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|Step-child, you have out-lived your time
You represent embarrassment and failure
And the father who must be killed
Is the blight upon your blighted life
And his might is his legal right to ground you down
 
Step-child, with every petty swipe
You just might find you're fighting for your life
And the father who must be killed
Is a step-father, but nonetheless
The way he chews his food rips right through your senses
 
Step-child, there's a knife in a drawer in a room downstairs
And you, you know what you must do...
 
So the step-child ran with the knife to his sleeping frame
And slams it in his arms, his legs, his face, his neck
And says:
"There's a law against me now"
 
And the father who must be killed
With his dying breath he grabs her hand
And he looks into her eyes
He says "I'm sorry," and he dies
 
Step-child, I release you
With this broken voice I beseech you
Why are lives so short?
The step-child thought
Heart pointing to the sky
"No warm to warm me
  No hand to touch me
  And no bible-belters to mess with me
  Mama, don't miss me
  Mama, don't miss me
  This death will complete me
  But where I go there'll be no one to meet me
  I know there'll be no one to meet me"
 
But still, the step-child pressed the knife to her throat
Heart pointing to the sky
    "Just as Motherless birds fly high
    Then...so shall I
    So shall I
    So shall I
    So shall I
    So shall I..."
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* [[Morrissey]] - Vocals <br>
* [[Morrissey]] - Vocals <br>
* [[Alain Whyte]] - Guitars, backing vocals<br>
* [[Alain Whyte]] - [[Guitarists|Guitars]], backing vocals<br>
* [[Boz Boorer]] - Guitars, saxes<br>
* [[Boz Boorer]] - Guitars, saxes<br>
* [[Jesse Tobias]] - Guitars, crash cymbals  
* [[Jesse Tobias]] - Guitars, crash cymbals  
* [[Gary Day]] - Bass guitar<br>
* [[Gary Day]] - [[Bassists|Bass guitar]]<br>
* [[Matt Chamberlain]] - Drums<br>
* [[Matt Chamberlain]] - [[Drummers|Drums]]<br>
* [[Michael Farrell]] - Keyboards, piano, organ, trumpet, trombone, percussion<br>
* [[Michael Farrell]] - [[Keyboardists|Keyboards]], piano, organ, trumpet, trombone, percussion<br>
* Strings - [[Ennio Morricone]]<br>
* Strings - [[Ennio Morricone]]<br>
* Additional string production - Marco Patrigiani<br>
* Additional string production - Marco Patrigiani<br>
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* Children's Choir - Charlotte Patrignani<br>
* Children's Choir - Charlotte Patrignani<br>
* Children's Choir - Gaia e Andrea Baroni<br>
* Children's Choir - Gaia e Andrea Baroni<br>
* Producer - [[Tony Visconti]]<br>
* [[Producers|Producer]] - [[Tony Visconti]]<br>
* Photography - Fabio Lovino<br>
 


==Live History==
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Revision as of 10:49, 22 May 2014

Cover art
MORRISSEY Song
Name The Father Who Must Be Killed
Album/Single Ringleader Of The Tormentors
Length 3:53
Recorded Autumn 2005
Writer Morrissey/Whyte
Producer Tony Visconti

Information

Lyrics

Step-child, you have out-lived your time

You represent embarrassment and failure And the father who must be killed Is the blight upon your blighted life And his might is his legal right to ground you down

Step-child, with every petty swipe You just might find you're fighting for your life And the father who must be killed Is a step-father, but nonetheless The way he chews his food rips right through your senses

Step-child, there's a knife in a drawer in a room downstairs And you, you know what you must do...

So the step-child ran with the knife to his sleeping frame And slams it in his arms, his legs, his face, his neck And says: "There's a law against me now"

And the father who must be killed With his dying breath he grabs her hand And he looks into her eyes He says "I'm sorry," and he dies

Step-child, I release you With this broken voice I beseech you Why are lives so short? The step-child thought Heart pointing to the sky "No warm to warm me No hand to touch me And no bible-belters to mess with me Mama, don't miss me Mama, don't miss me This death will complete me But where I go there'll be no one to meet me I know there'll be no one to meet me"

But still, the step-child pressed the knife to her throat Heart pointing to the sky "Just as Motherless birds fly high Then...so shall I So shall I So shall I So shall I So shall I..."

Personnel

Live History

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