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Bloodflood pt. II

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Heat shimmer
Hips quiver
Open smother
Lipped lover

Dead in the middle of the C-O-double-M-O-N
Little did I know then that the Mandela Boys
Soon become Mandela Men
Razor blades on a melted toothbrush
Slash, slash/Assassin de la police

Heat shimmer
Silky glistener
Open smother
Lipped lover

Dead in the middle of the C-O-double-M-O-N
Little did I know then that the Mandela Boys
Soon become Mandela Men
Silent knife, unholy knife
I’ve fallen for the black outside my window

On the C-O-double-M-O-N

A flood of blood to the heart

Quelea, quelea

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jivves

2014-09-23 10:06:19

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2014-08-07 01:59:58

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by juszczec

11y ago

I found the other lyrics of the improvisation on genius.com from geomtri : And of all the things that I will do And I will die for you And I waited, waited for you Here Wait to promise you For a body to down I am close for you And the world will crumble to Here Wait to promise you That being said I am no where near certain, its just what I heard. If anyone has any more ideas; I’m really, really curious.

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by Maxxieg

8y ago

I think it has to do with South Africa and the end of the apartheid. Mandela boys/men probably refers to Nelson Mandela's supporters. Quelea is a type of african bird that is found in South Africa.

It took me a while to understand what the "Common" was because Alt- J uses this word a lot, but here it's obviously the commonwealth.

I'm bad at history so i don't want to say anything stupid, but this song is probably about blood shed during a revolution for independance in South Africa.

Which wasn't what I understood at first, I thought it was about sex.

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by Maxxieg 8y ago

@Maxxieg I can't edit but apparently it's about a gang in Southhampton Common park called Mandela Boys and this song is the same story as Bloodflood Pt 1 but from the slapper's point of view.

I still think there's different ways of reading these lyrics though

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