Grimm Tales
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Saved By MurderSaved By Murder
Oh grandmother what big ears you have- all the better to hear you with
Oh grandmother what big eyes you have- all the better to see you with
Oh grandmother what big teeth you have- all the better to eat you with
Oh grandmother what dark heart you have- all the better so I can liveLittle Red Cap with a basket full of cake and wine, treading through the forest
Such a sweet precious, grandma’s favourite, minding her manners
“I’ll do everything just right” she says
Tell the wolf exactly where Nan lives
Walking off the path and picking up flowers
Dancing like the sunbeams while Nan gets devoured
Little Cap had it coming, she should’ve done what mother said
Walking off the path like that, it’s only fair she ends up dead
Now she’s all gone and the clever wolf is fedSometimes to live you gotta take
Saved by murder, saved by murder
Life ain’t so precious once it’s stolen away
Saved by murder, saved by murder
If it’s a choice between guilt and your head on a stake
Saved by murder, saved by murder
Sometimes you gotta kill to live another day
To live another dayLucky Red Cap, the huntsman passing by in time to find the wolf and slice him
Snip with the scissors, right down the centre, so out can jump the young girl crying
“Oh I was so frightened it was dark in there
Let me fill the wolf with stones ’til he falls down dead
Serve Grandma wine, pull the fur from the bones
I swear I learnt my lesson, I won’t run off on my own
But, oh he had it coming, that wicked wolf that was so sly
Wretched and misleading, he tricked me so he had to die
Now I am happy and I won’t be tricked again”Sometimes to live you gotta take
Saved by murder, saved by murder
Life ain’t so precious once it’s stolen away
Saved by murder, saved by murder
If it’s a choice between guilt and your head on a stake
Saved by murder, saved by murder
Sometimes you gotta kill to live another dayI I, another wolf can come and another wolf can die
I, take the bait, follow the trail and fall from the sky
I, down into the trough, set up just right
I, so you can struggle and splash til your throat shuts tightSometimes to live you gotta take
Saved by murder, saved by murder
Life ain’t so precious once it’s stolen away
Saved by murder, saved by murder
If it’s a choice between guilt and your head on a stake
Saved by murder, saved by murder
Sometimes you gotta kill to live another day
Saved by murder, saved by murderNo one stays clean cause everyone plays
Saved by murder, saved by murder
And everyone’s guilty by the end of the game
Saved by murder, saved by murder
Savages and killers, wrapped in lace
Saved by murder, saved by murder
Use pretty, little soaps but the blood still stains
But the blood still stains -
Bloody HeelsBloody Heels
Rook di doo Rook di doo
There’s blood in the shoe
Blood in the shoe
Bloody heels
The shoe is too tight
Those brides are not right
Peck out their eyes
All their life they’ll be blind
Bloody heels
Oh ohDear child, remain pious and good
You wanna please God, cause God can be cruel
He bites hard if you break the rules
And you can’t be saved by pretty pearls or jewels
So wake up early, cook and wash
Make the fire, sleep in ash
Your stepsisters may look fair, but they’re trash
God don’t like the wicked and he’ll get them backBloody heels
Weep and pray to God three times a day
Bloody heels
As your sisters taunt and seal their fateIf you want to dance with the prince in the castle
And your evil stepmother tries to stop you
Makes you pick pick pick lentils into a pot
Just call out to God in the turtledoves
Then if she grunts like a toad that you still can’t go
Call out to God for silver and gold
Ask the little tree to shake and watch it throw
Clothes so beautiful the prince just won’t let goBloody heels
Shake and quiver little tree
Bloody heels
Soon the time will come and you’ll be free
Be free
Lada lala la la laDear child, remain pious and good
Know that God is watching and he knows the truth
When your stepsisters try to take the prince for a fool
Blood will run thick from their self-inflicted wounds
They can cut their toes off, slice a knife through their heels
But the meat will stay fresh and the cut won’t seal
And the prince will smell a rat as the blood dries brown
And they’ll never win his heart or claim the crownBloody heels to match their evil and dark hearts
Bloody heels
God says they can’t fit in heaven and they’ll only get hell on Earth
Hell on Earth
OoDear God, If I can’t be good and I can’t be bad, what’s the right shade of grey?
