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 women 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 women 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
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:
The title of this work was inspired by the Situationist movement.
The chorus is critical of women who associate with bands simply for drugs (see the Corpses In Their Mouths video for illustration of this) but there are obvious direct statements to Squire in the verses. The opening verse ("Slip your neck into a rope....you want the dough") alludes to Squire being a 'Judas' for his departure from the band and formation of The Seahorses. Judas Iscariot went away and hung himself from a tree for his betrayal of Jesus (for which he received 30 pieces of silver):
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