Handmade Lyrics

Lyric discussion by ursamyn0r 

Cover art for Handmade lyrics by alt-J

DIY tattoo? full stop mark made on skin (kids in my class would do this to themselves with a maths compass) 'scratch scratch now i'm bleeding' carving away at skin like making a wood carving - hand made

this happened when he was a child? or when he was naive and innocent, i.e. childlike. childhood references - bears in the woods - 'are you sitting comfortably, then I'll begin' - "watch with mother" voice from old BBC early childrens prorammes - doesn't appear in the lyrics but is in the song. This is a sinister addition as it suggests the compliance of a child in a child-adult relationship: "then I'll begin..."