The Modern Leper

A cripple walks amongst you all you tired human beings
He's got all the things a cripple has not working arms and legs

And vital parts fall from his system and dissolve in Scottish rain

Vitally he doesn't miss them he's too fucked up to care
Well is that you in front of me?
Coming back for even more of exactly the same
You must be a masochist to love a modern leper on his last leg
On his last leg
Well I crippled your heart a hundred times
And still can't work out why
You see I've got this disease I can't shake
And I'm just rattling through life
Well this is how we do things now
Yeah this is how the modern stay scared
So I cut out all the good stuff
Yeah I cut off my foot to spite my leg
Well is that you in front of me?
Coming back for even more of exactly the same
You must be a masochist to love a modern leper on his last leg
Well I am ill
But I'm not dead
And I don't know which of those I prefer
Because that limb which I have lost
Well it was the only thing holding me up
Holding me up
Well I'm lying on the ground now
Walking through the only door
Well I have lost my eye sight
Like I said I would
But I still know
And that is you in front of me
And you are back for even more of exactly the same
Well are you a masochist to love a modern leper on his last leg
And you are not ill
And I'm not dead
Doesn't that make us the perfect pair
Just you and me
We'll start again
And you can tell me all about what you did today
What you did today

Εξαιρετικοί στίχοι, για ένα θαυμάσιο τραγούδι. The Modern Leper από τους Frightened Rabbit από το Selkirk της Σκωτίας, και μέσα από το άλμπουμ τους The Midnight Organ Fight, μόλις το δεύτερό τους από το 2003 που σχηματίστηκαν στη Γλασκώβη. Το άλμπουμ κυκλοφόρησε σήμερα κι έχει πάρει ήδη μερικές πολύ εντυπωσιακές κριτικές, απόλυτα δικαιολογημένες αν κρίνουμε από το μικρό αυτό δείγμα..

frightened rabbit - the modern leper [box]