Name: The Beast And Mr Knock
Duration: P00H04M32S
Description: The Beast and Mr Knock is a song about revenge. It's the title track of the 2022 Subscribers only EP. This is the single and it includes an acoustic version, the demo version, and another song I recorded at the same studio when I did the acoustic version.

The Beast And Mr Knock

from The Beast And Mr Knock by Tom Slatter

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The Beast and Mr Knock is a song about revenge. It's the title track of the 2022 Subscribers only EP. This is the single and it includes an acoustic version, the demo version, and another song I recorded at the same studio when I did the acoustic version.

lyrics

Someone has to want what they’re selling
Someone has the money to buy
Someone has to pay for the things that were done
Are you Mr Knock?
Are you Mr Lights-out?

Feed them in and drown out the crying
Drain them all and throw out the waste
Appetite sated, belly all full
Are you Mr Knock?
Are you Mr Lights-out?

We know you well
We’ve seen your soul
Children should be quiet
Children should do as they’re told

No-one’s gonna speak till we make them
No-one came to answer our prayers
No-one’s gonna squeal but the fires will burn
Are you Mr Knock?
Are you Mr Lights-out?

Spit them out when nobody’s looking
Empty husks eaten and chewed
Yes we were scared, and yes we’re still frightened
Are you Mr Knock?
Are you Mr Lights-out?

We know you well
We’ve seen your soul
Children should be quiet
Children should do as they’re told

Stopping to taste the flowers,
A rough beast waits to be called
Stopping to sharpen claws

Everybody says they’re protected
Everybody says we can’t win
Everyone says we’re already dead
Well this is the beast
This is the lights on

We know you well
We’ve seen your soul
Children aren’t quiet
Children won’t do as they’re told

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from The Beast And Mr Knock, released July 29, 2022

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Tom Slatter London

A latter-day Victorian street-theatre barker with a guitar promising tales of mystery, imagination, ‘orrible murders and bloody great waving tentacles’ is how Tom Slatter has been described. Since 2010 he has been scaring audiences with six albums and numerous EPs of storytelling songs. ... more

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