Roddy Bottum - Matador lyrics

[Verse 1] When lonesome stood over me A future shadow He boasted and sang to me Farewell, so long [Bridge 1. a] I'll awake you From this living sleep We'll walk the shore Where you were born In bed with me [Verse 2] Pull the white sheet off your face March forward, my son A battle beyond frozen years Only for dogs here [Chorus] We will rise from the k**ing floor Like a matador [Bridge 2. a] The stained gla** of bovine eyes Can see right through every tombstone lie [Verse 3] Let us retrace every step Out of this world And every ditch Every ditch [Bridge 3] We will be when you will be no more No more [Bridge 2. b] The stained gla** up the hangman's a** We served you well, now we're coming back [Verse 4] Atop the weight Of conscious ghosts We'll jump the gates And live to rise, we will rise [Chorus 1] [Bridge 1. b/ Outro] Let the dead live May the dead live And the dead live What more can we give? Let the dead live May the dead live And the dead live The dead live…