The Duelist Lyrics

JC = Jarvis Cocker
CG = Charlotte Gainsbourg
Otherwise both

10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20

In the time it takes a handkerchief to fall to the ground
One of our lives will be over
JC: Brocade waistcoat catches glints of morning light
Silk damask swathed in bottle green memories

We've travelled from station to station
We now approach our final destination
The only way to awake you was to slap your face
So stand up straight and let me take on final taste of you

CG: Before we walk the agreed number of paces
CG: And turn to face our fate
CG: The coup de grace delivered so delicately
CG: You always had such exquisite taste

CG: Morning sky stretched tight as a drum
CG: Tension released in an instant
JC: Brocade waistcoat flecked with blood in the golden light
You were dead before you even hit the ground

We've travelled from station to station
Now we've reached our final destination
Watch all trace of colour draining from your face
Stoop to take my final taste, one final taste of you..

JC: And ice crystals always have 6 points
JC: Though every one's unique
CG: They melt on the tongue and no-one's ever counted them all
CG: But you've tried

CG: You
JC: You, so cool and calculated,
JC: A real cold fish
So measure this
So measure this

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