Written on the Forehead Lyrics

Lyric discussion by stentorian 

Cover art for Written on the Forehead lyrics by PJ Harvey

Fishbellyface, those ARE the correct lyrics.

So what does this song mean? War? Maybe it talks about the cold war?

People throwing dinars at the belly-dancers in a sad circus by a trench of burning oil people throw belongings and lifetimes earnings amongst the scattered rubbish and suitcases on the sidewalk

life's a bitch, then you die...everyone's mired in shit. the wealthy are still unfulfilled, money's not the answer the hungry are striving to be the wealthy

Date, palms, and orange and tangerine trees and eyes are crying for everything (Let it burn, let it burn, let it burn, burn, burn)

again, duality..beauty and destitution next to one another so let us become one

So I turned to...