All The King's Men Lyrics

Lyric discussion by ryanalbertjohnomar 

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

Always thought the last line "number my babies and my broken body" was a refernece to males back in the day, passing on their names (i.e. John Paul George, John Paul George II, John Paul George III).

I always understood 'my broken body' to describe the drained feeling for a man after sex (in ancient Chinese medicine, the ejaculation is an extreme loss of essential male strength). I think that by ending the song with this line, the female is the ultimate victor, as 'all the kings men, couldn't put humpty dumpty together again': i.e. his broken body. It's the woman who has broken him, and no man can put him together again.

I second wisper: For a woman (or me at least) it's definitely a hot song, as it displays all the aggressive and primal...