Baby I Got The Death Rattle Lyrics - Hello Sadness - Los Campesinos!

We burnt all the skin 

From the palm of my hands 

With an old zippo lighter 

And deodorant can 

I went to the palmist 

And asked her to read 

No heart line, 

No sun line 

No life line, 

No need. 

Said all that I wanted was a quiet life 

Not one predetermined by minuscule slices 

Into my flesh and the broad she agreed 

One look in my sad eyes 

She had to concede 

"Baby... the girdle of venus got me 

Got me down on my knees. 

And baby... baby I got the death rattle and 

You're six months old s-shakin' me." 

Traced my right index finger 

'long the roof of every car 

On the walk back to your house 

In the cold from City Arms 

In the frost I drew a dick 

For every girl that wouldn't fuck me 

Woke early the next morning to see 

The frost had bitten me 

My blisters black and touch cold 

Like a cute stuffed toy bear's nose 

The kind of gift I'd give you 

Like a less committed Van Gogh 

And you, you are an angel 

That's why you pray 

And I am an ass 

And that's why I bray 

Your halo slipped to frame you 

Like a photo, a porthole window 

I see blood spill in the pure snow 

You see sweet sauce on ice-cream cones 

And you, you are an angel 

That's why you pray 

And I am an ass 

And that's why I bray 

If you were tomorrow 

I'd be today 

And this is the end 

(I'm serious, so listen) 

Baby I got the death rattle 

And baby I got it bad 

I've been digging my grave 

For quite some time 

When I'm not digging up the past 

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) 

Not headstone 

But headboard 

Is where I want to be mourned