Lyrics for Broken Face as interpreted by riffic

Broken Face Lyrics
I got a broken face
I got a
I got a broken face
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh, oh
I got a broken face (3x)

There was this boy who had two children with his sisters
They were his daughters, they were his favorite lovers

I got no lips, I got no tongue
Whatever I say is only spit
I got no lips, I got no tongue

I got a broken face, uh-huh, uh-huh
I got a broken face

There was this man who snapped his brain in little pieces
And then they drilled holes, and they put them back in there

I got no lips, I got no tongue
Whatever I say is only spit
I got no lips, I got no tongue

I got a broken face
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh, oh
I got a broken face

The little thing who does my laundry speaks no English
But if you saw her, you'd say, "Hey, isn't she lovely?"

I got no lips, I got no tongue
Whatever I say is only spit
I got no lips, I got no tongue

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Master_Bates
06-11-2002

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Okay, most Pixies songs don't make any sense, but this one is plum loco, though I still adore it.

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StAtEhOsPiTaL
09-18-2002

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this is a great song that has a lot of memories

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HoldMyBones
03-29-2003

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Haha...how do you correct the lyrics on here??

It's "The little thing who does my laundry, speaks no english "

and

"There was this man who snapped his brain in little pieces
And then he drove holes, and then he put 'em back in there"

Oh my golly

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SelfPityMeSoPitiful
06-12-2003

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i am determined to cover this song.

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HoldMyBones
06-18-2003

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I got no lips, I got no tongue
Where there were eyes, there's only space
I got no lips, I got no tongue

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oidimed
04-26-2004

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its about incest and the deformities it produces. nimrods son is also about incest

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sammyramone
12-10-2004

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Do you think Frank Black had a fascination with incest....anybody?

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Ramagamma
12-26-2004

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Nah he just smoked a shit load of weed and let the word pour.

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pumkinhed
01-22-2005

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oh and it's not "whatever i say is only spit"...i think. i hear "where there were eyes there's only space."

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paranoidpanda69
02-13-2005

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insest, the game the whole family can play

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Mirza
03-16-2005

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He is into it, definitely

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mr.v
03-18-2005

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i dont think charles was 'into' incest more than he just had an honest and somewhat bizarre fascination with it and other darker themes found in the bible. i mean for real, there are so many pixies songs with biblical references, the most obvious being "dead". if you get a chance to watch the new dvd that came out, he talks about his childhood fascinations about the bible and 'sin' in the documentary section. anyways, great song from an amazing album

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whitenoise
02-08-2006

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I think everyone above has made good points. I just have to say this is just punk at its fucking best - fast paced, up-tempo, crazy-ass lyrics and loaded with punk-energy.
beautiful

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T3825
03-02-2006

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HAHHAAHA
ok i like whoever ramagamma is, you get a cookie i found that funny

i got a broken face! i was screaching that down the halls at school the other day. this is such a catchy song
the pixies have done it agean way to go charles i dont care what your into as long as you keep makeing good songs

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otohp
05-11-2006

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im perty sure its about when he was at his cousins house as a child...and fell of his tricycle....and broke his nose?

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fullmooninu
06-01-2006

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Hehe, i also questioned myself lots of times about this song lryics. The written lyrics vary from place to place. I'm now conviced that the singers actually are singing two different songs with similar sounding phrases and words.
What exactly those are i don't know.

The song is about mundane insanity. Or how mundane insanity can be.

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geebee
09-26-2006

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The little thing who does my laundry
Speaks no English
If you saw her
You'd say "Isn't she lovely"
....... great simple lines...........

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thealex9123
12-20-2006

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i think its about people and not bieng able to see whats inside of them.
frank black starts at an extreme, incest. you look at the family and you dont see who they are and what theyre doing when people arent around. they look normal, but theyre broken and damaged.
then, on a less extreme, you have a man " there was this man who snapped his brain in little pieces." who has mental issues, depression, insanity, something. and though you can try to "put em back in there" and fix it, you cant. kind of like the old rhyme about humptey dumptey who couldnt go back together again. but you cant see any of this.
then an even less extreme, the girl. by just looking at her you'd say "isnt she lovely". but when you get to know her you find out that she doesnt speak english and is stuck doing laundry for pay.

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la_muneca
01-01-2007

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I'm pretty sure it's "where there where eyes, there's only space" instead of "whatever i say is only spit".

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Henry letham
01-30-2007

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yeah this song is pretty much about incest.

it's just one of many incest songs black francis wrote.

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rkpetersen
04-21-2007

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It sure would be nice if someone corrected all the screwed up lyrics on this website now and a-fucking-gain. Although other lyrics sites are just as bad. Seems like they all get their WRONG lyrics from the same incompetent sources.

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shastavasta
08-10-2007

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well im pretty sure that its about incest but the lines "I got no lips, I got no tongue
Whatever I say is only spit"
are refered to pplz as dicks i think

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whenIwasalittleboy
09-22-2007

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I agree with thealex9123. I think that's a great interpretation.

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gonzgonz
03-09-2008

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mi amiga Mildred dice que en la parte de: 'I got no lips I got no tongue... ' she listens: ' Tratando de sacarlo todo'

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sf17k
06-20-2008

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"They were his daughters, they were his favourite lovers"
The incest is obvious, but here it sounds like "this boy" is sexually abusing his children.

"There was this man who snapped his brain in little pieces
And then he drove holes, and then he put 'em back in there"
..."Drove holes" is just an interesting way of saying it. "Put 'em back in there", referring to the place he keeps his abused children.

"The little thing who does my laundry, speaks no English"
Sounds like someone who was enslaved from birth.

"But if you saw her, you'd say 'Hey isn't she lovely?'"
IF you saw her.

This is a scary interpretation but it makes sense to me.

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