Pearl Jam Lyrics

Pearl Jam Lyrics by Albums

2006-03-13T07:08:00.000-08:00

Riot Act [2002]
01 Can't Keep
02 Save You
03 Love Boat Captain
04 Cropduster
05 Ghost
06 I Am Mine
07 Thumbing My Way
08 You Are
09 Get Right
10 Green Disease
11 Help Help
12 Bushleaguer
13 1/2 Full
14 Arc
15 All or None

Binaural [2000]
01 Breakerfall
02 Gods' Dice
03 Evacuation
04 Light Years
05 Nothing As It Seems
06 Thin Air
07 Insignificance
08 Of the Girl
09 Grievance
10 Rival
11 Sleight of Hand
12 Soon Forget
13 Parting Ways

Yield [1998]
01 Brain Of J.
02 Faithfull
03 No Way
04 Given To Fly
05 Wishlist
06 Pilate
07 Do The Evolution
08 Untitled
09 MFC
10 Low Light
11 In Hiding
12 Push Me, Pull Me
13 All Those Yesterdays

No Code [1996]
01 Sometimes
02 Hail Hail
03 Who You Are
04 In My Tree
05 Smile
06 Off He Goes
07 Habit
08 Red Mosquito
09 Lukin
10 Present Tense
11 Mankind
12 I'm Open
13 Around The Bend

Vitalogy [1994]
01 Last Exit
02 Spin The Black Circle
03 Not For You
04 Tremor Christ
05 Nothingman
06 Whipping
07 Pry, To
08 Corduroy
09 Bugs
10 Satan's Bed
11 Better Man
12 Aye Davanita
13 Immortality
14 Stupid Mop

Vs. (Five Against One) [1993]
01 Go
02 Animal
03 Daughter

Ten [1991]
01 Once
02 Even Flow
03 Alive
04 Why Go
05 Black
06 Jeremy
07 Oceans
08 Porch
09 Garden
10 Deep
11 Release

Riot Act [2002]

2005-10-21T20:25:00.000-07:00

Can't Keep

I wanna shake
I wanna wind out
I wanna leave
This mind and shout

I've lived
All this life
Like an ocean
In disguise
I don't live for
Ever
You can't keep
Me here

I wanna race
With the sundown
I want a last breath

Forgive
Every being
The bad feelings
It's just me
I won't wait
For answers
You can't keep
Me here

I wanna rise
And say goodnight
Wanna take
A look on the other side

I've lived
All those lives
It's been wonder
Full at night
I will live for
Ever
You can't keep
Me here

Save You

Gonna save you fucker,....not gonna lose you
Feeling cocky and strong,.. can't let you go,...
Too important to me

Too important to us,... we'd be lost without you
Baby, let yourself fall,... I'm right below you now

And fuck me if I say something you don't wanna hear
And fuck if you only hear what you wanna hear
Fuck me if I care,... but I'm not leaving here

You helped me when I was down,... I'll help when you're down
Why are you hitting yourself,... c'mon hit me instead

Let's pick up your will,... it's grown fat and lazy
I'm sympathetic as well,... don't go on me now

And I'm not living this life without you, I'm selfist and clear
And you're not leaving here without me, I don't wanna be without
My best friend,... wake up to see you could have it all

Cause there is but you,... and something within you
It's taken control,.. let's beat it, get up let's go

Oh you're in your own world, let's see the whole world
Let's pick up your soul

And fuck me if I say something you don't wanna hear
And fuck me if you only hear the treble in your head
Please help,... me,... to help you,... help yourself

Help me help yourself,... please want me to,... please let me to

Help you

Love Boat Captain

Is this just another day,... this God forgotten place?
First comes love, then comes pain. let the games begin,...
Questions rise and answers fall,... insurmountable.

Love boat captain
Take the reigns and steer us towards the clear,... here.
It's already been sung, but it can't be said enough.
All you need is love

Is this just another phase? earthquakes making waves,...
Trying to shake the cancer off? stupid human beings,...
Once you hold the hand of love,.. it's all surmountable.

Hold me, and make it the truth,...
That when all is lost there will be you,...
Cause to the universe I don't mean a thing
And there's just one word I still believe
And it's

It's an art to live with pain,... mix the light into grey,..
Lost 9 friends we'll never know,.. 2 years ago today
And if our lives became too long, would it add to our regret?

And the young, they can lose hope cause they can't see beyond today,...
The wisdom that the old can't give away
Hey,...
Constant recoil...
Sometimes life
Don't leave you alone.

Hold me, and make it the truth,...
That when all is lost there will be you.
Cause to the universe I don't mean a thing
And there's just one word that I still believe and it's
Love,... love. love. love. love.

Love boat captain
Take the reigns,.. steer us towards the clear.
I know it's already been sung,... can't be said enough.
Love is all you need,.. all you need is love,..
Love,.. love,...
Love.

Cropduster

Light green to green, dark green, brown..
Every life is falling down
Brown to black, it's coming back
Dies to be part of the ground
Seed to seedling, root to stem

Eyes, no eyes, there's no difference,...
Every life is looking in
Swallowing seeds on the deathbed,...
Dig a hole in,... the garden.

Everyone is practicing,...
But this world's an accident.
I was the fool because I thought

I thought the world
Turns out the world thought me
It's all the other way round
We're upside down

Daddy's gone up flames,..
But this ain't no movie
This ain't no book you can close
When the big lie hits your eye.

Everybody's practicing,....
Our world's an accident
I was the fool because I thought

Let the fluence sat it down.
There's an upside of down.

The moon is rolling round the world.

Ghost

The mind is grey,... like the city
Packing in and overgrown
Love is deep,... dig it out
Standing in a hole alone
Working for something,.. that we can never hold
A place in the clouds.
Your place to hide oh my oh

I'm flying away, away
I'm driving away, away

The tv, she talks to me
Breaking news and building walls
Selling us, what I don't need
Didn't know soap made you taller

So I'm riding away, away
Hiding away, away

So much talk it makes no sense at all

So I'm flying away, away
Driving away, away

Passing old friends I don't miss at all

It doesn't hurt,.. when I bleed
But memories they eat me
I've seen it all before,..
Bring it on cause I'm no victim

Dying
Dying

I Am Mine

The selfish they're all standing in line...
Faith in their hope and to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by,
I only own my mind.

The north is to south what the clock is to time.
There's east and there's west and there everywhere life.
I know that I was born and I know that I'll die.
The in between is mine. I am mine.

And the feeling it gets left behind...
Oh the innocence broken with time...
We're different behind the eyes, there's no need to hide.
We're safe tonight.

The ocean is full cause everyone's crying,
The full moon is looking for friends at high tide.
The sorrow grows bigger when the sorrows denied.
I only know my mind. I am mine.

And the feeling it gets left behind...
Oh the innocence broken with time.
We're different between the lines, there's no need to hide...
Cause we're safe tonight.

And the feeling it gets left behind...
Oh the innocence broken with time.
We're different behind the eyes, there's no need to hide.

And the feeling it gets left behind...
Oh the innocence broken with lies.
We're different behind the eyes.
We're safe tonight.

Thumbing My Way

I have not been home since you left long ago
I'm thumbing my way back to heaven
Counting steps, walking backwards on the road
I'm counting my way back to heaven
I can't be free with what's locked inside of me
If there was a key, you took it in your hand
There's no wrong or right, but I'm sure there's good and bad
The questions linger overhead
No matter how cold the winter, there's a springtime ahead
I'm thumbing my way back to heaven
I wish that I could hold you
I wish that I had
Thinking 'bout heaven
I let go of a rope, thinking that's what held me back
And in time I've realized, it's now wrapped around my neck
I can't see what's next, from this lonely overpass
Hang my head and count my steps, as another car goes past
All the rusted signs we ignore throughout our lives
Choosing the shiny ones instead
I turned my back, now there's no turning back
No matter how cold the winter, there's a springtime ahead
I smile, but who am I kidding?
I'm just walking the miles, every once in a while I'll get a ride
I'm thumbing my way back to heaven
Thumbing my way back to heaven
I'm thumbing my way back to heaven...

