Bovine Excision is the lead single of Samia’s third record Bloodless. The title refers to the killing and mutilation of cattle under supposedly unusual, usually bloodless circumstances. In a Rolling Stone article, Samia states:
I was drawn to the phenomenon of bloodless cattle mutilation as a metap...
[Verse 1]
Diet Dr Pepper, Raymond Carver
Sitting in the bathtub while they’re knocking
I wanna be untouchable
I wanna be untouchable
[Verse 2]
You took the door off its hinges
Doll eyes red in the litmus
I felt the pea, can I eat it?
I felt the pea, can I eat it?
[Verse 3]
Picking leeches off white underwear
Neck, back, inscrutable stare
I wanna be impossible
I wanna be impossible
[Verse 4]
Fred flirts with the bartender
"We met last year here, remember?"
She says, "I'm old but I'm not dead"
She says, "I'm old but I'm not dead"
[Verse 5]
Rice wine, lime-flavored Lays
Passing go to sit in driveways
Clad in leopard, clutch the banister
Twirling like a Degas dancer
[Outro]
I just wanted to be your friend
Cup of tea in your cold hand
And drained, drained bloodless
And drained, drained bloodless
And drained, drained bloodless
And drained, drained bloodless
Bovine Excision was written by Samia & Christian Lee Hutson & Lupin.
Bovine Excision was produced by Caleb Wright & Lupin.
Samia released Bovine Excision on Tue Jan 14 2025.
I was drawn to the phenomenon of bloodless cattle mutilation as a metaphor for self-extraction — this clinical pursuit of emptiness.
— via Stereogum