"The Bog Bodies" lyrics

My man, my man, my man
Oh my man

My man is a stagnant water
A mud-your-linen, cacklin' bogland
Waded in his iris to my knees
I bathed in his mouth overnight
We drank moonbeams from oily skies
Come dawn, he begged me
"Please, love, never leave"

Hmm, hmm
Hmm, hmm

I have hands for building altars
Lips to pray to reckless gods
Yeah, I was made to be a devotee
His mangroves held me 'til I died
My body's relic left behind
To fossilize beneath the willow trees

Hmm, hmm
Hmm, hmm

Thrashing like Ophelia in my feather-down coat
Won't someone teach me to love without it swallowing me whole?
If to be loved is to be changed, I'm only worsenin'
Mosquito larvae in my ribs
He only loves me when I rot with him

I'm my father's stubborn daughter
And I am no gentle lover
Only crown I wear is loyalty
My man is a stagnant water
A mud-your-linen, cacklin' bogland
And I'm forever stuck his bog body

Hmm, hmm
Hmm, hmm

Hmm, hmm
Hmm, hmm
Hmm, hmm
Hmm, hmm

My man is a stagnant water
A mud-your-linen, cacklin' bogland
And I'm forever stuck his bog body