bite trap.

from SELF DEFENCE by Delaire the Liar

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lyrics

Compress the chest
Kissing like the love of your life never left
Bleeding in a car park
Beaten half to death
By somebody you just met
(Do you feel anything yet?)

How clean,
Cutting off the clothes
(This is an emergency!)
Strong enough to drink
Deep enough to drown in
(Somebody do something!?)

It’s a charm
It’s a pleasure
Shaking hands and drawing daggers
A guarantee
I don’t believe.
I know better

It’s a trick
It’s a trap
The new car smell of the body bag
A maison d’être
I could never
Use myself
In good conscience
Or self defence

Mercy me
The paramedic won’t quit
It’s gonna cost some ribs
(Put your back into it!)
The heart is starved
Of the blood that you’re kneeling in

Finally,
An overnight stay in the hospital honeymoon suite
Pull out the IV
That you've been suffering

It’s a charm
It’s a pleasure
Shaking hands and drawing daggers
A guarantee
I don’t believe.
I know better

It’s a trick
It’s a trap
The new car smell of the body bag
A maison d’être
I could never
Use myself
In good conscience
Or self defence

Spending all your money on the court proceeding isn’t going to stop them leaving

One for your health, one for your problems, one for the way to solve them

House in order, your finances, hell is empty
Take your chances

It’s a charm
It’s a pleasure
Shaking hands and drawing daggers
A guarantee
I don’t believe.
I know better

It’s a trick
It’s a trap
The new car smell of the body bag
A maison d’être
I could never
Use myself
In good conscience
Or self defence

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from SELF DEFENCE, track released April 24, 2023
Written & Performed by Delaire The Liar
Produced by Kel Pinchin
Mastered by Lewis Johns

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