so, the husband just called me, instructed me to go to the hype machine, and had me search my favoritist band.
and there was a new song.
and i squee-ed, because i’m a dorky fangirl.
have a listen to state hospital, the latest by the sublime frightened rabbit. i am beyond psyched that i’ll be seeing my favorite scottish boys at the troubadour this october here in la!
(apologies ahead of time if i’ve butchered these lyrics, which i most likely have)
the half back flip, conception
state hosptial birth
the most thread bare
tossed, only the country’s ever heard
brought home
to breathe smoke in the arms of her mother
the blunt kitchen knife
who just lays, the submissive position
beneath the national weight and the slow arc of the fist
her hearts beats like a breeze block when thrown down the stairs
her blood is thicker than concrete
forced to be bred, she was born into a grave
and in the limp, through years of bored schooling,
she’s accostomed to hearing that she can never run far
a slipped disk and a spine of community
a bloody curse word, named pedestrian verse
spirits and graveyards and fingers and carparks
she cries in the high street, just to be heard
a screaming anchor, for nothing in particular,
at the foot of it, and dragging her heels in the dirt
her heart beats like a breeze block thrown down the stairs
her blood is thicker than concrete
forced to be bred, she was born into a grave
cheek of youth, flashed red and turned green
now she lies in the pavement, she’s helped to her feet
all flies here, and magpie handbags, sardines unified for the parade
she’s brought home to keep warm
in the arms of a plumber
and he’s ruddy and balding
who just need a spine to dig into
a chest through the head and a hand for the holding
her heart beats like a breeze block thrown down the stairs
her blood is thicker than concrete
forced to be bred, she was, she was . . .
oh, her heart beat like a breeze block thrown down the stairs
and her skin is thicker than concrete
forced to be bred, she was, she was . . .
a broken elevator anthem held between the floor
if blood is thicker than concrete
all is not lost
all is not lost
all is not lost
all is not lost
all is not lost