Bend Me, Shape Me

from Ek Sê (The Garage Mixes) by The Kêrels

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Bend Me, Shape Me (Herselman)

I hear now you've got
Some new devices
For slicing up men
And for splicing their licence
You're turning my circles 'round
But there is nothing to be found
You're just making my strength so weak
It's just to find out what you seek
What is it that you seek?
What is it that you seek?
You're sticking (small' shocks
Into the skin
You're making quite sure
Your message gets in
I've got no information
I've got nothing to hide
When you're finished with my deformation
I'll have nothing inside...
Some form of recreation (would you say)
This indoctrination
Some form of deformation (would you say)
This indoctrination
I've got nothing to say
I've got nothing to hide
So, take at your jack and hammer inside...
And so now you use
Some drugs you've found
You can abuse
Just to turn men around
You're turning my ups to down
But there is nothing to be found
You are making my squares oblique
It's just to find out what you seek
What is it that you seek?
What is it that you seek?
You're pulling out teeth
And lifting up nails
When there's nothing underneath
Well, you just impale
I've got no information
I've got nothing inside
When you're finished with my deformation
I'll have nothing inside...
So now you've tried my angle (triangle)
(nothing to say, nothing to hide)
And now you've wrecked my angle (rectangle)
(take out your jack and hammer inside)
I've got nothing to say
I've got nothing to hide
So, take out your jack and hammer inside...
Jackhammer...

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from Ek Sê (The Garage Mixes), released May 10, 2021

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The Kêrels Johannesburg, South Africa

Herselman, a prolific songwriter, has produced various albums, from tight, punkish Chrome Sweet Chrome (www.sjambokmusic.com) through star-studded Rigtingbefok (see Bandcamp Die Lemme), to his recent House for Sale, a contemporary dance-oriented album. He was founding director of Tic Tic Bang, S.A's first independent record company and part of the conscientising Voëlvry movement. ... more

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