LYRICS

WHEN THE FOREST SMELLS

I got a will to run to the woodland But nowhere to run Somebody went and chopped it all down For some sick idea of fun The graceful trees Have all been dead for years There’s nothing left now Except a load of metal and ants And so I climbed the top of the mountain And I saw you here The last remaining tree in the world Majestic and austere I took my shirt And placed it round the rotting leaves I felt so cold and frightened But it was worth it to help a tree And when the forest smells It smells of violence And when the forest feels It feels a lot like you And when the forest hears It hears the silence I never felt the pain of the wood Till I met you Till I met you And so I took the rest of my clothes off And I hugged the tree And I began to kiss it a lot Rather lasciviously The twigs and bark Got in all my hair and teeth At least it’s better Than kissing insects, petrol and rust And when the forest smells It smells of violence And when the forest feels It feels a piece of me And when the forest looks It sees me naked I never felt the pain of the wood Till I met you Till I met you Till I met you Farewell all the trees and hedgerows They slip away All the blessed woodland creatures All blown away All the lovely cobbled houses All swept away All the monkeys, dogs and cheetahs What am I gonna hump? And when the forest smells It smells of wastelands And when the tigers drink They drink the dolphin’s tears And when the planet runs It’s run by bastards I never felt the pain of the wood Till I met you Till I met you Till I met you

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Glamoronica (2004-05)