You Are (Roit Act)

THIS BROKEN WHEEL IS COMING UNDONE
AND THE ROADS EXPLODING
BUT YOU'RE KEEPING ME STRONG
ROLLING ALONG WITH YOU,...

LOVE IS A TOWER
AND YOU'RE THE KEY
LEADING ME HIGHER
WHEN YOU LET ME IN

KEEPING US CLOSE,.... SO CLOSE
ON DOWN THE LIME

SOMETHIMES I BURN LIKE A DOT ON THE SUN
WITH NO ONE KNOWING
BUT YOU'RE KEEPING ME STRONG
MOVING ALONG WITH YOU

YOU ARE A TOWER OF
STRENGTH TO ME
THE DARKENING HOUR
SEES LIGHT AGAIN

ooh wah,... ooh wah,.. ooh wah,.. ooh wah,.. ooh wah.
ooh wah,... ooh wah,.. you are,.. you are,..

LOVE IS A TOVER
OF STRENGTH TO ME
I AM THE SHORELINE
BUT YOU'RE THE SEA.

YOU ARE.

Get Right

I want for to lay down, I'm waiting 'till sundown
I'm searching the haystacks, water is sunshine, wait for the moment
The moment between us, the fire is made now, hot to the touch
I wanted to get right
I wanted to get right
I wanted to get right with you
Bakers dozen parades, stand and debate
Out single file, nine in a row, swear if you must
Keeping your boots on, float with the now, hot to the touch
Concrete underground, cast out everyday, the dregs of society
Underbelly, inside of me, rejoice and follow thee
I wanted to get right
I wanted to get right
I wanted to get right with it, with you
With... you...
Yeah
I wanted to get right
I wanted to get right
I wanted to get right

Green Disease

It's a disease,... and they're all green
It emminates from their being
Agitation,.. with occupation

And like weeds,.. with big leaves
Stealing light from what's beneath
Where they have more,...
Still they take more

Course I know,.. then I don't
There's a stoway with my throat
It's deceiving
I don't believe him

We can scream,.. out our doors
Behind the wall a fat man snores
In his dreams he's,...
Choking on leaves

Well I guess
There's nothing wrong with what you say
Believe me
Just asking you to sway
No white
Or black
Just grey
Can you feel this,..
World with your heart and not your brain?

Help Help

Tell me what I wanna hear
This suits too good to be true
My dear

Tell me lies
Tell me lies, tell me
Tell me lies, tell me

Help me

Storybook keeps from hurting me
You see
Shell of the man from the sea

Tell me lies
Tell me lies, tell me
Tell me lies, tell me

Tell me why
Tell me why, tell me
Tell me why, tell me

Tell me lies,...

Help me

Reservoir
Of hate and fear
Invisible
In repair
A hundred theives
Cast a spell
This is hell

Help me

The man they call my enemy, I've seen his eyes
He looks just like me, a mirror

The more you read, we've been deceived
Everyday it becomes clearer,...

Clearer.

Not my enemy,.. no, not my enemy,..
Don't speak for me. no, not my enemy.

Bushleaguer

How does he do it? how do they do it? uncanny and immutable.
This is such a happening tailpipe of a party.
Like sugar, the guests are so refined, (look like melting mice)

A confidence man, but why so beleagued?
He's not a leader, he's a texas leaguer
Swinging for the fence, got lucky with a strike
Drilling for fear, makes the job simple
Born on third, thinks he got a triple

Blackout weaves it's way through the cities
Blackout weaves it's way through the cities
Blackout weaves it's way,...

I remember when you sang
That song about today
Now it's tomorrow and
Everything has changed

A think tank of aloof multiplication
A nicotine wish and a colossus decanter
Retrenchment and foolishness
What's the buckos?
The raves have not a clue
The immenseness of suffering
And the odd negotiation, a rarity
With onionskin plausibility of life,
And a keyboard reaffirmation

Blackout weaves it's way through the cities
Blackout weaves it's way through the cities
Blackout weaves it's way,...

I remember when you sang
That song about today
Now it's tomorrow and
Everything has changed

1/2 Full

Climbing on a mountain
Floating out on the sea
Far from lights of a city
The elements they speak to me

Whispering that life
Existed long before breed
Balancing the world
On it's knee

Don't see some men as 1/2 empty
See them 1/2 full of shit
Thinking that we're all but slaves
There's ain't gonna be

No middle anymore
It's been said before
The haves be having more
Yet still bored

Won't someone save?
Won't someone save
The world?

Arc

Instrumental

All or None

It's a hopeless... situation
And I'm starting to believe
That this hopeless... situation
Is what I'm trying to achieve

But I try
To run on
Towards
All or none,... all or none

Here's the selfless confession
Leading me back to war
Can we help that,.. our destinations
Are the ones we've been before

I still try
To run on
Towards all
Or none,... all or none

To myself i... surrender
To the one I'll never please

I still try,.. to run on
But I still try,.. to run on
But it's
All or none,... all or none.

Binaural [2000]

2005-10-21T20:23:00.000-07:00

Breakerfall

There’s a girl on a ledge, she’s got nowhere to turn
‘Cause all the love that she had was just wood that she burned
Now her life is on fire, it’s no one’s concern
She can blame the world, or prey till dawn
But only love can breakerfall
Breakerfall
Only love can breakerfall
Fall

It’s like she lost her invitation to the party on earth
And she’s standing outside hating everyone here
She’s her own disease, crying to her doll
But only love can breakerfall
Breakerfall
Only love can breakerfall
Yeah

Fall, breakerfall
Can breakerfall
Ooh yeah, only love can breakerfall
Love, love, can breakerfall, fall
Love, love, can breakerfall
Only love can breakerfall

Gods' Dice

It’s out of my hands, making all hands meet
Stumble as it’s crumbling out of reach
It’s in the cards of destiny
Your sanity in tow
Designate my luck
Resignate

This power has no roots to guide, no role
Trust me, rusted minds refuse to go
Unwillingness, it’s meaningless
To walk away in vain
Designate my will
Designate my will
Resignate

My will is crashing, synapses flashing slow
Days like frame by frame, where do they go?
Yeah, why fight? Forget it
Can’t I spend it after I go?

Roll them high
Throw them again
All Gods’ dice

Monkey driven, call this living, ha ha ha
Too much thought, it’s overwrought, a hole
Minding yours, what’s mine, not yours
Will finish us off
Designate my life
Designate a view
Designate my will, my will, my will, I will
Resignate my god

Evacuation

The sirens scream wanton attention
Time to take heed and change directions
Time to take stock and make omissions

Evacuation
Evacuation

Time to take leave all formal functions
Time to plant seeds of reconstruction
No time this time to feign reluctance

It’s like you’re waiting for a diamond shore to wash your way
Bets put aside, you’re evil, let’s crawl into your face
A vision, vague or not, raising a frightful wake-you-up

Time for evacuation
Evacuation
Evacuation
Evacuation
Evacuation
Evacuation
Evacuation

There was a solemn man who watched his twilight disappear in the sand
Altered by a fallen eagle, a warning sign
He sensed worry could be strength, with a plan said time for

Evacuation
Evacuation
Evacuation
Evacuation

Evacuation, evacuation
Evacuation, evacuation
Evacuation, evacuation
Evacuation, evacuation
Evacuation, evacuation
Evacuation, evacuation

Light Years

I’ve used hammers made out of wood
I have played games with pieces and rules
I’ve deciphered tricks at the bar
But now you’re gone, I haven’t figured out why
I’ve come up with riddles and jokes about war
I’ve figured out numbers and what they’re for
I’ve understood feelings, and I’ve understood words
But how could you be taken away?

