Menacing in title, but beautiful in sound, melody and execution, this extraordinarily powerful, slow-build number by the Sydney, Australia singer-songwriter is a revenge murder ballad, a cathartic retelling of Beard’s experience of sexual assault. The song juxtaposes shimmering folk rock against raw and starkly honest lyrics, building to an explosion of anger in Solomon Steele’s soaring electric guitar solo and Natalie Mavridis’s guttural violins. To explore more by Oliver Beard, see also the other embedded links below.
Do you remember when you whispered in my ear,
“Please be awake, please tell me that you hear”
But you’d already chosen to take what wasn’t yours
You’d already chosen, you didn’t need my voice
And now you are a preacher of what is safe and clear
You’ve found yourself a place your sins can disappear
A bandage made of blades, a slap in a caress
You say, “the girls are safe even if they wear a dress”
And once when you were drinking you made it loud and clear
You said what you were thinking, you softly laughed you jeered
You told her you had taken with a finger on my breast
A kiss of sticky fingers, an unlocked treasure chest
But I was never sleeping, no, I never had a choice
A frozen moment waiting to find a failing voice
So count your nights, and count your days
I’ve booked a flight, I’ve found a way
I’m coming to kill you, I’m coming to end my life
I’m coming to kill you, I’m coming to end my life
I’m coming to kill you, I’m coming to end my life
I’m coming to kill you, I’m coming to end my life
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