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John Balance
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Peter Christopherson
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COMPOSITION & LYRICS
John Balance
John Balance
Songwriter
Peter Christopherson
Peter Christopherson
Songwriter

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
There's honey in the hollows
And the contours of the body
A sluggish, golden river
A sickly golden trickle
A golden, sticky trickle
[Verse 2]
You can hear the bones humming
You can hear the bones humming
And the car reverses over
The body in the basin
In the shallow sea-plane basin
[Verse 3]
And the car reverses over
And his body rolls over
Crushed from the shoulder
[Verse 4]
You can hear the bones humming
Singing like a puncture
Singing like a puncture
[Verse 5]
Killed to keep the world turning
Killed to keep the world turning
Killed to keep the world turning
[Verse 6]
Throw his bones over
The white cliffs of Dover
And into the sea, the sea of Rome
And the bloodstained coast of Ostia
[Verse 7]
Leon like a lion
Sleeping in the sunshine
Lion lies down
Lion lies down
Out of the strong came forth sweetness
Out of the strong came forth sweetness
[Verse 8]
Throw his bones over
The white cliffs of Dover
And murder me in Ostia
And murder me in Ostia
The sea of Rome
On the bloodstained coast
[Verse 9]
And the car reverses over
The white cliffs of Dover
And into the sea, the sea of Rome
You can hear the bones humming
You can hear the bones humming
You can hear the bones humming
[Verse 10]
Throw his bones over
The white cliffs of Dover
And into the sea, the sea of Rome
And murder me in Ostia
Written by: John Balance, Peter Christopherson

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