The Wife’s Murder Ballad Lyrics – Lydia the Bard

Read the full The Wife’s Murder Ballad lyrics by Lydia the Bard along with the music video, song credits, release information and other details about the song. If you enjoy Lydia the Bard’s music, you can also explore Die for Me and Tear it Down, two other songs by Lydia the Bard.

[Intro, spoken]
Hello?
Hello, is anybody out there?
Please!
Someone help, my husband’s fallen and he can’t get up!
I don’t know what’s happened
One moment he was fine and then the next
Oh, please, say you can save him
He was my everything and I just, I
I don’t know what I’d do without him

[Verse 1]
I’d say that I’m a patient woman
Forgiving most of the time
But I’m sat drawing lines on the walls
With a large glass of wine
Marks spider web through the room
Leashing my neck in their lace
But I’ve heard tell of a way to escape
And it don’t leave a trace

[Pre-Chorus]
Such confidence for someone who’s so very rude
Funny you feel safe when you’re showing me attitude
Shackle me down to the butcher block
And then expect gratitude?
Love don’t you know not to bite the hand that feeds you

[Chorus]
Lover, you don’t look too well
Eat up and save your health
Come now, sit by my side
Forgive me, I just thought a man could handle a little bit of spice

[Verse 2]
I’ve been told it’s the hottest new craze
People beg, borrow, steal

And you’ve weaving my pretty ropes all night
You deserve a good meal
A tough sell, but I bought some last night
From the widow next door
Said her husband loved it so much
He passed out on the floor

[Pre-Chorus]
Such confidence for someone who’s so very rude
Funny you feel safe when you’re showing me attitude
Shackle me down to the butcher block
And then expect gratitude?
Love don’t you know not to bite the hand

[Bridge]
I often wonder if my body is see through
‘Cause no matter how hard I try, all they ever see is you
I could scream and cry and throw a fit and wild guess what they do
They’d ask the question of my state to you, to you, to you
Oh, oh, oh, oh
*Scream*

[Bridge]
Lover, you don’t look too well
I said to take care of your health
Looks like the end of the line
Forgive me, but I can’t abide the thought that I’m locked a bride for life

[Chorus]
Lover, you don’t look too well (Lover, you don’t look too well)
Eat up and save your health (Save your health)
Come now, sit by my side
Forgive me, I just thought a man could handle a little cyanide