The Knife

Lyrics are at the front and centre of our music. This is a song Simon wrote back in 2011 and the title track of his second solo abum. It's dark and based on a true, real life meeting.

The knife cuts a hole in that beautiful chest
Through the silk fabric in which you are dressed
The blood seeps away like the joy sliding out of my soul

You gave me a story, you gave me a sign
You took from my hand what was rightfully mine
But soon I found out that you didn't have the time all along

Call me romantic, or call me a fool
For the blade and the hammer were only a tool
To keep you from telling I'm nobody's fool, all along

You painted a picture, you fed me a line
You gave me a choice that was your place or mine
But the truth was revealed after one glass of wine in my bed

You came along, swishing your pigtails; somewhat wholesale
But how did I know the barbs that lay beneath there
The scene was immortal, creating a rampage; on the page
And fate was the one who turned me

In another regime I'd have set up the vet
Having left you alone with a dangerous pet
But this is an Island where everyone knows everything

Even with this poor system in some disarray
I am sure they will give me an extended stay
But needless to say that I got my own way in the end

The Knife is the title track from the album which is available to buy on 180g vinyl and Compact Disc with download and streaming via Bandcamp. Words and music by Simon Campbell - ℗ © Supertone Records, 2014

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