Angleton - Biting Elbows

I do believe that when I got betrayed

It was part of the trade

It was a little too much

When my story got going

I was breathing in the breeze

Keeping the commies down in Italy with ease

Some men never have a doubt

About what their side on

And how much they would sacrifice

When the guns are drawn

I’m talking about me

Talking about me

Talking about me

Angleton

They said, you’re gonna work in intelligence

They said, you’re gonna make it big

They said a lot of things

So I’ll co-found the CIA

My decisions can’t be swayed

I’m the smartest motherfucker in the room

But the room was empty

Always so empty

In it were only

My Rolodex and me

And I set up a network all over the globe

My biggest enemies

You’d think that I would know

Fire

Your head’s on fire

My piano wire

Is wrapping round your neck

Philby, your nerve has killed me

And I got a steady dream of you

In cement

Philby was my good friend but

Then again, he was one of them

I realized that he was red

Half a moment before he fled

I still stand to defend my camp

I see Philby’s face on a postage stamp

Can’t plant a bomb in his car

His new home is the USSR

Failed to see the mole was close

Right under my nose

I was outsmarted by Brit

Who took my life and spoiled it

And Oh undeniably so

It’s not easy to convey but it’s possible

Fire

Your head’s on fire

My piano wire

Is wrapping round your neck

Philby, your nerve has killed me

And I got a steady dream of you

In cement

Blown up on an intellectual claymore

Since that day

I believe I’ve made way more

I’ve kept my job but not my form, my form is full of

Fire

My head’s on fire

No piano wire

Will ever touch his neck

Philby, I wish you killed me

Instead of what you did

It’s far worse than cement

Fire

My head’s on fire

No piano wire

Will ever touch his neck

Philby, I wish you killed me

Instead of what you did

It’s far worse than cement