[ti:State Hospital]
[ar:Frightened Rabbit]
[al:Pedestrian Verse (Deluxe Editi]
[offset:0]
[00:00.21]Frightened Rabbit - State Hospital
[00:01.65].
[00:17.78]The half back-flip conception, a state hospital birth
[00:26.40]The most threadbare tall story the country's ever heard
[00:34.59]Brought home to breathe smoke in the arms of her mother
[00:40.09]With a blunt kitchen knife
[00:42.78]Who just lays in a submissive position
[00:45.97]Beneath the national weight and the slow arc of a fist
[00:50.97].
[00:52.21]Her heart beats like a breeze block thrown down the stairs
[01:00.45]Her blood is thicker than concrete, forced to be brave she was
[01:05.93]Born into a grave
[01:08.81].
[01:24.46]And in the limp three years of board schooling
[01:27.95]She's accustomed to hearing that she could never run far
[01:32.76]A slipped disc in the spine of community
[01:36.26]A bloody curse word made pedestrian verse
[01:41.20]Spirits in graveyards and fingers in car parks
[01:44.76]She cries in the high street just to be heard
[01:49.37]A screaming anchor for nothing in particular
[01:52.59]At the foot of the f*ck of it, and dragging her heels in the dirt
[01:58.01].
[01:59.14]Her heart beats like a breeze block thrown down the stairs
[02:05.87]Her blood is thicker than concrete, forced to be brave she was
[02:12.51]Born into a grave
[02:15.98].
[02:27.16]The cheek of youth flushed red and turned gray
[02:30.49]Now she lies on the pavement, she's helped to her feet
[02:35.70]All thighs, hair, and magpie handbags
[02:39.01]Saturday's uniform for the f*ck me parade
[02:43.89]Brought home to keep warm in the arms of a plumber
[02:49.70]Who's ruddy and balding
[02:52.26]Who just needs a spine to dig into
[02:55.57]A chest for the head, and a hand for the holding
[02:59.64].
[03:01.70]Her heart beats like a breeze block thrown down the stairs
[03:09.95]Her blood is thicker than concrete, forced to be brave she was
[03:16.01]She was
[03:16.95].
[03:34.79]Her heart beats like a breeze block thrown down the stairs
[03:43.19]Her skin is thicker than concrete, forced to be brave she was
[03:49.38]She was
[03:51.62]A broken elevator anthem held between floors
[03:58.42]But if blood is thicker than concrete, all of it is not lost
[04:05.48]All is not lost
[04:09.73]All is not lost
[04:13.73]All is not lost
[04:22.30]All is not lost
[04:24.42].