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Dance ‘Til You’re DeadDance ‘Til You’re Dead
You sent out the huntsman to take Little Snow White
Out into the woods and stab her with a hunting knife
Rip out her lungs and liver, bring them back home
So you could cook them in a broth and eat them wholeShe was so beautiful, too beautiful, more beautiful than you
The envy grew like weeds, you could have no peace ’til her life was through
And now you’re in the courts, looking fancy
The jury’s out and the verdict’s guilty
Time to take the tongs, pull iron shoes from the fiery coals and then
You can step into the red, hot shoes and dance ’til your dead
Dance ’til your deadYou dressed as peddler woman, colouring your face
Pretended to be selling silk, bodice lace
Then when Snow White let you in and bought a piece
You pulled so tight ’round her precious ribs, she couldn’t breatheShe was so beautiful, too beautiful, more beautiful than you
The envy grew like weeds, you could have no peace ’til her life was through
And now you’re in the courts, looking fancy
The jury’s out and the verdict’s guilty
Time to take the tongs, pull iron shoes from the fiery coals and then
You can step into the red, hot shoes and dance ’til your dead
Dance ’til your deadYou dressed as an old woman, poisoned a comb
Went to visit Snow White in the seven dwarves home
Sold the comb to the beauty and when it touched her hair
She fell to the ground, slammed right down, like she was deadShe was so beautiful, too beautiful, more beautiful than you
The envy grew like weeds, you could have no peace ’til her life was through
And now you’re in the courts, looking fancy
The jury’s out and the verdict’s guilty
Time to take the tongs, pull iron shoes from the fiery coals and then
You can step into the red, hot shoes and dance ’til your dead
Dance ’til your deadYou poisoned an apple, but only on one side
You shouted you’d kill her if it costs you your life
You ate the clean half to prove you could be trusted
She ate the poisoned half and, before you, she dropped dead
Dropped dead, stayed dead, your cruel heart could have rest
But only for a little bit, before she was alive againShe was so beautiful, too beautiful, too beautiful for death
The envy grew like weeds, you could have no peace ’til your life would end
And now you’re in the courts, looking fancy
The jury’s out and the verdict’s guilty
Time to take the tongs, pull iron shoes from the fiery coals and then
You can step into the red, hot shoes and dance ’til your dead
Dance ’til your deadMirror mirror on the wall
Who in this land is fairest of all?
Can make even an assassin take pity
Free her from death for the sake of her beautyMirror mirror on the wall
Who in this land shall be loved by all?
Can invade a home, eat its food
And yet still be cherished for being beautifulMirror mirror on the wall
Who deserves to have it all?
Can woo a prince with her corpse
Become the queen without an ounce of workWho wouldn’t dream to have it all?
Mirror mirror on the wall
Feel the burning need to be loved?
