Corpses In Their Mouths

You tell lies when the truth will do
You're the social chameleon, what on earth we gonna do with you ?
Slip your neck into a rope
Show me a smile
You'd run a mile
Then you're free, so where's the goal ?
Where's the style ?
You want the dough
Got dead sea scrolls for you
And your woman too

She's got corpses in her mouth
Still she's holding hands with you
It's cut like crystal chandeliers
I'll shine like diamonds in her ears

She smokes crack, it's off the beaten track
You're the social chameleon, yes you change to suit the people around you
It's like the waves that hit the shore
You cannot stand the force of law
Look man, I know it from your nature
Hit the deck, as the creator
Got dead sea scrolls for you
And your woman too

She's got corpses in her mouth
Still she's holding hands with you
It's cut like crystal chandeliers
I'll shine like diamonds in her ears

She's got corpses in her mouth
Still she's holding hands with you
It's cut like crystal chandeliers
I'll shine like diamonds in her ears

She's got corpses in her mouth

Lyrics by:
Brown / Ibrahim

Format:
Released 1998:
Corpses (Polydor, CORPSES 1, Promo CD)
Corpses (Polydor, Promo video)
Corpses (Polydor, Promo cassette)

Released 9th March 1998:
Corpses / Jesus On The Move / Lions (with Denise) (Polydor, 569 655-2, CD)
Corpses / Jesus On The Move / Come Again (Part 1) (Polydor, 569 654-4, cassette)
Corpses / Jesus On The Move / Come Again (Part 1) (Polydor, 569 654-7, 7")

UK chart position:
#14

Also available on:
Unfinished Monkey Business (4.09)

Details:

"People who talk about revolution and class struggle without referring explicitly to everyday life, without understanding what is subversive about love and what is positive in the refusal of constraints, such people have corpses in their mouths."
(Chapter 1, 'The Insignificant Signified', of 'The Revolution of Everyday Life' by Raoul Vaneigem)

"Slip your neck into a rope..." casts Ian's former songwriting partner in the role of Judas Iscariot, for his 'abandonment' of The Stone Roses, and speedy formation of The Seahorses. Overcome with guilt for his betrayal of Jesus, Judas Iscariot hanged himself from a tree:

When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders. "I have sinned," he said, "for I have betrayed innocent blood."
"What is that to us ?" they replied. "That's your responsibility."

So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.
(Matthew 27: 3 - 5)

Corpses In Their Mouths cover artwork.

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