And wherever you’ve gone, and wherever we might go
It don’t seem fair, today just disappeared
Your light’s reflected now, reflected from afar
We were but stones, your light made us stars

The heavy breath, awakened regrets
Backpages and days alone, that could have been spent
Together, but we were miles apart
Every inch between us becomes light years now
No need to be void, or save up on life
You got to spend it all

And wherever you’ve gone, and wherever we might go
It don’t seem fair, you seemed to like it here
Your light’s reflected now, reflected from afar
We were but stones, your light made us stars

And wherever you’ve gone, and wherever we might go
It don’t seem fair, today just disappeared
Your light’s reflected now, reflected from afar
We were but stones, your light made us stars

Nothing As It Seems

Don’t feel like home, he’s a little out
And all these words elope, it’s nothing like your poem
Putting in, in putting in, don’t feel like methadone
A scratching voice, all alone, it’s nothing like your baritone
It’s nothing as it seems, the little that he needs, it’s home
The little that he sees is nothing, he concedes, it’s home

One uninvited chromosome, a blanket like the ozone
It’s nothing as it seems, all that he needs, it’s home
The little that he frees, is nothing, he believes

Saving up a sunny day, something maybe two-tone
Anything to call his own, a chip off the cornerstone
Who’s kidding, rainy day, a one-way ticket headstone
Occupations overthrown, a whisper through a megaphone

It’s nothing as it seems, the little that he needs, it’s home
The little that he sees is nothing, he concedes, it’s home
And all that he frees, a little bittersweet, it’s home
It’s nothing as it seems, the little that you see, it’s home

Thin Air

Don’t feel like home, he’s a little out
And all these words elope, it’s nothing like your poem
Putting in, in putting in, don’t feel like methadone
A scratching voice, all alone, it’s nothing like your baritone
It’s nothing as it seems, the little that he needs, it’s home
The little that he sees is nothing, he concedes, it’s home

One uninvited chromosome, a blanket like the ozone
It’s nothing as it seems, all that he needs, it’s home
The little that he frees, is nothing, he believes

Saving up a sunny day, something maybe two-tone
Anything to call his own, a chip off the cornerstone
Who’s kidding, rainy day, a one-way ticket headstone
Occupations overthrown, a whisper through a megaphone

It’s nothing as it seems, the little that he needs, it’s home
The little that he sees is nothing, he concedes, it’s home
And all that he frees, a little bittersweet, it’s home
It’s nothing as it seems, the little that you see, it’s home

Insignificance

All in all, it’s no one’s fault
Excuses turn to carbon walls
Blame it all on chemical intercourse

The swallowed seeds of arrogance
Breeding in the thoughts of ten
Thousand fools who fight irrelevance

The full moon is dead skin
The one down here’s wearing thin
So set up the ten pins
As the human tide rolls in
Like a ball that’s spinning

Bombs dropping down
Overhead, underground
It’s instilled, to wanna live
Bombs dropping down
Please forgive our hometown
In our insignificance

“Turn the jukebox up,” he said
Dancing in irreverence
Play C-3, let the song protest

The plates begin to shift
Perfect lefts come rolling in
I was alone and far away
When I heard the band start playing
On the lip, late take off

Bombs dropping down
Overhead, underground
It’s instilled, to wanna live
Bombs dropping down
Please forgive our hometown
In our insignificance

Feel like resonance of distance
In the blood, the iron lies

It’s instilled, to wanna live
Bombs dropping down
Please forgive our hometown
In our insignificance
In our insignificance

Of the Girl

Oh, he deals ‘em off, off the top, ties ‘em off
Fills it up with his past, gets carried away
Oh, half his life, a hand-me-down, wasted away
Oh, he fills it up with the love of a girl

Oh, he left it alone, drilled the pain with money to buy

How he makes his getaway
How he makes his getaway

Oh, he chose a path, heavy the fall, quarter to four
Fills his mind with the thought of a girl

How he makes his getaway
How he makes his getaway
How he makes his getaway
Getaway

Grievance

Have a drink, they’re buying
Bottom of, bottle of denial

Big guy, big eye watching me
Have to wonder what it sees
Progress laced with ramifications
Freedom’s big plunge

Pull the innocent from a crowd
Raise the sticks, then bring ‘em down
If they fail to obey
If they fail to obey

For every tool they lend us
A loss of independence

I pledge to my grievance to the flag
‘Cause you don’t give blood, then take it back again
We’re all deserving of something more

Progress, taste it, invest-it-all
Champagne breakfast for everyone

Break when the innocent when they’re proud
Raise the stakes, then bring ‘em down
If they fail to obey
If they fail to obey

Pledge my grievance to the flag
Aw come on, don’t give blood, then take it back again
We’re all deserving of something more

I wanna breathe
I wanna see
I wanna taste
Everyone I see
I wanna run, when I’m up high
I wanna run to the sea
I only want life to be
I just wanna be
I will feel alive as long as I am free

Rival

All my rivals will see what I have in store
My gun
I’ve been harboring fleets in this reservoir
Red sun
And this nation’s about to explode

Your disciples are riddled with metaphors
Well-hung
Better pony up and bring both your barrelfulls
Not one
As we release this unspeakable toll

How’s our mother to damn these contributors
With mud?
How will the man who made chemicals difficult
Shed blood?
How’s our father supposed to be told?

Sleight of Hand

Routine was the theme
He’d wake up, wash and pour himself into uniform
Something he hadn’t imagined being
As the merging traffic passed
He found himself staring down
At his own hands
Not remembering the change
Not recalling the plan
Was it…?

He was okay
But wondering
About wandering
Was it age?
By consequence?
Or was he moved sleight of hand?

Mondays were made to fall
Lost on a road he knew by heart
It was like a book he read in his sleep, endlessly
Sometimes he hid in his radio
Watching others pull into their homes
While he was drifting

On a line
Of his own
Off the line
Off the side
By the by
As dirt turned to sand
As if moved by sleight of hand

When he reached the shore of his clip-on world
He resurfaced to the norm
Organized his few things, his coat and keys
Any new realizations would have to wait
Till he had more time
More time

A time to dream
To himself
He waves goodbye
To himself
I’ll see you on the other side
Another man moved by sleight of hand

Soon Forget

Sorry is the fool who trades his soul for a Corvette
Thinks he’ll get the girl, he’ll only get the mechanic
What’s missing? He’s living a day he’ll soon forget

That’s one more time around, the sun is going down
The moon is out, but he’s drunk and shouting, putting people down
He’s pissing, he’s living a day he’ll soon forget

Counts his money every morning, the only thing that keeps him horny
Locked in a giant house, that’s alarming
The townsfolk, they all laugh

Sorry is the fool who trades his love for hi-rise rent
Seems the more you make equals the loneliness you get
And it’s fitting, he’s barely living a day he’ll soon forget

That’s one more time around, and there is not a sound
He’s lying dead, clutching Benjamins, never put the money down
He’s stiffening, we’re all whistling, a man we’ll soon forget
Parting Ways

Behind her eyes, there’s curtains
And they’ve been closed to hide the flames, remains
She knows their future’s burning
But she can smile just the same, same
And though her mood is fine today
There’s a fear they’ll soon be parting ways

Standing like a statue
A chin of stone, a heart of clay, hey
And though he’s too big of a man to say
There’s a fear they’ll soon be parting ways

Drifting away
Drifting away
Drifting away
Drifting away
Drifting away
Drifting away

Yield [1998]

2005-10-21T20:22:00.000-07:00

Brain Of J.

