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Submission

Sink into warm flesh
I want to taste your skin
Want to see you undressed
And see you shake your thing
You’re bound and helpless
And burning from within
There for the taking
I want to hear you sing

You turn me on
You cut me with your tongue
You take it all on, submission
You turn me on
You cut me with your tongue
You take it all on, submission

There’s nothing I won’t do
Even if it’s wrong
To please you
That’s where I’m coming from
You warp my senses
You’re coming on so strong
I gotta go down
I gotta get it on

You turn me on
You cut me with your tongue
You take it all on, submission
You turn me on
You cut me with your tongue
You take it all on, submission

Sink into warm flesh
You got me in a daze
You give me fever
You hold me in your sway
You’re my addiction
For you I’d take the blame
Feel the friction
And take it all the way

You turn me on
You cut me with your tongue
You take it all on, submission
You turn me on
You cut me with your tongue
You take it all on, submission

Song Notes

Rick on the creation of the song:

The music for “Submission” came to me after a night out with Owen Morris and Mark at this little Austrian bar on Westbourne Grove. I think it started before then in an Indian restaurant which bizarrely sold saki which Owen was very keen on at the time. I think we’d had five bottles by the time the starter arrived. At which point Owen started quizzing us on what we’d written so far. For me this was pretty much nothing which led to a lot of “encouragement” from Owen. We went to the Austrian bar next door and drank some enormous steins of lager, just enough for Owen to get involved in the live karaoke which I really wish I had a recording of. The hangover the next day was epic but I struggled out of bed and bearing in mind Owen’s comments the night before started messing around on Mark’s bass while waiting for him to finish his lengthy shower. By the time he was done I had the music done. I think Tim came up with the title and the lyrics flowed from there, written by two straight men in a room with no windows. Songwriting doesn’t get gayer than this.

A remix of the track by Arthur Baker appears as the B-side to the “Burn Baby Burn” single.