On “Rock Bottom”, a song from Marshall’s new single as King Krule, Archy invokes Aztec Camera’s clean, strongly melodic guitars, but brutalises the hallowed timidness of Postcard with his thuggish voice.
It’s the kind of brogue that’d set adrenaline streaking through your body if you heard it yelli...
[Intro]
This is dedicated
To a Mr. Bream
A Mr. Read
A Mr. Pinty
And a Mr. Mood
[Verse 1]
I've hit rock bottom
Ooh, now I'm running away
I've made it, babe
Think what your lover would say
Think in a brotherly way
See, girl, I won't say it
Until it finds me
One day
[Verse 2]
My mind starts to derange
Distortions arrange as sight loses its range
As everyone's perspective begins to change
Ooh, I'm the same
Just something to blame
Another thing wrong with the game
And watch me as I descend
Into shame
Into
Into shame
Into
Into shame
[Bridge]
And when your heart's got no more, you're lying dead on the floor
The wounds in your back are still sore
And everyone who watched you watched on in awe
But now you see who's nothing but poor
Another lost soul who never accomplished a goal or made a light out of their lives
And they're the ones who pulled out the knife
And like that, oh, everything is gone in front of your eyes
Your hands have lost their grip on their prize
And you've got no more tries
'Cause you lost them through lies
Oh, but your lucky this time
And hopefully it'll make you seem more wise
Or otherwise
They'll leave you to your own demise
[Outro]
'Cause it's the end of something I did not want to end, beginning of hard times to come
Oh, but something that was not meant to be is done and this is the start of what was
Rock Bottom was written by Archy Marshall.
Rock Bottom was produced by Archy Marshall & Rodaidh McDonald.
King Krule released Rock Bottom on Sun Jan 01 2012.