Who's got the brain of jfk?
What's it mean to us now? …yeah
Oh, it's sound insurance
But I can tell you, this is no lie

The whole world will be different soon
The whole world will be relieving {2x}

You, you've been taught
We'd been the same, now they got you in line
Stand behind the stripes
There will be order, so give it a good mind

The whole world will be different soon
The whole world will be relieving {2x}

And by name
The name they gave me
The name I'm letting go

The whole world will be different soon
The whole world will be relieving {3x}
The whole world will be different soon, soon

No Way

Here's a token of my openness
Of my need to not disappear
How I'm feeling, so revealing to me
I found my mind too clear
I just need someone to be there for.. me
I just want someone to be there for.. me

All the static in my attic-a
Shoots down my side nerve
To the ocean of my platitudes
Longitudes, latitudes, it's so absurd
I just need someone to be there for..
I just want someone to be there for..
Someone to be there for..

'cause I'll stop trying to make a difference
I'm not trying to make a difference
I'll stop trying to make a difference
No way {2x}

Ooh, let's call in an angel {3x}

'cause I'll stop trying to make a difference
I'm not trying to make a difference
I'll stop trying to make a difference
No way
'cause I'll stop trying to make a difference
I'm not trying to make a difference
I'm not trying to make a difference
No way
No way, no way
Let's call in an angel
Who's calling an angel?

Given To Fly

He could've tuned in, tuned in
But he tuned out
A bad time, nothing could save him
Alone in a corridor, waiting, locked out
He got up outta there, ran for hundreds of miles
He made it to the ocean, had a smoke in a tree
The wind rose up, set him down on his knee

A wave came crashing like a fist to the jaw
Delivered him wings, hey, look at me now
Arms wide open with the sea as his floor
Oh, power, oh

He's.. flying
Whole¡
High.. wide, oh

He floated back down 'cause he wanted to share
His key to the locks on the chains he saw everywhere
But first he was stripped and then he was stabbed
By faceless men, well, fuckers
He still stands

And he still gives his love, he just gives it away
The love he receives is the love that is saved
And sometimes is seen a strange spot in the sky
A human being that was given to fly

High.. flying
Oh, oh
High.. flying
Oh, oh
He's¡flying
Oh, oh

Wishlist

I wish I was a neutron bomb, for once I could go off
I wish I was a sacrifice but somehow still lived on
I wish I was a sentimental ornament you hung on
The christmas tree, I wish I was the star that went on top
I wish I was the evidence, I wish I was the grounds
For 50 million hands upraised and open toward the sky

I wish I was a sailor with someone who waited for me
I wish I was as fortunate, as fortunate as me
I wish I was a messenger and all the news was good
I wish I was the full moon shining off a camaro's hood

I wish I was an alien at home behind the sun
I wish I was the souvenir you kept your house key on
I wish I was the pedal brake that you depended on
I wish I was the verb 'to trust' and never let you down

I wish I was a radio song, the one that you turned up
I wish...
I wish...

Pilate

Talk of circles and punching out
Looking in, drawing circles down
Falling up the south marking ground
Talking out of turn, drawing circles down

Like pilate, I have a dog {3x}
{obeys, listens, kisses, loves}

Walks me out of town
Still, one's a crowd
Making angels in the dirt
Looking up, looking all around

Like pilate, I have a dog {2x}
{obeys, listens, kisses, loves}

Stunned by my own reflection
It's looking back, sees me too clearly
And I swore I'd never go there again
Not unlike a friend that politely drags you down, you down, you down

Like pilate, I have a dog {4x}
{obeys, listens, kisses, loves}

Do The Evolution

Woo..
I'm ahead, I'm a man
I'm the first mammal to wear pants, yeah
I'm at peace with my lust
I can kill 'cause in God I trust, yeah
It's evolution, baby

I'm at piece, I'm the man
Buying stocks on the day of the crash
On the loose, I'm a truck
All the rolling hills, I'll flatten' em out, yeah
It's herd behavior, uh huh
It's evolution, baby

Admire me, admire my home
Admire my song, here's my coat
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
This land is mine, this land is free
I'll do what I want but irresponsibly
It's evolution, baby

I'm a thief, I'm a liar
There's my church, I sing in the choir:
(hallelujah¡ hallelujah¡)

Admire me, admire my home
Admire my song, admire my clothes
'cause we know, appetite for a nightly feast
Those ignorant indians got nothin' on me
Nothin', why?
Because, it's evolution, baby!

I am ahead, I am advanced
I am the first mammal to make plans, yeah
I crawled the earth, but now I'm higher
Twenty-ten, watch it go to fire
It's evolution, baby (2x)
Do the evolution
Come on, come on, come on

Untitled

We're all crazy
We're all crazy and we're {6x}
MFC

Sliding out of reverse into drive, this…
Wheel will be turning right, then straight
Off in the sunset she'll ride
She can remember a time denied, stood by…
Side of the road, spilled like wine, now…
She's out on her own and line high

There's no leaving here
Ask, I'm an ear
She's disappeared

They said timing was everything, made him…
Want to be everywhere, there's a…
Lot to be said for nowhere

There's no leaving here
Ask, I'm an ear
We've disappeared
There's no leaving here
Ask, I'm an ear
Fuck it, we'll disappear

Low Light

Clouds roll by
Reeling is what they say
Or is it just my way?
Wind blows by, low light
Side-tracked, low light
Can't see my tracks, your scent-way back

Can I be here all alone?
Clear a path to my home
Blood runs dry
Books and jealousy tell me wrong
All I feel, calm
Voice blows by, low light
Car crash, low light
Can't wear my mask, your first, my last

Voice goes by
Two birds is what they'll see
Getting lost upon their way
Wind rolls by, low light
Eye sight, low light
I need the light
I'll find my way from wrong, what's real?
The dream I see

In Hiding

I shut and locked the front door
No way in or out
I turned and walked the hallway
And pulled the curtains down
I knelt and emptied the mouth of every club around
But nothing's sound, nothing's sound

I'd stay but my last cab left me
Ignored all my rounds
Soon I was seeing visions and cracks along the walls
They were upside down

I swallow my words to keep from lying
I swallow my face just to keep from biting, i, i..
I swallowed my breath and went deep, I was diving, diving
I surfaced when all of my pen wasn't writing
I'm in hiding {4x}

It's been about three days now
Since I've been aground
No longer overwhelmed and it seems so simple now
It's funny when things change so much
It's all state of mind

I swallowed my words to keep from lying
I swallowed my face just to keep from biting i, i…
I swallowed my breath and went deep, I was diving, I was diving
I surfaced and all around me was enlightened
Now I'm in hiding {8x}

Push Me, Pull Me

I had a false belief
I thought I came here to stay
We're all just visiting
All just breaking like waves
The oceans made me, but who came up with love?
Push me, pull me, push me, or pull me out
Push me, pull me, or pull me out {2x}

So if there were no angels, would there be no sin?
You better stop me before I begin
But let me say: if I behave, can you arrange a spacious hole in the ground
Somewhere nice, make it nice
Where the land meets high tide
Push me, pull me, or pull me out
Push me, pull me… {2x}

Like a cloud dropping rain
I'm discarding all thought
I'll dry up, leaving puddles on the ground
I'm like an opening band for the sun
Push me, pull me {6x}
I've had enough, said enough, felt enough, I'm fine, still in it…

All Those Yesterdays

Don't you think you oughtta rest?
Don't you think you oughtta lay you head down?
Don't you think you want to sleep?
Don't you think you oughtta lay your head down tonight?

Don't you think you've done enough?
Oh, don't you think you've got enough, well maybe..
You don't think there's time to stop
There's time enough for you to lay your head down, tonight, tonight

Let it wash away
All those yesterdays

What are you running from?
Taking pills to get along
Creating walls to call your own
So no one catches you? drifting off and
Doing all the things that we all do

Let them wash away
All those yesterdays
All those yesterdays
All those paper plates

You've got time, you've got time to escape
There's still time, it's no crime to escape
It's no crime to escape, it's no crime to escape
There's still time, so escape
It's no crime, crime..

