This is a cover of the Manic Street Preachers song “Die in the Summertime” from their critically acclaimed album “The Holy Bible”. It was written by Richey Edwards.
Like much of the album, this song is written in character. The character in this song is an old man who wishes to “die in the summer...
Scratch my leg with a rusty nail
Sadly, it heals
Color my hair but the dye grows out
I can't seem to stay a fixed ideal
Childhood pictures redeem
Clean and so serene
See myself without ruining lines
Whole days throwing sticks into streams
I have crawled so far sideways
I recognize dim traces of creation
I want to die
Die in the summertime
I want to die
The hole in my life even stains the soil
My heart shrinks to barely a pulse
A tiny animal coiled into a quarter circle
If you really care, wash the feet of a beggar
Childhood pictures redeem
Clean and so serene
See myself without ruining lines
Whole days throwing sticks into streams
I have crawled so far sideways
I recognize dim traces of creation
I want to die
Die in the summertime
I want to die
Die in The Summertime (r.j.e) was written by Richey Edwards.
Elvis Depressedly released Die in The Summertime (r.j.e) on Sat Oct 01 2011.