Patrick Wolf

Adder

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(....redda.. ...redda..)
beautiful bright white adder
under beautiful bright white sun
come underneath the ...
underneath the ...
under-
now the friends have all gone away
don't it feel so good to be alone?
and no friends, no phones, no questions
nor slave to master
no question, no answers
no slaves to master
no questions to answer
just me, alone ...
oh, oh, for the first time!
surrender to it!
surrender!
oh, here comes an adder, crawling up my thigh
up, up to the little eye, my adder ...
adder!
right now!
deeper, deeper!
ha!
deeper, deeper!
adder ...

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playedinstereo On Jan 10, 2007

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by eleahtro

19y ago

despite the, erm, story, this song is beautiful and haunting. sends a shiver down my spine.

sexual references to an adder, brilliant... (obv theres more depth!!!)

i love this guy!

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by LuluLovesYouMore

19y ago

"Adder - my song about a sexual encounter with an adder that has just shed it's old skin on a beautiful hot summers day by a lake, and you lying down alone in the tall yellow grasses, then... "

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Gives you a buzz

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by Charmsxx

18y ago

Eleahtro, I'm not exactly sure that it does have a hidden depth... Patrick is a very odd (lovably so!) person.

And I quote: "In the same way I don’t know if my sixth album is going to be a death-metal record or children’s pop, I don’t know whether I’m destined to live my life with a horse, a woman or a man. It makes life easier."

It was the horse part that caught my eye...

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