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This Wicked Tongue Lyrics

This wicked tongue says

God is a million miles away

This wicked tongue says

He can't see my day to day



This wicked tongue says

Go on, taste everything

And this wicked tongue says

You know you're not really living



And it stares into the sun

And it flies from star to star

Cursing everyone

In my ringing ears



And the noise is as much as I can bear

And the noise is as much as I can bear

And the noise is as much as I can bear

And the noise is as much as I can bear



So I asked her where's the heart?

In the rubbish heap of man

So I asked her where's the soul?

And the silence rang and rang and rang and rang and rang



So I stare into the sun

And I fly from star to star

Cursing everyone

In my ringing ears



And the noise is as much as I can bear

And the noise is as much as I can bear

And the noise is as much as I can bear

And the noise is as much as I can bear



"I give up" he said

"I give up you win"

"Creation baby has failed again"

"I give up" he said

"I give up you win"

"Creation baby has failed again"

"Creation baby has failed again"

"Creation baby has failed again"

"Creation baby has failed again"
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shut On Dec 05, 2001
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Cover art for This Wicked Tongue lyrics by PJ Harvey

That your fed up...defeated at life and who you are, perceived or otherwise. I can relate all too well with how I feel at present.. you are often your worst enemy. "This wicked tongue"...

Cover art for This Wicked Tongue lyrics by PJ Harvey

It's basically an atheist talking to a Christian.

"This wicked tongue says Go on, taste everything"

A Genesis reference, basically saying "don't limit yourself, live life to its fullest, regardless of how moral others may deem it."

"And the silence rang and rang and rang and rang and rang"

She argues with logic, and they have no valid arguments to back up their superstition. Try asking a Christian why they believe what they do sometime, and observe the weak answer they give.

Cover art for This Wicked Tongue lyrics by PJ Harvey

it's about the temptations inside the heart battling with a moral upbringing, rationalizing the feeling that God is nebulous, He's a million miles away, He won't know and eventually succumbing to the natural physical desires "creation, has failed again" - creatures are the created, the flesh has failed again lol

 
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