Richey Edwards - 4st 7lb lyrics

[Sampled Intro] "I eat too much to die and not enough to stay alive. I'm sitting in the middle waiting." [Verse 1] Days since I last pissed Cheeks sunken and despaired So gorgeous, sunk to 6st Lose my only remaining home See my third rib appear A week later all my flesh disappears Stretch taut, cling-film on bone I'm getting better [Bridge 1] Karen says I've reached my target weight Kate and Emma and Kristen know it's fake Problem is diet's not a big enough word I wanna be so skinny that I rot from view [Chorus] Ah ah, ah ah ah I want to walk in the snow And not leave a footprint Ah ah, ah ah ah I want to walk in the snow And not soil its purity [Verse 2] Stomach collapsed at five Lift up my skirt, my s** is gone Naked and lovely and 5st 2 May I bud and never flower My vision's getting blurred But I can see my ribs and I feel fine My hands are trembling stalks And I can feel my breasts are sinking [Bridge 2] Mother tries to choke me with roast beef And sits savouring her sole Ryvita That's the way you're built my father said But I can change, my cocoon shedding [Chorus] [Verse 3] Kate and Kristin and Kit Kat All things I like looking at Too weak to fuss, too weak to die Choice is skeletal in everybody's life I choose, my choice, I starve to frenzy Hunger soon pa**es and sickness soon tries Legs bend, stockinged I am Twiggy And I don't mind the horror that surrounds me Self-worth scatters, self-esteem's a bore I long since moved to a higher plateau This discipline's so rare so please applaud Just look at the fat scum who pamper me so Yeah, 4st 7, an epilogue of youth Such beautiful dignity in self-abuse I've finally come to understand life Through staring blankly at my navel