According to DIY magazine, Mellah has said of the song:
Death Pillage plunder is about Mauerbauertraurigkeit… I promise that’s a real word. I only discovered it after writing the song but its definition pretty much perfectly encapsulates what the song is about. Mauerbauertraurigkeit is the inexplic...
Yes I'm bleak
But did I have a chance?
Born to the side of the road and
A sideways glance
Heaven can wait
I’m swimming in the low
Blood on my knuckles and the wall and
Tears in tow
But I'm a sycophant
Falling like a feather knowingly sinking like a stone
Why the more you love the more I feel to be alone?
Tell me you adore me making sure to let me know
So why the more you give the more I feel to you I owe?
But is it any wonder?
Is it a surprise?
That death pillage plunder
In the black of my eye
Is it any wonder?
Is it a surprise?
That under the man that I built
There's a child
Yes I’m bleak
But did I have a chance
Born to the back of her hand and
A sideways glance
Heaven can wait
Hell needs a cook
I'm a poet with a novel in his heart and
You're my notebook
Falling like a feather knowingly sinking like a stone
Why the more you love the more I feel to be alone?
Tell me you adore me making sure to let me know
So why the more you give the more I feel to you I owe?
But is it any wonder?
Is it a surprise?
That death pillage plunder
In the black of my eye
Is it any wonder?
Is it a surprise?
That under the man that I built
There's a child
[guitar solo]
But is it any wonder?
Is it a surprise?
That death pillage plunder
In the black of my eye
Is it any wonder?
Is it a surprise?
That under the man that I built
There's a child
Death, Pillage, Plunder was written by Liam Ramsden.
Death, Pillage, Plunder was produced by James Ford.
Mellah released Death, Pillage, Plunder on Tue Sep 03 2019.