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Corpses In Their Mouths Lyrics
You tell lies, when the truth will do
You're the social chameleon
What on earth we gonna do with you?
Slip your neck into a rope
Show me a smile
You'd run a mile
Then you're free
So where's the goal?
Where's the style?
You want the dough
Got dead sea scrolls for you
And your women too
She's got corpses in her mouth
Still she's holding hands with you
It's cut like crystal chandeliers
I'll shine like diamonds in her ears
She smokes crack
It's off the beaten track
You're the social chameleon
Yes, you change to suit the people around you
It's like the waves that hit the shore
You cannot stand the force of law
Look man, I know it from your nature
Hit the deck as the creator
Got dead sea scrolls for you
And your women too
She's got corpses in her mouth
Still she's holding hands with you
It's cut like crystal chandeliers
I'll shine like diamonds in her ears
She's got corpses in her mouth
Still she's holding hands with you
It's cut like crystal chandeliers
I'll shine like diamonds in her ears
She's got corpses in her mouth
What on earth we gonna do with you?
Show me a smile
You'd run a mile
Then you're free
So where's the goal?
Where's the style?
You want the dough
And your women too
Still she's holding hands with you
It's cut like crystal chandeliers
I'll shine like diamonds in her ears
It's off the beaten track
Yes, you change to suit the people around you
You cannot stand the force of law
Look man, I know it from your nature
Hit the deck as the creator
And your women too
Still she's holding hands with you
It's cut like crystal chandeliers
I'll shine like diamonds in her ears
Still she's holding hands with you
It's cut like crystal chandeliers
I'll shine like diamonds in her ears
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One of the most under rated tracks of the whole stone roses/ ian brown era. Im presuming its about the fake Wannabes and IT girl hangers on that he comes accross in the music industry, not sure about the dead sea scrolls bit ???
@Matt Parry why limit it to just the stone roses/ ian brown era? 20 years later this is still up there with my favourite songs of all time. In fact the Roses entire first album would easily make it into my top 100 and not many artists can claim that, maybe Weezers Blue Album....
@Matt Parry why limit it to just the stone roses/ ian brown era? 20 years later this is still up there with my favourite songs of all time. In fact the Roses entire first album would easily make it into my top 100 and not many artists can claim that, maybe Weezers Blue Album....
ian said its about girls who hand around band circles for cocaine, "social chameleon", they "change to suit the people around you (them)," simple - TRUSSLER
Great guitar playing by Aziz
Can't agree more. A beautiful laid-back groove. Understated perfection!
Can't agree more. A beautiful laid-back groove. Understated perfection!
Yes very cool..........should we xpect anything less from Ian?
The guy is floating above it all isn't he? just never totally sure what he is talking about,,,,,but i'm certain it's very cool.
the title is borrowed from a quote by situationist writer raoul vaneigem. i think it's from the book "revolution of everyday life", but i could be wrong on that.
"People who talk about revolution and class struggle without referring explicitly to everyday life, without understanding what is subversive about love and what is positive in the refusal of constraints, such people have corpses in their mouths."
just checked, the quote is from the revolution of everydy life. vaneigem was a part of the Situationist International, whose philosophy reputedly was the catalyst for the may 68 paris riots, a theme which runs through the roses first album. also, "under the paving stones... the beach" is a situationist slogan painted around paris during the riots, among many other slogans.
When this song first came out I heard this song was about John squires from stone roses and their difficult relationship. The corpses in the mouth bit was a dig that his girlfriend at the time was also sleeping with other band members.