Let Them from Uncouth by BOUDICCA
'Let Them' alludes to the French Revolutionary period, and to Marie Antionette's death by guillotine in 1793. William Buckland, a highly eccentric theologian and paleontologist in the Victorian Era, allegedly ate the mummified heart of King Louis XIV at a dinner party with Archbishop of York, Lord Harcourt. The story goes that he proclaimed "I have eaten many strange things, but I have never eaten the heart of a king before.” 'Let Them' is written as a tribute to the female revolutionaries and fellow Unionists of the past and present (some of which we've been privileged to know), as well as the contemporary climate activists who continue to fight for our future.
Tracklist
| 1. | Let Them | 1:59 |
Lyrics
Let them eat the cake that poison made
Let them suffer in their gluttony
Let theme choke on the ramifications
Of their apathy
At the altar of the workers
They will burn
I've got an appetite
Like William Buckland
And so do the rest of them
We're coming for your hearts
Then our dogs will chew your bones
We're choking on your coal dust
We'll build this pyre strong
At the altar of the workers
They will burn
Die like Marie
Credits
Boudicca wish to acknowledge and pay our respects to the ancestors and caretakers of Awabakal and Worimi Country, where 'Let Them' was written, recorded, and mixed, and to the Boonwurrung people, on whose land the song was mastered.
