In 2013, while still a teenager, Marshall released the first King Krule album, 6 Feet Beneath the Moon, on XL in the U.K. and True Panther in the U.S. Marshall then collaborated with his brother Jack for the relatively fluid, more electronic A New Place 2 Drown. Released in 2015 and credited to Archy Marshall, its physical edition was packaged with a 208-page book of poetry, photography, and art. King Krule fully reactivated in 2017 with a handful of varied singles -- the dreamlike ballad "Czech One," the mid-tempo rocker "Dum Surfer," and the rumbling "Half Man Half Shark," all featuring saxophone from Ignacio Salvadores -- that led up to The Ooz, an hour-long follow-up written during a three-year period.
Bermondsey Bosom
King Krule Lyrics
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Un nuevo lugar en el ahogarse
A seis pies bajo la luna
Se levanto un chupa sangre
Pintaba objetos en negros y azul con proyecciones de si mismo
Siempre fue sobre el mismo
Se sacude los adentros se le tuercen las tripas
Se sienta en la humar y piensa en ella
Parásito, Paraíso, Parásito, Paraíso
The lyrics of King Krule’s Bermondsey Bosom describe an individual who is sliding into filth, but surrounded by solitude. The person is in a new place where they feel suffocated, perhaps trapped. At a depth of six feet under the moon, a vampire arises. This vampire paints objects in black and blue and uses projections of themselves to do so. The vampire has always been the same, and they shake their insides and twist their guts. They sit in smoke and think of someone else, while the city around them is full of parasites. The city is both a paradise and a parasite, as the title of the song suggests.
Overall, the song seems to convey a sense of isolation, despair, and hopelessness. The imagery used throughout the lyrics portrays a dark and dismal world, where the singer is consumed by their own thoughts while being surrounded by a city full of parasites. They are alone, despite being surrounded by others, and the only companion they seem to have is a vampire, who represents their inner demons, haunting them wherever they go.
Line by Line Meaning
Deslizándose en la suciedad a solas pero rodeada
Moving through the dirt alone but surrounded
Un nuevo lugar en el ahogarse
A new place to drown
A seis pies bajo la luna
Six feet under the moon
Se levanto un chupa sangre
A bloodsucker arose
Pintaba objetos en negros y azul con proyecciones de si mismo
Painting objects in black and blue with projections of himself
Siempre fue sobre el mismo
It was always about himself
Se sacude los adentros se le tuercen las tripas
Shaking up his insides, his guts twist
Se sienta en la humar y piensa en ella
Sits in the smoke and thinks of her
Tu y Yo contra esta ciudad de parásitos
You and me against this city of parasites
Parásito, Paraíso, Parásito, Paraíso
Parasite, paradise, parasite, paradise
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Archy Ivan Marshall
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