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The Desperate Kingdom of Love Lyrics

Oh love, you were a sickly child
And how the wind knocked you down
Put on your spurs, swagger around
In the desperate kingdom of love

Holy water cannot help you now
Your mysterious eyes cannot help you
Selling your reason will not bring you through
The desperate kingdom of love

There's another who looks from behind your eyes
I learn from you how to hide
From the desperate kingdom of love

At the end of this burning world
You'll stand proud, face upheld
And I'll follow you, into Heaven or Hell
And I'll become as a girl
In the desperate kingdom of love
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Cover art for The Desperate Kingdom of Love lyrics by PJ Harvey

lovely...

Memory
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Subjective
Enjoyment
Love
Desperation
Kingdom
Cover art for The Desperate Kingdom of Love lyrics by PJ Harvey

Wow, I love this song. It has such a sad, desparate feel to it, but I think it feels more hopeful by the end when she says that she'll become 'as a girl, in the desperate kingdom of love'. It seems to me that she is able to see love in a less cynical way and more in the way a young child sees love, pure and stuff.

Hmmm. I really don't seem to have much of an idea though. I'd love to hear other people's opinions on this beautiful song...

@Paperdaisies I somewhat feel as if, she learn how to act in reply of how the other teached her in a way... I feel like she is confessing that she never will leave him, despite anything. Its feels as if he was the love of her life or something like that, such a deep feeling. I think is really sad but at the end they seem to relate and be together forever

Cover art for The Desperate Kingdom of Love lyrics by PJ Harvey

The power to transform to overcome the immense sorrow from loss of love.

Or should i say ... The ordeal of love.