Baby I Got The Death Rattle Lyrics

Lyric discussion by kens45 

Cover art for Baby I Got The Death Rattle lyrics by Los Campesinos!

i think this song is about gareth sucking off strangers.

"Baby I got the death rattle" - Gareth is describing the sound of him choking as the semen accumulates in his throat. ("A death rattle is a medical term that describes the sound produced by someone who is near death when saliva accumulates in the throat",)

"the girdle of venus got me got me down on my knees." His "fate" (the whole palm-reading thing, girdle of venus) is to get "down on his knees" (and suck off other men)

And of course; "And I chewed my only necktie, From the metal frame of my bed, Where I tied your wrists together, Spent all night givin', oh, you get the message"

So he's obviously been tying Men to his bed and spent all night giving them head

As disgusting as this is, it's probably pretty close to what Gareth was thinking about when he wrote the lyrics. He does make rather heavy hints in other songs to him giving head, so it certainly wouldn't surprise me if that's what this song's all about.

I don't think this is the case, to be honest. He seems to be addressing his ex when he says 'your wrists.'

The giving head bit in general, I think, is just what he seems to be most proud of in the relationship.

Other than that, it's just about the final stages of a relationship that has came to an end, which leads onto (on the album) Light Leaves Dark Sees pt.II

On top of that, Gareth has made it quite clear that he's heterosexual. There's an interview with The New Gay that confirms this. So it seems unlikely he'd be giving head to another man.