The Words That Maketh Murder

PJ Harvey - All And Everyone

Death was everywhere,

in the air and in the sounds

coming off the mounds of Bolton's Ridge.

Death's anchorage.

When you rolled a smoke or told a joke,

it was in the laughter and drinking water

It approached the beach

as strings of cutters,

Dropped into the sea and lay around us.

Death was in the ancient fortress,

shelled by a million bullets

from gunners, waiting in the copses

with hearts that threatened to pop their boxes,

as we advanced into the sun

death was all and everyone.

death was all and everyone.

[01:56.42]As we, advancing in the sun

As we, advancing every man

Death hung in the smoke and clung

to 400 acres of useless beachfront.

A bank of red earth, dripping down death

now, and now, and now

Death was everywhere,

in the air and in the sounds

coming off the mounds of Bolton's Ridge.

Death's anchorage.

Death was in the staring sun,

fixing its eyes on everyone.

It rattled the bones of the Light Horsemen

still lying out there in the open

[03:28.85]As we, advancing in the sun

As we, advancing every man

Sing "Death to all and everyone."

End