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Rosevel Lyrics

Please don't drag me back to Rosevel,
underneath your creaking bed.
No air, no hatches under there.
no pleasantries hatched overhead.

Chorus:
I left,
what was left of you.
What was left of you,
could not he kept.
(And) I warned you, I would have to cut off dead wood.

Please don't make me say those words again,
to satisfy a whim.
I left too much kept under ice.
Don't go and throw up again.

[Chorus]

Please don't take me.
Please don't take me.
Please don't take me.
Please don't take me.

Please don't send me back to Rosevel,
in between your knuckle bed.
I turned my back on life itself.
I could not tell it wasn't dead.

[Chorus 2x]

And I warned you I would have to cut off...
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Cover art for Rosevel lyrics by Triffids, The

A quite harsh reflection on a dead end love affair with an unresponsive lover (Rosevel).

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Cover art for Rosevel lyrics by Triffids, The

This one is multiple choice ;-) I'm assuming "knuckle bed" means "vagina" in this song. Is that: a. A common expression in English/Australian b. A poetic invention of James Paterson c. Just my misinterpretation ?

 
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