Black Francis told Esquire,
This could be categorized as one of my archeological songs. References to free, European conquest, the Indian peoples of the Southwest, specifically Arizona where I had studied briefly before I dropped out of college and started the Pixies. Lots of bones and teeth and fo...
[Verse 1: Black Francis & Kim Deal]
As loud as hell, a ringin' bell
Behind my smile, it shakes my teeth
And all the while, as vampires feed
[Chorus: Black Francis & Kim Deal]
I bleed
I bleed
I bleed
[Verse 2: Black Francis & Kim Deal]
Prithee, my dear, why are we here?
Nobody knows, we go to sleep
As breathin' flows, my mind secedes
[Chorus: Black Francis & Kim Deal]
I bleed
I bleed
I bleed
I bleed
I bleed
I bleed!
[Interlude: Kim Deal]
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
[Bridge: Black Francis & Kim Deal]
There's a place in the buried west
In a cave with a house in it
In the clay, the holes of hands
You can place a hand in hand
[Chorus: Black Francis, Kim Deal]
I bleed (I bleed)
I bleed (I bleed)
I bleed (I bleed)
I Bleed was written by Frank Black.
I Bleed was produced by Gil Norton.
In the first two verses there’s no topic whatsoever; all this is just a rhyme structured AABCBDD. It’s all very automatic. The rest is about Arizona. There’s a very famous cliff dwelling there, with two or three storey houses about a mile up inside these cliffs. It’s about 900 years old and you can...