Should've Kept My Eyes Shut Lyrics - Beautiful South

(Heaton/Rotheray) 

I should've kept my eyes shut 

But I had to go and peep 

But when you saw what I saw 

Well, it's hard just to roll back to sleep 

I would've kept my eyes shut 

But I thought I heard you scream 

And I've a penchant for violence 

You don't seem to find in a dream 

The scene a little clearer 

My father with a rope 

And in the cage, centre-stage 

It's mother who's destined to choke 

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And she choke and we choke 

On the words that we wish we'd not spoke 

Just when you felt you had someone to trust 

Out comes the man with the dagger and cloak 

I should've read the novels 

Believed every word 

But the stories they wrote 

Were so different to ones that I'd heard 

I should've kept my eyes shut 

My mouth should've closed 

But the mixture of vomit and blood 

Just crept up through my nose 

It became a little clearer 

As soon as I awoke 

My father stands with rope in hand 

A screaming mother kneels in hope 

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And she hope and we hope 

That me words that she said won't provoke 

A smile is removed and a petal is crushed 

What once was a laugh has turned into a joke 

You should've kept your mouth shut