The Letter

Lyrics

Twenty-thousand dead Now you retire Your shiny, shiny pathos Is on fire

Twenty-thousand bodies Floating on a river O'er water Cryptic slaughter

Presidente Gonzalo It's not fair The IRA ETA and the Red Command

? Three thousand extremes

You should not spit in an old man's beard And tell him it is snowing It is snowing Snowing Snowing Snowing

Twenty-thousand dead Now you retire Your shiny, shiny pathos Is on fire

Twenty-thousand bodies Writing a letter A letter

Hoy lleve pasar de largo Y dime, garganta, escuchen Quiero cantar ya la soledad de mi vía Quiero emborracharme de silencio Pues el estar con usted Es un continúen ti error Donde el ? Y usted yo vamos ?

Chronology

• Amor and Language
  • Stephen Prina - vocals
  • ? - additional vocals

Interpretations

• Unreleased single: "The Letter / Psychology" mentioned in The Red Krayola (1994) press kit
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abimael_Guzm%C3%A1n
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ETA_(separatist_group)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comando_Vermelho

Live recordings

Show
August 2, 1995
April 21, 2000	video