Kill Your Sons (Lou Reed)

Kill Your Sons (Lou Reed) 3:08

May, 2018
Vocals, Background Vocals, Background Noise (Hospital Sounds), Green Mixer (ButtonBass)

Video

Lyrics

All the two-bit psychiatrists
are giving out electroshock,
they told me
I could live at home with Mom and Dad,
instead of mental hospitals, ha,
but every time I tried to read a book,
I couldn’t get to page 17,
cause I forgot where I was,
I couldn’t even read.

It’s ok, it’s alright,
Don’t you know, they’re gonna kill your sons,
they’re gonna kill your sons,
they’re gonna kill, kill your sons,
until you run away (2x)
We’re going to kill your sons,
until you run away,
We’re going to kill your sons (fade out)

Mother informed me on the phone,
she didn’t know what to do about Dad’s sniping,
so she took an axe, broke the table,
aren’t you glad you’re no longer married?
and my-ex? She got married on the coast,
and her husband takes the ferry,
He’s big and he’s fat (3x)
and he doesn’t even have a brain

Relax, calm down,
we’re going to kill your sons
we’re going to kill your sons
you better run away
you better run away
we’re going to kill your sons (fade out)

Hamlton Psychriatic treated me very good,
But Rupert Asylum was even better,
And when I flipped on PHC,
I was so sad, I didn’t even get a letter,
and all of the drugs, that we took,
it really was lots of fun,
But when they shoot you up with thorizene on crystal smoke
You choke like a son of a gun (choke like a son of a gun)
You choke like a son of a gun (choke like a son of a gun)
You choke like a son of a gun (choke like a son of a gun)

We’re going to kill your sons (kill your sons)
We’re going to kill your sons (kill your sons)
I gotta go, I gotta get out of here
I don’t want to get killed (fade out)

Written by Lou Reed

Drawings for “Kill Your Sons” video

Notes

  • One of my favourite Lou Reed songs, from a very underrated album, “Sally Can’t Dance” (1974).
  • The video was the first time I used my drawings in addition to other images. Now, I only use drawings. I hope they help embellish the meaning behind the song or amplifies the mood. They ain’t professional, but they’re certainly a great outlet for me.

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