All those yesterdays {9x}

No Code [1996]

2005-10-21T20:21:00.000-07:00

Sometimes

large fingers pushin' me
you're God and you got big hands
colors blend
the challenges you give me
seek my part
devote myself
my small self
like a book amongst the many on a shelf
sometimes i know
sometimes i rise
sometimes i fall
sometimes i don't
sometimes i cringe
sometimes i live
sometimes i walk
sometimes i kneel
sometimes i speak of nothing at all
sometimes i reach to myself
hear God

Hail Hail

ah is there room for both of us
both of us apart?
are we bound out of obligation?
is that all we've got?
i hear the words
and then I get to thinking
i don't wanna think
i wanna feel
how do i feel?
how do i?
if you're the only one
will i never be enough then?
hail hail the lucky ones
that are close to those who know them
swore i'd love you till the day i die
ah, and beyond
are we going to the same place?
if so, can I come?
it's egg rolling thick and heavy
ah the past we carry
ah I could be new
you underestimate me
if you're the only one
will i never be enough then?
hail hail the lucky ones
i refer to those in love
i sometimes realize
i could only be as good as you'll let me
are you woman enough to be my man?
bandaged hand in hand
like winding on a run
in a race that can't be won, yeah
all hail the lucky ones
that are close to those in lukin
if you're my only one
suppose you will live huh?
i want to be your one
and now
you are
no one
your one
whooh, mtcha mtcha,...

Who You Are

come to send not condesend
transcendental consequences
to trancend where we are
who are we?
who we are
trampled moss on your soul
changes all you're a part
seen it all
not at all
can't defend fucked up men (or: can't defend the command ???)
stay for awhile before we leave
circumstance
clappin' hands
guiding winds
happenstance
off the track in the mud
that's the moss
in the aforementioned verse
and the wind...
there's little time
before we leave
stop light plays its part
so i would say you've got a heart
whats your part
who you are
you are who
who you are

In My Tree

up here in my tree, yeah
newspapers matter not to me, yeah
no more crowbars to my head, yeah
i'm trading stories with the leaves instead, yeah
wave to all my friends, yeah
they don't seem to notice me, no
i arrested on the street yo, oh
sidewalks, cigarrettes and scenes
i feel so awesome touche
i feel so hot
the sky is gray
i'm so high
i hope this won't break
keep it in my chest
just like innocence
i remember then...yeah
thought I knew everything when
what's he doing in a tree, yeah
there's no one around just like me, yeah
i'm so lucky with these shades
i'm so out of sight its great
im so high I hold just one breath
go back to my nest, sleep in it
I feel so high
...great
I feel so high
The sky is great
... wide open
and I gotta live
of my innocence
I fight my innocense
....
...

Smile

don't it make you smile?
don't it make you smile?
when the sun don't shine (don't shine at all)
don't it make you smile?
don't it make you smile?
don't it make me smile?
when the sun don't shine
don't shine at all (eh, laughter)
don't it make me smile?
i miss you already
i miss you always
i miss you already, hey
i miss you all days
(this is how I feel/love you) (?)
i miss you already, heyey
i miss you always
free cooking hot spurs (???) all around
I miss you all day
don't it make you smile?
... (there's more in the background)

Off He Goes

One two, one two

Know a man...his face seems pulled and tense...
Like he's ridin' on a motorbike...in the strongest winds...
So i approach with tact ...suggest that he should relax...
But he's always moving much too fast...

Said he'll see me on the flip side...of this trip he's taken for a ride.
He's been takin'...too much on...off he goes
With his perfectly..unkept clothes...there he goes...

He's yet to come back...but i've seen his picture
It doesn't look the same up on the rack...we go way back...

I wonder 'bout his insides...it's like his thoughts are too big for his size
He's been taken...where? i don't know...off he goes
With his perfectly...unkept hope...there he goes...

And now i rub my eyes...for he has returned
Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned...
For he still smiles...and he's still strong
Nothing's changed but the surrounding bullshit...that has grown...

And now he's home...and we're laughing...
Like we always did...my same old...same old friend...

Until a quarter to ten...i saw the strain creep in
He seems distracted and i know just what is gonna happen next...

Before his first step...he's off again...

Habit

See it happen to a couple of friends...
See it happen and the message it sends...
Taking off for what's an obvious fall...
Just to see what all the fuss is about...

It's not your way...not your way...its not your way...

Another habit says it's in love with you...
Another habit says its long overdue...
Another habit like an unwanted friend...
I'm so happy with my righteous self...

It's not your way...not your way...its not your way...

Never thought you'd habit...
Never thought you'd habit...
Never thought you'd habit...
I never thought you
Never thought you
Never thought you'd habit...
Never thought you'd habit...
Never thought you'd habit...
I never thought you
Never never thought you
Never thought you'd habit...
Never thought you'd habit...
Never thought you'd habit...
Never thought you'd habit...
Never thought you'd habit...
Never thought you'd habit...
Speaking as a child of the 90's
Never thought you'd habit...
Never thought you'd habit...
Never thought you'd habit...
I never thought you
Never thought you
Never thought you'd habit...
Never thought you'd habit...
Never thought you'd habit...
I never thought you
Never never thought you
Never
Never me...never you...never me

Red Mosquito

I saw in the window...little red mosquito...
I was not allowed to leave the room...
I saw the sun go down...and now it's comin' up
Somewhere in the time between

I was bitten...must have been the devil
He was just paying me...a little visit reminded me of his presence
letting me know he's awaiting
oooh
red man's your neighbour
co-ed behavior
while your climbing up slippery hairs
two steps ahead of him
punctures in your neck
hoverin' just above your bed
hoverin' just above your bed
i was bitten
must have been the devil
he was just paying me
a little visit reminding me of his presence
and let me know he's awaiting
he's awaiting
ho... (pin') (?)
if i had known then
what i know now
and if i had known then
what i know right now
if i had known then
what i know now
if i had known then
what i know now

Lukin

Drive down the street, can't find the keys to my own fuckin home.
I take a walk so i can curse my ass for being dumb.
I make a right I pass the arches stinkin grease and bone.
Stop at the supermarket, people stare like I'm a dog.

I'm going to Lukin's
I got a spot at Lukin's
I knock the door at Lukin's
open the fridge, now i know (what) life is worth

I found my keys but i return to find an open door.
Some fuckin' freak who claims I fathered my rape her one son
I found (phoned?) my wife, i called the cops this day is never done.
But last i heard that freak was purchasing a fuckin gun.

Present Tense

do you see the way that tree bends?
does it inspire?
leaning out to catch the suns rays
a lesson to be applied
are you getting something out of this
all encompassing tree?
you can spend your time alone
redigest in past regrets, oh
or you can come to terms and realize
you're the only one who can't forgive yourself, oohm
makes much more sense
to live
in the present tense
have you ideas on how this life ends?
check your hands and study the lines
have you ever believed that the road ahead
ascends off into the light?
seems that needlessly it's getting harder
to find an approach and a way to live
are we getting something out of this
all encompassing dream?
you can spend your time alone
redigest in past regrets, oooh
or you can come to terms and realize
you're the only one who cannot forgive yourself ooh!
ah, make much more sense
to live
in the present tense

Mankind

You'll be going out with radio...
Going out with disco...
Going out like bacchanal

I'll be going out with telephone...
Going out alone...
To the radar zone

It's all just inadvertent imitation and I don't mean mine
Its all across this nation
If it's all just inadvertent simulation a pattern all mankind
What's got the whole world fakin'? Yeah

I'll be playing with my magazine...
Using up my listerine
Like ovaltine

You'll be dipping in your battleship
For the latest tip
For the latest dream

It's all just inadvertent imitation and I don't mean mine
Its all across this nation
If it's all just inadvertent simulation a pattern all mankind
What's got the whole world fakin'? Yeah

What's got the whole world fakin?
What's got the whole world fakin?
What's got the whole world fakin?
What's got the whole world fakin?
What's got the whole world fakin?
What's got the whole world fakin?
What's got the whole world fakin?
What's got the whole world fakin?
Yeah, yeah..

