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my attempt to lyric

Losing regulation

There's a little figure
On the television
Scratching at the ground
By a pile of rice
Greedy little b...
On television screens
Waiting at the moment
Guilty! Guilty!

What's he doing with that stick? Wich one is guilty?

[...] radar [...]
Growing little ... weeper (?)
Greedy little suspects
Running for the shelter
The drones have come
Come in a thousands

But nobody asked us if we wanted them

Back in the bunker
In the Operations Room
8 boy soldier is eating hes lunch
by dozens in a thousand (?)
by Milton, TX
To roaring voices (?)

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I love the preview and can't wait to buy it and listen to it. Just wondering why she's releasing this song as a stand alone track instead of a b-side. They're not calling it a new single. Makes me wonder if instead of b-sides to singles we'll get random songs released like this.

Great song! They should include it to their live sets!

Bought a 16-bit FLAC at Qobuz by the way.

Information from the Deezer page source code:

vocals, composer - Polly Jean Harvey
synthesizer, piano, bass - John Parish
percussion - John Parish, Kenrick Rowe
guitars - Terry Edwards, Alessandro Stefana
basset clarinet - Enrico Gabrielli
backing vocals - John Parish, Flood, Kenrick Rowe, Alessandro Stefana, James Johnston

produced by - John Parish, Flood
recording engineers - Adam 'Cecil' Bartlett, Rob Kirwan
mix engineers - Adam 'Cecil' Bartlett, Caesar Edmunds
mixing - Flood, Drew Smith
mastering engineer - John Dent

publisher - Hot Head Music Limited, Administered by Kobalt Music Group Ltd.

Also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilty_(PJ_Harvey_song).

"According to the International Standard Musical Work Code database, the song's official title is "He Must Be Guilty", with "Guilty" registered as an alternate title."

Black Hearted Love wrote:my attempt to lyric

Losing regulation

There's a little figure
On the television
Scratching at the ground
By a pile of rice
Greedy little b...
On television screens
Waiting at the moment
Guilty! Guilty!

What's he doing with that stick? Wich one is guilty?

[...] radar [...]
Growing little ... weeper (?)
Greedy little suspects
Running for the shelter
The drones have come
Come in a thousands

But nobody asked us if we wanted them

Back in the bunker
In the Operations Room
8 boy soldier is eating hes lunch
by dozens in a thousand (?)
by Milton, TX
To roaring voices (?)

I think the first bit could be "rules and regulation"

And I heard "Growing little ... weeper (?)" as something to do with the Grim Reaper.

somme wrote:

Black Hearted Love wrote:Losing regulation

I think the first bit could be "rules and regulation"

I still think it's "Use annihilation".

Me also hears 'rules and regulation(s)'.

yeah i'm sure it's 'rules and regulations' and i'm sticking by that despite the BHL suggestion!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P371Wvtg8zU

Mr. Badmouth wrote:

Too bad it's not a lyric video...

So I'm pretty sure these are all right now.

Guilty

Rules and regulations

There's a little figure
On the television
Scratching at the ground
By a pile of rags
Grainy little figures
On television screens
Waiting at the moment
Guilty! Guilty!

What's he doing with that stick?
Which one is guilty?

Power the the private eye
The Grim Reaper
Grainy little suspects
Running for the shelter
The drones have come
Come in a thousands

But nobody asked us if we wanted them
If we wanted them
If we wanted them

Back in the bunker
In the Operations Room
A boy soldier is eating his lunch
While drones in their thousands
Are built in Texas
To roaring voices
But nobody asked us
If we wanted them

Not on iTunes yet. Would love to buy it!

HowardF wrote:Not on iTunes yet. Would love to buy it!

it is - I've just bought it from the evil empire!!


https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/guilt ... 1132751467

Thanks. Should have specified...not on the US store yet!