Credits
AUSFÜHRENDE KÜNSTLER:INNEN
Hozier
Stimme und Gesang
Fiachra Kinder
Schlagzeug
Rory Doyle
Schlagzeug
KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT
Hozier
Songwriter:in
PRODUKTION UND TECHNIK
Hozier
Produzent:in
Rob Kirwan
Produzent:in
Andrew Scheps
Mischtechniker:in
Stephen Marcussen
Mastering-Ingenieur:in
Songteksten
[Verse 1]
I watched the work of my kin, bold and boyful
Toying somewhere between love and abuse
Calling to join them, the wretched and joyful
Shaking the wings of their terrible youth
[Verse 2]
Freshly disowned in some frozen devotion
No more alone or myself could I be
Lurched like a stray to the arms that were open
No shortage of sordid, no protest from me
[Chorus]
With her sweetened breath, and her tongue so mean
She's the angel of small death and the codeine scene
With her straw-blonde hair, her arms hard and lean
She's the angel of small death and the codeine scene
[Verse 3]
Feeling more human and hooked on her flesh, I
Lay my heart down with the rest at her feet
Fresh from the fields, all fetor and fertile
It's bloody and raw, but I swear it is sweet
[Chorus]
With her sweetened breath, and her tongue so mean
She's the angel of small death and the codeine scene
With her straw-blonde hair, her arms hard and lean
She's the angel of small death and the codeine scene
[Bridge]
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh-oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh-oh
Oh, oh, oh
[Verse 4]
In leash-less confusion, I wander the concrete
Wonder if better now having survived
The jarring of judgement and reason's defeat
The sweet heat of her breath in my mouth; I'm alive
[Chorus]
With her sweetened breath, and her tongue so mean
She's the angel of small death and the codeine scene
With her straw-blonde hair, her arms hard and lean
She's the angel of small death and the codeine scene
[Chorus]
With her sweetened breath, and her tongue so mean
She's the angel of small death and the codeine scene
With her straw-blonde hair, her arms hard and lean
She's the angel of small death and the codeine scene
Written by: Hozier