I'm Open

a man lies in his bed in a room with no door
he waits hoping for a presence
something anything to enter it
after spending half his life searching
he still feels as blank as the ceiling at which he stared
hes alive but feels absolutely nothing
so is he?
when he was six he believed that the moon overhead followed him
by nine he had deciphered the illusion
trading magic for fact
and no tradebacks
so this is what it's like to be an adult
if he only knew now
what he knew then

I'm open...i'm open...
Come on in...come on in...come on in...ome on in...
I'm open...i'm open...
Come on in...come on in...come on in...ome on in...
laying sideways atop crumpled sheets with no covers
he decides to dream
to dream up a new self
for himself

Around The Bend

I'm wishing you a well
Mind and peace within your cell
Covers up, I last you off
I'll be watching as you breathe

i lie still, you move, i send
You off around the bend

I hold your head deep in my arms
My fingertips they close your eyes
Off you dream my little child
There's a sun around the bend
There's a sun around the bend

all the evenings close like this
all these moments that i've missed
please forgive me most my dear
please forgive and let be shared
where's you around the bend
you're an angel when you sleep
how i want your soul to keep
on and on around the bend

Vitalogy [1994]

2005-10-21T20:20:00.000-07:00

Last Exit

Lives opened and trashed...
'look ma, watch me crash'...
No time to question...why'd nothing last...
Grasp and hold on...hold tight and fast...
Soon be over...and I will relent...

Let the ocean swell, dissolve 'way my past
Three days, and maybe longer, won't even know I've left

Under your tongue...I'm like a tab...
I will give you what...you're not s'posed to have...
Under my breath...i swear by sin...
For better or for worse...a best we began...

Let the sun climb, oh, burn 'way my mask
Three days, and maybe longer, shed my skin at last...shed...shed...

Let the sun shine, burn 'way my mask
Three days, and maybe longer, won't ever find me here

Let the ocean dissolve 'way my past
Four days, and not much longer...

Let my spirit pass... ooh...
This is, this is... (3x)
My...last exit
Spin The Black Circle

See this needle...a see my hand...
Drop, drop, dropping it down...oh, so gently...
Well here it comes...i touch the plane...
Turn me up...won't turn you away...

Spin, spin...spin the black circle
Spin, spin...spin the black, spin the black...
Spin, spin...spin the black circle
Spin, spin...whoa...

Pull it out...a paper sleeve...
Oh, my joy...only you deserve conceit...
I'm so big...a-my whole world...
I'd rather you...rather you...than her...

Spin, spin...spin the black circle
Spin, spin...spin the black, spin the black...
Spin, spin...spin the black circle
Spin, spin...whoa...oh...

You're so warm...oh, the ritual...when I lay down your crooked arm...

Spin, spin...spin the black circle
Spin, spin...spin the black, spin the black...
Spin, spin...spin the black circle
Spin, spin...
Spin the black (5x) circle
Spin the black circle... (4x)
Spin, spin... (6x)

Not For You

Restless soul, enjoy your youth
Like muhammad hits the truth
Can't escape from the common rule
If you hate something, don't you do it too...too...

Small my table, a-sets just two
Got so crowded, I can't make room
Oh, where did they come from?
Stormed my room!
And you dare say it belongs to you...to you...

This is not for you (3x)
Oh, not for you...ah, you...

...scream...my friends...don't call me...
...friends, no they don't scream...
...my friends don't call...my friends don't...

All that's sacred comes from youth
Dedication, naive and true
With no power, nothing to do
I still remember, why don't you...don't you...

This is not for you (3x)
Oh, never was for you...fuck you...
This is not for you...
Oh, this is not for you...yeah, you...
This is not for you...
Oh, not for you...
Oh, you...

Tremor Christ

Winded is the sailor...drifting by the storm...
Wounded is the organ he left all...bloodied on the shore...
Gorgeous was his savior, sees her...drowning in his wake...
Daily taste the salt of her tears, but...a chance blamed fate...

Little secrets, tremors...turned to quake...
The smallest oceans still get...big, big waves...

Ransom paid the devil...
He whispers pleasing words...
Triumphant are the angels if they can...a get there first...

Little secrets tremors...turned to quake...
The smallest oceans still get...big, big waves...

I'll decide...take the dive...
Take my time...not my life...
Wait for signs...believe in lies...
To get by...it's divine...whoa...
Oh, you know what it's like...

Turns the bow back, tows and...drops the line...
Puts his faith and love in tremor christ...

Nothingman

Once divided...nothing left to subtract...
Some words when spoken...can't be taken back...
Walks on his own...with thoughts he can't help thinking...
Future's above...but in the past he's slow and sinking...
Caught a bolt 'a lightnin'...cursed the day he let it go...

Nothingman... (2x)
Isn't it something?
Nothingman...

She once believed...in every story he had to tell...
One day she stiffened...took the other side...
Empty stares...from each corner of a shared prison cell...
One just escapes...one's left inside the well...
And he who forgets...will be destined to remember...oh...oh...oh...

Nothingman... (2x)
Isn't it something?
Nothingman...

Oh, she don't want him...
Oh, she won't feed him...after he's flown away...
Oh, into the sun...ah, into the sun...

Burn...burn...
Nothingman... (2x)
Isn't it something?
Nothingman...
Nothingman... (2x)
Coulda' been something...
Nothingman...
Oh...ohh...ohh...

Whipping

Don't need a helmet, got a hard, hard head
Don't need a raincoat, I'm already wet
Don't need a bandage, there's too much...blood...
After a while, seems to roll right off...hmm...

Whipping, ah...they're whipping, ah...
...they're whipping, ah...they're whipping...

Don't need a hand, there's always arms attached
Oh, don't get behind, I can't fall back
Why must we trust all these rusted rails?
They don't want no change, we already have

They're whipping, ah...they're whipping, ah...
...they're whipping, ah...they're whipping...

Don't mean to push, but I'm being shoved!
Ohh, I'm just like you, think we've had enough
I can't believe a thing they want us to...oh...
Oh, we all got scars, they should have 'em too...

Oh, they're whipping, ah...they're whipping, ah...
...they're whipping, ah...they're whipping...
They're whipping, ah...they're whipping, ah...
...they're whipping...yeah...they're whipping...

Pry, to

P-r-i-v-a-c-y is priceless to me (4x)
P-r-i-v-a-c-y (4x)
Pry, To

P-r-i-v-a-c-y is priceless to me (4x)
P-r-i-v-a-c-y (4x)

Corduroy

The waiting drove me mad...you're finally here and I'm a mess
I take your entrance back...can't let you roam inside my head
I don't want to take what you can give...
I would rather starve than eat your bread...
I would rather run but I can't walk...
Guess I'll lie alone just like before...

I'll take the firmest path...oh, and I must refuse your test
A-push me and I will resist...this behavior's not unique
I don't want to hear from those who know...
They can buy, but can't put on my clothes...
I don't want to limp for them to walk...
Never would have known of me before...
I don't want to be held in your debt...
And I'll pay it off in blood, let I be wed...
And I'm already cut up and half dead...
I'll end up alone like I began...

Everything has changed, absolutely nothing's changed
Take my hand, not my picture, spilled my tincture

I don't want to take what you can give...
I would rather starve than eat your breast...
All the things that others want for me...
Can't buy what I want because it's free... (2x)
Can't be what you want because i'm...

