The life and soul cries himself blind for shorter life
Dull as ditch water and swallow whole
The birthright of a baby soul
Covers her baby with mothers hole
One day he's born and he likes the world
And all she holds, she says she's round, and in the ground
Life all around, life all around and it takes him down
The dark's too brown to see what's here but it keeps him warm
And it knows no fear like day or year
Poison in my idle mind makes quick work for the
Who quickly makes his excuses
To heaven his own course he sets
With a mind to save his soul and mine what's falling to thinking
Pretty girl oblivion, hostility and suspicion
So what creates competition?
Pipe retracted
Stowed away
Cover the baby without thinking as if
To shield him with the warden-ship of a jar
His mum will hide him away from the danger
But not very far, not very far
Sleeping quietly dreaming the last moments of some
Medicine and national song, all upside down
It came out wrong and turned me on
It turned me on
It turns me sleeping quietly dreaming the last moments of some
Drowning girls and drowning boys
Bob up and down like stupid toys
They bob like you who loved me too
Who loved me just in time to-
Cover the baby without thinking as if
To shield him with the warden-ship of a jar
His mum will hide him away from all danger
But not very far, not very
Cover the baby without thinking as if
To shield him with the warden-ship of a jar
His mum will hide him away from the danger
But not very far, not very far
“To cry oneself blind” is a hyperbolic expression that means to cry a lot. It’s comparable to “to cry one’s eyes out,” which is much more common in modern English.
“Dull as ditchwater” is a fairly self-explanatory English idiom used to describe a very boring person.
Mephistopheles is a demon of German folklore who is most commonly associated with the Faust legend. In the legend, Mephistopheles acts as a representative for the Devil, and makes a deal with Faust: Mephistopheles will serve Faust for some years, but at the end of the term, Faust will be eternally enslaved by the Devil.
“The life and soul,” usually written in full as “the life and soul of the party,” is a chiefly British expression that refers to a person regarded as the main source of liveliness at a social gathering.
This is a shortened version of the cliché English idiom “a sight for sore eyes,” which refers to something you are relieved or happy to see.