"The Glassblower" lyrics
Peter Doherty & Frédéric Lo Lyrics
Fire and famine
Pestilence and sin
But there's no surviving a hike in the rent
Bottles on my vertebrae, vases are my mainstay
For I am the glassblower, shards the heart of the pain
Fashions, they come and go
Well fashionable crowds, they know
They know who is the glassblower
And wherein is his lair
Wine like a siren threads between the lives I've led
Wind swims in my naked head with my legs in the air
My veil is two centuries long, I sing forgotten songs
Amongst the sarees and sarongs therein is my lair
Fashions, they come and go
And fashionable crowds, they know
They know who is the glassblower
And wherein is his lair
Split and re-patched seams
Badly re-patched dreams
Underfunded council schemes
And my legs in the air
Fire and famine
Pestilence and sin
But there's no surviving a hike in the rent
Fashions, they come and go
And fashionable crowds, they know
They know who is the glassblower
And wherein is his lair
And says I'm only fair
Her legs in the air
Pestilence and sin
But there's no surviving a hike in the rent
Bottles on my vertebrae, vases are my mainstay
For I am the glassblower, shards the heart of the pain
Fashions, they come and go
Well fashionable crowds, they know
They know who is the glassblower
And wherein is his lair
Wine like a siren threads between the lives I've led
Wind swims in my naked head with my legs in the air
My veil is two centuries long, I sing forgotten songs
Amongst the sarees and sarongs therein is my lair
Fashions, they come and go
And fashionable crowds, they know
They know who is the glassblower
And wherein is his lair
Split and re-patched seams
Badly re-patched dreams
Underfunded council schemes
And my legs in the air
Fire and famine
Pestilence and sin
But there's no surviving a hike in the rent
Fashions, they come and go
And fashionable crowds, they know
They know who is the glassblower
And wherein is his lair
And says I'm only fair
Her legs in the air
Writer(s): Frederic Lo, Peter Doherty