Taste the rot of hate when they have it not?It’s a magic even stronger than yours
Mirror mirror on the wall
I can see it fading in every reflection
I become less important with every fatal imperfectionI can see it in people’s eyes, It’s choking at my soul
Mirror mirror on the wall
In this world where your beauty decides the value you hold
I’m becoming less and less significant, soon I’ll be nothing at all -
Roasted WitchRoasted Witch
The mother said “we’re gonna starve
There’s barely enough food for us
The children have got to go
Let the animals tear them up in the woods”
But Hansel and Gretel overheard
What their cruel mother had planned
Hansel filled his jacket with pebbles
And soon they would understandWhether murder, stealing or deceiving
You can get past any hitch
Pray to God, forget your conscience
Happy life, roasted witch
Happy life, roasted witchThe parents, they played their game
But Hansel laid the stones in a trail
The moonlight shone their way
Back to their home, where their parents stayed
This time the mother locked them in
So Hansel couldn’t fetch stones
He used the little bread he had
To make his next trail homeWhether murder, stealing or deceiving
You can get past any hitch
Pray to God, forget your conscience
Happy life, roasted witch
Happy life, roasted witchWoodland birds ate the crumbs
The children couldn’t find no way home
A wicked witch laughed and scorned
“Now I have them for my own”The witch had a house made of bread
With a roof made of cake and clear sugar windows
The children were lured right in
Greedily gnawing away ’til they froze
For the witch had caught them, she brought them in
At first, she was kind and good
But then she locked Hansel into a cage
Said she’d boil him and eat him as foodWhether murder, stealing or deceiving
You can get past any hitch
Pray to God, forget your conscience
Happy life, roasted witch
Happy life, roasted witchThe witch wanted Hansel fat
But he’d hold out a bone whenever she’d check
She was stalled, but her patience grew thin
She fired up her oven and called Gretel in
She said “climb inside, check the oven’s heat”
Gretel thought, then claimed “I don’t know how to do that”
When the witch went to demonstrate
Gretel slammed the door shut so she’d burn to deathAs the witch howled and wailed and her body burned
The children stole her stones and pearls
They ran back home, their mother had died
Now they’d be happy for all their livesWhether murder, stealing or deceiving
You can get past any hitch
Pray to God, forget your conscience
Happy life, roasted witch
Happy life, roasted witch
Happy life, roasted witch
Happy life, roasted witch
Happy life, roasted witch -
Dinner Or DeathDinner Or Death
And the lucky prince arrived exactly one hundred years after the princess first began to repay the sins of her parents. He kissed her lips and she awoke.
(he kissed her lips, kissed, kissed her lips and she awoke)The king and queen cried ‘oh if only we had a child’
But they didn’t get one until
A frog climbed from the bath and then crawled onto the ground
And said ‘before a year you’ll have one’ and thenThe king threw a celebration, invited the wise women to bless his child
But it was too much of a hassle to have every single one so he left one outActions have their consequences, play with fire, burn to death
Play with me, I’ll let you live in hell, live in hell
On her fifteenth year, the young princess, will be pricked by a spindle, fall down dead
‘Til then you can feed your guilt and live in hell, live in hellYou should’ve brought a chair, should’ve brought a chair
You were asking for revenge, asking for revenge
It was dinner or death, dinner or death
You know you had a choice and I had a choice
You thought I’d take the blow and not raise my voice
It was dinner or death, dinner or deathThe sentence was reduced to a hundred years sleep by the final wise woman
The king tried save his child, burn every spindle, but again, he missed oneLeft all alone on her fifteenth birthday, she climbed up a tower
Found an old woman spinning, tried to take the wheel, but was pricked and fell downActions have their consequences, sinners have to pay their debts
You wrong me and I’ll let you live in hell, live in hell
An entire castle buried deep, a hundred years, sound asleep
Dream in nightmares and live in hell, live in hellYou should’ve brought a chair, should’ve brought a chair
You were asking for revenge, asking for revenge
It was dinner or death, dinner or death
You know you had a choice and I had a choice
You thought I’d take the blow and not raise my voice
It was dinner or death, dinner or deathLittle Brier-Rose so pretty pretty lying there
All the princes come but are caught in the thorn hedge
Stuck and starved, ’til they’re dying with a broken heart
Only over when a hundred years has passed
Little Brier-Rose so pretty pretty lying there
All the princes come but are caught in the thorn hedge
Stuck and starved, ’til they’re dying with a broken heart
If you piss me off I’ll tear your damn world apartYou should’ve brought a chair, should’ve brought a chair
You were asking for revenge, asking for revenge
It was dinner or death, dinner or death
You know you had a choice and I had a choice
You thought I’d take the blow and not raise my voice
It was dinner or death, dinner or death
It was dinner or death
It was dinner or death
It was dinner or death
It was dinner or death
It was dinner or deathMy tale is done, a mouse has run and whoever catches it can make for himself from it a large fur cap.