Broken Homes

PJ Harvey · Other Songs - PJ Harvey

Those men will break your bones,

Don't know how to build stable homes.

Those men will break your bones,

Don't know how to build stable homes.

Those men will break your bones,

Don't know how to build stable homes.

We loose our voice more each year,

Maybe we won't bring soon

Is there cancer in the throat ?

No stress

Maybe it's supposed to kill the success

Because success needs killing

Murder is media

False laugh,

Forged autograph,

First my body, now my corpse

Those men will break your bones,

Don't know how to build stable homes.

Alive is pain, Murder is fame,

And if you're famous you may get acquitted

If you did it

There's no where to runaway

Damn you I hope you pay

And finish the day to day

Games we play

Those men will brake your bones,

Don't know how to build stable homes.

I'ma stay at home

And talk on the telephone

There's nothing in this world I want from you,

Don't fool yourself, I won't cry....

You're too scared to live

Too quick to die

Those men will brake your bones,

Don't know how to build stable homes.

Those men will brake your bones,

Don't know how to build stable homes.

Those men will break your bones,

Don't know how to build stable homes.

Don't know how to build stable homes.

Those men will break your bones,

Don't know how to build stable homes.

Those men will break your bones,

Don't know how to build stable homes.

Stable Homes

Those men will break your bones,

Stable homes

Those men will break your bones,

Stable homes.

Those men will break your bones

Broken Homes

PJ Harvey's "Broken Homes" stands as a haunting centerpiece on her 2000 album *Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea*. The track exemplifies her signature gothic rock style, blending raw vocal delivery with atmospheric instrumentation to explore themes of domestic instability and emotional fragmentation. Released during a period where Harvey was redefining her sound with a more textured, cinematic approach, the song reflects the darker undercurrents of urban life that permeate her discography from the mid-1990s onward. Its enduring presence in her catalog underscores its status as a defining moment in her artistic evolution, capturing a specific mood that resonates deeply within the post-punk and alternative rock traditions.