Lifeforms Lyrics
Daughter
Lyrics
From the beginning
Small lifeforms
They can kill without warning
So you don't explode
Stop your growing limbs and thinking
That you love them now you're blinking
And reminding her of him
Oh you steal his features
And your mother is a bleacher
She don't even feel the heat no
She don't even want to speak to you
But you, you always find another place to go
(Oh you) you always find another womb, to grow
To grow
Well you can try to sink down deeply
And find the children lost at sea
Find the children who discretely
Be killed in infancy
To stop them holding you and screaming
That you'll lose your wildest dreaming
Still reminding you of him
How he left without reasons
But you, you always find another place to go
(Oh you) you always find another womb, to grow
To grow
You can try to forget but I won't let you easy
You can try to forget but I won't let you easy
I'm floating out in the water washed out to sea
Drifting away this time you'll regret you've conceived it
Clean up the dead you leave behind
Just like insects
Clean up the dead you leave behind
Song & Lyrics Facts
"Daughter" is a song by the British electronic music group Lifeforms. It was released as their debut single on 10 October 1994 and appears on their first studio album, also titled Lifeforms, which was released in April 1994.
The track was written by band members Ed Handley, Andy Turner, and Phil Hartnoll and produced by Paul Hartnoll of Orbital. The genre of "Daughter" is classified as electronica, ambient techno and IDM. Lyrically, it is about a daughter who has grown up too quickly and the regretful feelings that come with it. An emotional and atmospheric tune, its lyrics are both melancholic and optimistic at the same time. This combination of themes makes it one of the most popular tracks from the Lifeforms album.