The mongrel cat came home
Holding half a head
Proceeded to show it off
To all his new found friends

He said,
I been where I liked
I slept with who I liked
She ate me up for breakfast
She screwed me in a vice

But now
I don't know why I feel so tongue tied
I sat in the cupboard
And wrote it down in neat
They were cheering and waving
Cheering and waving
Twitching and salivating
Like with myxomatosis

But it got edited, fucked up
Strangled, beaten up
Used as a photo in Time magazine
Buried in a burning black hole in Devon
I don't know why I feel so tongue tied
Don't know why I feel so skinned alive

My thoughts are misguided and a little naive
I twitch and salivate
Like with myxomatosis
You should put me in a home or you
Should put me down

I got myxomatosis
I got myxomatosis
Yeah no one likes a smart arse
But we all like stars
That wasn't my intention
I did it for a reason

It must have got mixed up
Strangled beaten up
I got myxomatosis
I got myxomatosis
I don't know why I
Feel so tongue tied


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Myxomatosis Lyrics as written by Edward John O'brien Colin Charles Greenwood

Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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    greenplastic.com has a vital tidbit of info about this song: myxomatosis is a blood-borne virus that infects the brains of rabbits, making them go insane and die.

    Now that you know that, listen to the song again and picture that each time he says it. I tell ya, it gives me the chills, especially the lines

    "they were cheering and waving cheering and waving twitching and salivating like with myxomatosis"

    Absolutely creepy, you can picture the crowd cheering, and then they mutate horribly in your mind as Thom sings that last line.

    ledzeprulon May 06, 2003   Link

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