beauty will destroy your mind /
spare the gory details /
give them gift wrapped for the man with everything //
though i lived a lonely life /
i was confused /
a butcher /
feel no thing //
as it courses up my arms /
imposition of the worms /
up through my heart and to my brain //
arm a bit slack /
a basic combination /
cut out /
chopped /
liver on the block /
my heart still pumping //
he's a worrier /
here's a little bitch coming out of him
In the files for the Kid A Mnesia Exhibition, there's an image of a piece of paper with lyrics from 'Lotus Flower', 'The Butcher', 'Staircase', and 'Coloured Candy'. Whether this means these tracks originated from this era is unclear.
'The Butcher' was not performed live during the touring for The King of Limbs.
