle, USA & at John's House, Seattle, USA (Additional Engineering by Eric Corson)

String Arrangements by Harriet Coleman (Recorded by Andrew Lewis at Cardiff Music Studio, Cardiff, Wales)
Brass Arrangements by Tom and Jherek Bischoff (Recorded at Eric's house, Seattle, USA)

Benjamin Kaminski - Viola
Jimmy Ottley - Cello
Samantha Boshnack -Trumpet and Flugelhorn
Nelson Bell - Trombone and Tuba
Jherek Bischoff - Double Bass and Good Vibes

Mastered by Simon Francis

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