DESCRIPTION:
"Reptile" is a song by Australian alternative rock band The Church. It was released as a single on their 1988 album, Starfish, and the songwriting credits were given to all four members of the band.

Marty Willson-Piper, Peter Koppes, Richard Ploog, and Steve Kilbey were all credited with writing the song. Kilbrey provided vocals, and his lyrics describe something that is both fascinating and disgusting.

"Reptile" peaked at number 27 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks in 1988. The song was well received by critics upon its release. Ned Raggett of Allmusic compared it to "the sheer punch of Heyday's most frenetic moments with a slightly more restrained but still strong, smart performance." The chorus was "rushing", the guitars were "epic" and "melancholic", and the atmosphere was set by "a sudden mid-song slow dive bomb break, guitars howling down into the void."

Single by The Church
from the album Starfish
Released 1988
Format 7" single
Genre Alternative rock
Length 4:56
Label Arista Records
Writer(s) Marty Willson-Piper / Peter Koppes / Richard Ploog /Steve Kilbey
Producer(s) Greg Ladanyi, Waddy Wachtel, The Church

SOURCE: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptile_(song)

The Church:
Steve Kilbey - Bass, Lead Vocals
Peter Koppes - Guitar
Richard Ploog - Drums
Marty Willson-Piper - Guitar

LYRICS "Reptile "

Too dangerous to keep.
Too feeble to let go.
And you want to bite the hand.
Should have stopped this long ago.

Go now, you've been set free.
Another month or so you'll be gorging on me
With your lovely smile.
I see you slither away with your skin and your tail,
Your flickering tongue and your rattling scales
Like a real reptile.

Had you coiled around my arm.
How could you ever know
How I loved your diamond eyes?
But that was long ago.

Go now, you've been set free.
Another month or so you'll be poisoning me
With your lovely smile.
I see you slither away with your skin and your tail,
Your flickering tongue and your rattling scales
Like a real reptile.

And I should have believed Eve.
She said we had to blow.
She was the apple of my eye.
It wasn't long ago.

Go now, you've been set free.
Another month or so you'll be poisoning me
With your lovely smile.
I see you slither away with your skin and your tail,
Your flickering tongue and your rattling scales
Like a real reptile.



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