A gut pull drag on me
Into the chasm gaping we
Mirrors multy reflecting this
Between spunk stained sheet
And odorous whim
Camera eye-flick-shudder within
Assist me to walk away in sin
Where is the string that Theseus laid
Find me out this labyrinth place.

I do get bored, I get bored
In the flat field.
I get bored, I do get bored
In the flat field

Yin and yang lumber punch
Go taste a tart, then eat my lunch
And force my slender thin and lean
In this solemn place of fill wetting dreams
Of black matted lace of pregnant cows
As life maps out onto my brow
The card is lowered in index turn
Into my filing cabinet hemispheres spurn.

I do get bored, I get bored
In the flat field.
I get bored, I do get bored
In the flat field

Let me catch the slit of light
For a maidens sake
On a maiden flight
In the flat field I do get bored
Replace with Piccadilly whores
In my yearn for some cerebral fix
Transfer me to that solid plain
Hammer me into blazen pain
Moulding shapes no shame to waste
Moulding shapes no shame to waste
And drag me there with deafening haste.



Lyrics submitted by adrenalinemisfit

Track duration: 03:53

"In the Flat Field" as written by Jay/ash/haskins/murphy

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group

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  • +3
    General Comment:This song is about casual sex.

    dreaming of flat fields in some interpretations is symbolic for sex.

    the author's complaints of how mundane purely sexual adventures are, and how he is in search of a 'cerebral fix'

    Flag msefkon October 30, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Apparently Peter said this was about when he was a child, he went out to a flat field with his father and stood there and shot animals all day.
    Flag Super7amon July 14, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Also fits well with track one of the same album "Dark Entries" which comes from a similar background
    Flag flutteron May 09, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:One of Bauhaus' most sensual yet disturbing songs
    Flag flutteron May 09, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:It's a mind flash in the process of utilising services of prostitution out of a state of unfulfilledness.
    Flag flutteron May 09, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:LSD is only slightly crazier than the boring reality of wasted youth.
    Flag Wonder Nedon August 26, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:The members of Bauhaus grew up in a small grey industrial town and I think this song really reflects that. Just like in 'All We Ever Wanted'. But instead of referring to just that one situation it refers to a more universal desire to escape from a typical boring mainstream life. And like Iamanalligator said it could refer to a mental, physical, sexual, or any type of situation, but it means not settling for the norm.
    Flag Wauhauson July 22, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I love this song, it's pure genius. I definitely agree with everyone on here saying it's about searching for something more, whether it be mental, sexual, or physical. I wonder, though, if it could even refer to Dante's Inferno. Many lines of the song coincide with the book. I won't bore you with all the comparisons, but I find it interesting.
    Flag iamanalligatoron June 01, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:damn the high guitar cries sound like a scream of a dying animal it gives me the chills when i think about it...
    Flag Whenon November 02, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:A couple corrections:

    The sixth line should read
    "Camera eye flick, shudder within"
    and after
    "Transfer me to that solid plain"
    but before
    "Moulding shapes no shame to waste"
    comes the line
    "Hammer me into blazen pain".
    Thanks.
    Flag genetruon October 25, 2006   Link

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