The 1996 LP Milk & Kisses featured snippets of lyrics printed on the inner sleeves of both the standard and special editions. Lyrics were included wholesale in the videos for “Rilkean Heart” and “Half-Gifts” in 1995 (from Twinlights) and for “Tishbite” in 1996. Over time, Elizabeth’s vocal style and arrangements became more complex and almost entirely obscure before returning to relative clarity in the 1990s.
In the beginning, some of the lyrics were included on the sleeves of Garlands and Head Over Heels.
(Japanese record labels notoriously insisted on including lyric sheets with every album, and so would have staff write up what they thought they were hearing, which almost always led to some rather bizarre outcomes.) Comic strip from New Musical Express (NME), July 1991 For years journalists, fans, and even record labels tried desperately to decipher what Elizabeth Fraser might have been singing.
A perennial debate about Cocteau Twins relates to the “lyrics,” or lack thereof.
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