All The King's Men Lyrics

Lyric discussion by chrisrazor 

Cover art for All The King's Men lyrics by Wild Beasts

Despite its disturbing undercurrents ("birthing machines"?!), there's something about this song which I find kind of sweet. At first he just seems to be being incredibly honest about wanting lots and lots of sex, then a kind of domestic enslavement scenario raises its head: "cut off your hair/ and throw out your shoes/ cause baby, you won't need them where you'll be".

But at the end he seems to realise that the whole thing is being driven by a child-like wish to be looked after, which seems to me a very truthful insight into relationships, even megalomaniacal ones like this.