086 :: A Fine Fixation :: A Slow Drag with "Drum and Bone"

11/07/2021 12 min
086 :: A Fine Fixation :: A Slow Drag with "Drum and Bone"

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Today's slow drag is with "Drum and Bone," from "Momofuku," released in 2008. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: [email protected] Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, "Drum & Bone": http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Drum_%26_Bone "Drum & Bone": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eewL9YmNM1Y "That" definitions and synonyms: https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/that "That" https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/that   Purchase "The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday" https://www.amazon.com/Most-Terrible-Time-Life-Thursday-ebook/dp/B07XLXS5PL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Y4SGCT62WPEK&dchild=1&keywords=the+most+terrible+time+in+my+life+ends+thursday&qid=1608873405&sprefix=The+Most+Terrible+Time+in+%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1   "Drum and Bone" Lyrics: Maybe we're nothing but skin and bone Blare and rubber Eyes that blubber Teeth that bite Hands that slight   And I'm trying to do the best I can But I'm a limited, primitive kind of man   Maybe we're nothing but skin and bone Nerves that shatter Tongues that flatter Lips that mutter Lashes that flutter   Mounds of dust and lips of ripe Twice as vicious As the words I type Under a ribbon Of every stripe   There's a grip that tightens A dark that frightens A wise that crackles A fear that shackles   And I'm trying to do the best I can But I'm a limited, primitive kind of man   And then that kinder creation Becomes a fine fixation All of a sudden With the parts we've hidden Because they are forbidden   Beneath a hide of pain You'll find a soul of stain While fists still beat At heart's deceit   And I'm trying to do the best I can But I'm a limited, primitive kind of man   Maybe with nothing but a drum and drone I want to beat it 'til I get unknown   Pig some skin Stretch it tight Make myself up overnight   Maybe this is nothing but drum and drone Wanna beat it 'til I get unknown   Dig my pin Kick up some stink Find myself a brand-new kink   Prick that berry And squeeze this ink Scratch out all of the words I think Before your very eyes can blink   And I'm trying to do the best I can But I'm a limited, primitive kind of man

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