I ain't s'posed to be just fun
Oh, to live and die, let it be done
I figure I'll be damned, all alone like I began...

It's your move now...
I thought you were a friend, but I guess i, I guess I hate you...

Bugs

All these...

I got bugs
I got bugs in my room
Bugs in my bed
Bugs in my ears
Their eggs in my head
Bugs in my pockets
Bugs in my shoes
Bugs in the way I feel about you

Bugs on my window
Trying to get in
They don't go nowhere
Waiting, waiting...
Bugs on my ceiling
Crowded the floor
Standing, sitting, kneeling...
A few block the door

And now the question's:
Do I kill them?
Become their friend?
Do I eat them?
Raw or well done?
Do I trick them?
I don't think they're that dumb
Do I join them?
Looks like that's the one

I got bugs on my skin
Tickle my nausea I let it happen again
They're always takin' over
I see they surround me, I see...
See them deciding my fate
Oh, that which was once...was once up to me...
Now it's too late

I got bugs in my room...one on one
That's when I had a chance
I'll just stop now
I'll become naked and with the...
I'll become one

Satan's Bed

It's not all been said...been said and done...
I've never slept in satan's bed
Although I must admit...still visits my place
Uninvited, as you know, he don't wait
Funny how he always seems to fit in
Funny how I always want to give in
Sundays, fridays, tuesdays, thursday, the same
Sometimes the special guest, he don't like to leave
Already...in love... (3x)
Already...

Who made, who made up, made up the myth
That we were born to be covered in bliss?
Who set the standard, born to be rich?
Such fine examples, skinny little bitch
Model, role model, roll some models in blood
Get some flesh to stick, so they look like us
I shit and I stink, I'm real, join the club
I'd stop and talk, but I'm already in love

Already...in love... (3x)
Already...

In love...ah ha ha ha...
...follows torture...follows reward...
(2x) oh, oh my butt...

Never shook satan's hand, look see for yourself
You'd know it if I had, that shit don't come off
I'll rise and fall, let me take credit for both
Jump off a cliff, don't need your help so back off
I'll never suck satan's dick...
Again, you'd see it, you know, right round the lips
I'll wait for an angel, but I won't hold my breath
'magine they're busy, think I'm doing okay...
Already...in love... (6x)
Already...

Better Man

Waitin', watchin' the clock, it's four o'clock, it's got to stop
Tell him, take no more, she practices her speech
As he opens the door, she rolls over...
Pretends to sleep as he looks her over
She lies and says she's in love with him, can't find a better man...
She dreams in color, she dreams in red, can't find a better man...
Can't find a better man (2x)
Ohh...

Talkin' to herself, there's no one else who needs to know...
She tells herself, oh...
Memories back when she was bold and strong
And waiting for the world to come along...
Swears she knew it, now she swears he's gone
She lies and says she's in love with him, can't find a better man...
She dreams in color, she dreams in red, can't find a better man...
She lies and says she still loves him, can't find a better man...
She dreams in color, she dreams in red, can't find a better man...
Can't find a better man (2x)
Yeah...

She loved him, yeah...she don't want to leave this way
She feeds him, yeah...that's why she'll be back again
Can't find a better man (3x)
Can't find a better...man...
Ohh...ohh...
Uh huh... (5x)
Ohh...

Aye Davanita

Awooh...aye davanita...awooh...awooha... (4x)
Jahooh...jahooh... (repeat)
Awooh...aye davanita...awooh...awooha... (4x)
Immortality

Vacate is the word...vengeance has no place so near to her
Cannot find the comfort in this world
Artificial tear...vessel stabbed...next up, volunteers
Vulnerable, wisdom can't adhere...

A truant finds home...and I wish to hold on...
But there's a trapdoor in the sun...immortality...

As privileged as a whore...victims in demand for public show
Swept out through the cracks beneath the door
Holier than thou, how?
Surrendered...executed anyhow
Scrawl dissolved, cigar box on the floor...

A truant finds home...and I wish to hold on, too...
But saw the trapdoor in the sun...

Immortality...
I cannot stop the thought...I'm running in the dark...
Coming up a which way sign...all good truants must decide...
Oh, stripped and sold, mom...auctioned forearm...
And whiskers in the sink...
Truants move on...cannot stay long
Some die just to live... ohh...

Stupid Mop

Don't you want people to love you?
My spanking, that's the only thing I want so much...
Spanking, that's the only thing I want so much...
That's the only thing I want so much...
Don't you want people to love you?
My spanking, that's the only thing I want so much...
That's the only thing I want so much...
Why is that better than being hugged?
Why is that better than being hugged?
Because you get closer to the person...
Closer to the person...
Why is that better than being hugged?
Because you get closer to the person...
Closer to the person...
Just like a person having sex feels cared for...
We wanna be loved, so we have sex together...
And they feel loved about that...
And this is the way it makes me feel...loved...
I want it, I dream about it, I think about it, I want it...
Just like a girl wants sex with a boy, you know?
It's the way I'll always be probably...
My last one was born in the system...
See, they're stupid, very stupid, those people over there...
They're stupid...
These people are so below mentality, honest to g-d, really...
You know what I mean, he got the nerve to bug me... (2x)
This mentality, honest to g-d, really...
You know what I mean, he got the nerve to bug me...
Honest to g-d, really...
You know what I mean, he got the nerve to bug me...
Bug me...bug me...he got the nerve to bug me...
Everything seems so eight ball... (2x)
And i, I don't know if that's my imagination, but, umm...
Hey foxymophandlemama, that's me...
And I don't know if that's my imagination, but, umm...
Hey foxymophandlemama, that's me... (2x)
Think they got me...
Hey foxymophandlemama, that's me...hmm...
Hey foxymophandlemama, that's me...
...know if that's my imagination, but, umm...
Hey foxymophandlemama, that's me...
She prides herself on her cleaning habits... (2x)
Hey foxymophandlemama, that's me...
She prides herself on her cleaning habits... (2x)
It's a lovely stupid mop, it is...
There's something really screwey about no streaking...
Is it any old dumb mop? it streaks...
Come on mop, no streaking mop...
I don't mind mop the floor, my mop streaks, I don't like it...
It's not me, it's the mop...
Come, I bought some new mops...
Go away you stupid, dumb old sponge mop...
I don't believe it...now the floor looks beautiful... (2x)
I don't believe it...old sponge mop...
Dumb old sponge mop... (2x)
Old sponge mop...
Dumb old sponge mop...
You're right, this mop's stupid...
Dumb old sponge mop...
I don't believe it...now the floor looks beautiful...
That's why they call me mophandlemama...
Now the floor looks beautiful...
That's why they call me mophandlemama... (3x)
In two weeks, before she could see herself not dressed...
The twenty-third of may...you know she disturbed no one today...
The manager told her to completely forget...
If you ever go to bed, I'll kill you...
Do I tell the whole world that I'm mentally ill?
Go to the papers...yeah, why not?
Drum roll...
I want to show them that I can walk on my own without hands of theirs...
And, I can still fantasize, but I keep it to myself...
Keep it to myself...keep it to myself...
I think I deserve to be loved, don't you?
Very much so...
Think I deserve to be loved...
Keep it to myself...keep it to myself...
I think I deserve to be loved, don't you?
...to be loved, don't you?
But I keep it to myself...
Keep it to myself...keep it to myself...
I think I deserve to be loved, don't you?
And, I can still fantasize, but I keep it to myself...
Keep it to myself...keep it to myself...
I think I deserve to be loved, don't you?
Very much so...
Do you ever think that you would actually, really kill yourself?
Well, if I have thought about it real, uhh, real deep...
Yeas, I believe I would...
I have thought about it real, uhh, real deep...
Yes, I believe I would...
And, I can still fantasize, but I keep it to myself...
Keep it to myself...keep it to myself...
...that I can walk without hands of theirs...
And, I can still fantasize, but I keep it to myself... (2x)
Keep it to myself...keep it to myself...
I think I deserve to be loved, don't you?
Very much so...
Do you ever think that you actually would kill yourself?
Well, if I have thought about it real, uhh, real deep...
Yes, I believe I would...

