The Electrician Lyrics
When the lights go low
There's no help no
When the lights go low
There's no help no
Through the dark hip falls screaming, Oh you mambos
Kill me and kill me and kill me
The handle
You'll die in your dreams
If I jerk
The handle
Jerk
The handle
You'll thrill me and thrill me and thrill me
When the lights go low
There's no help no

"a political song . . . having to do with . . . the Americans sending in these people, trained torturers in South America . . . I imagined these lovers in a conversation . . . if you listen the words of The Electrician it really explains itself after Ive started." - Scott Walker in a 1984 radio interview
thanks as i was intrigued by the lyrics!
thanks as i was intrigued by the lyrics!

as a south american, and knowing about the tortures he mentions... i love how Scott Walker has this mysterious way of writing that keeps me thinking and listening, thinking and listening, thinking and listening... again and again... i think that i can actually put myself in the scene, and feel what's going as a victim... screaming "oh you mambos! kill me and kill me and kill me"