Vs. (Five Against One) [1993]

2005-10-21T20:19:00.000-07:00

Go

oh please don't go out on me..
don't go out on me now
never acted up before..
don't go on me now
I swear I never too it for granted..
just thought of it now.
suppose I abused you..
just passing it on

once fastened servile..
now your getting sharp.
moving oh so swiftly..
with such disarm.
I pulled the covers over him..
shoulda' pulled the alarm..
turned to my nemesis..
a full on fucking god (???)

pleeeeease... don't go on me
pleeeeease... don't go on me
pleeeeease... don't go on me
pleeeeease... don't go on me
please don't go on me
please don't go on me
please don't go on me
don't go on me
don't go on me
don't you want me
don't go on me (x2)

Animal

torture from you to me
abducted from the street

I'd rather be.. I'd rather be with..
I'd rather be with an animallll

why would you wanna hurt me
so frightened of your pain

I'd rather be.. I'd rather be with..
I'd rather be with an animal
I'd rather be.. I'd rather be..
I'd rather be with an animal

I'd rather be.. I'd rather be with..
I'd rather be with an animal
I'd rather be.. I'd rather be with..
I'd rather be with an animal.

Daughter

alone..
listless..
breakfast table in an otherwise empty room.
a young girl..
violens..
center of her own attention.
mother reads aloud, child
tries to understand it
tries to make her proud.

the shades go down
its in her head
painted room
can't deny theres something wrong.

don't call me daughter
not fit to
the picture kept will remind me
don't call me daughter
not fit to
the picture kept will remind me

don't call me

she holds the hand.. that holds her down
she will... rise above

don't call me daughter
not fit to
the picture kept will remind me
don't call me daughter
not fit to be
the picture kept will remind me

don't call me daughter
not fit to
the picture kept will remind me
don't call me daughter
not fit to be
the picture kept will remind me

don't call me

GLORIFIED G

got a gun
'fact I got two
thats ok man cuz I love god

glorified version of a pellet gun
feels so manly
when armed

glorified version of a pellet gun
glorified version of a pellet gun
glorified version of a pellet gun
glorified version of a pellet gun

don't think
dumb is strength
never shot at a living thing

glorified version of a pellet gun
feels so manly when armed

glorified version of a pellet gun
glorified version of a pellet gun
glorified version of a pellet gun
glorified version of a

always leave it loaded
always leave it loaded
always leave it loaded

DISSIDENT

she nursed him there
over a night
I wasn't so sure
she wanted him to stay
what to say.. what to say

but soon she was down
soon he was low

at a quarter past.. a holy no
she had to turn around

when she couldn't hold.. she folded
a dissident is here

escape is never.. the safest path
oh.. a dissident.. a dissident is here

and to this day.. she's glided on
always home but so far away
like a word misplaced
nothing said.. what a waste
when she had contact.. with the conflict
there was meaning
but she sold him to the state
she had to turn around

when she couldn't hold.. she folded
a dissident is here

escape is never the safest path
oh.. a dissident.. a dissident is here

she gave him away
when she couldn't hold.. no.. she folded
a dissident is here

escape is never the safest path
oh.. a dissident.. a dissident is here

couldn't hold on.. she couldn't hold
she folded
a dissident is here

escape is never the safest place

a dissident is here

WMA

he won the lottery
when he was born
took his mothers white breast to his tongue

trained like dogs
color and smell
walks by me to get to him

police man
police man

he won the lottery by being born
big hand slapped a white male 'merican

do no wrong
so clean cut
dirty his hands
it comes right off

police man
police man

police stopped my brother again
police stopped my brother again
police stopped my brother again

police man
police man

jesus greets me.. looks just like me

do no wrong
so clean cut
dirty his hands
it comes right off

police man
police man
police man

police stopped my brother again
police stopped my brother again
police stopped my brother again

police man
police man

police stopped my brother again
police stopped my brother again
police stopped my brother again

police man
police man
police man

BLOOD

spin me 'round
roll me over
fuckin' circus

stab it down
one way needle
pull so slowly

drains and spills
soaks the pages
fills there sponges

its my blood
its my blood

painted big
turn it into
one of his enemies

its my blood
its my blood
its my blood

stab it down
fill the pages
????????????
??? of my enemies

REARVIEWMIRROR

I took a drive today
time to emancipate

I guess it was the beatings
made me wise

I'm not about to give thanks
or apologize

I couldn't breath
holdin' me down
hand on my face
kiss the ground

enmity guaged
knotted by fear
'posed to endure
what I could not.. forgive

I seemed to look away
wounds in the mirror waved

it wasn't my surface
most defiled

head at your feet
fool to your crown
fist on my plate
swallowed it down

enmity guage
knotted by fear
tried to endure
what I could not forgive

saw things
saw things
saw things
saw things
clearer
clearer
once you.. were in my
rearviewmirror

I gather speed
from you fucking with me

once and for all
I'm far away
hardly believe
finally the shades
are raised.

saw things so much clearer
once you.. once you..
rearviewmirror
saw things so much clearer
once you.. once you..
rearviewmirror
saw things so much clearer
once you.. once you..
rearviewmirror
saw things so much clearer
once you

RATS

they don't eat
don't sleep
they don't feed
they don't seethe
bare their gums when they moan and squeak
lick the dirt off a larger ones feet
they don't push
don't crowd
congregate until they're much too loud
fuck to procreate til they are dead
drink the blood of their so called best friend

they don't scurry when something bigger
comes their way
don't pack themselves together
and run as one
don't shit where they're not supposed to
don't take whats not theirs
they don't compare

they don't scam
don't fight
don't oppress an equals given rights
starve the poor so they can be well fed
line their holes with the dead ones breed

they don't scurry when something bigger
comes their way
don't pack themselves together
and run as one
don't shit where they're not supposed to
don't take whats not theirs
they don't compare

they don't scurry when something bigger
comes their way
don't pack themselves together
and run as one
don't shit where they're not supposed to
don't take whats not theirs

they don't compare
rats
they don't compare
rats
they don't compare

ben... the two of us need look no more
ben... the two of us need look no more
ben... the two of us need look no more
ben... the two of us need look no more
ben... the two of us need look no more

ELDERLY WOMAN BEHIND THE COUNTER IN A SMALL TOWN

I seem to recognize.. your face
haunting familiar yet
I can't seem to place it
cannot find the candle of thought
to light your name
lifetimes are catching up
with me
all these changes taking place
I wish I'd seen the place
but no ones ever taken me

hearts and thought they fade
fade away
hearts and thoughts they fade
fade away

I swear I recognize your breath
memories like fingerprints
are slowly raising

me you wouldn't recall
for I'm not my former
its hard when your stuck upon the shelf

I changed by not changing at all
small town predicts my fate
perhaps thats what no one wants to see

I just want to scream.. hello
my god its been so long
never dreamed you'd return
but now here you are
and here I am
hearts and thoughts they fade
away

hearts and thoughts they fade
fade away
hearts and thoughts they fade
fade away
hearts and thoughts they fade
away
hearts and thoughts they fade
fade away
hearts and thoughts they fade
fade away
hearts and thoughts they fade
fade away

LEASH

troubled souls unite
we got ourselves tonight(?)

I am a fuel.. you are friends
we got the means to make amends
I am lost.. I'm lucky
but I'm by your side
I am right by your side

young lover I stand
it was their idea
I proved to be a man
take my fucking hand
it was their idea
I proved to be a man

will myself to find a home
a home within myself
we will find a way
we will find our place

drop the leash
drop the leash

get outta' my fuckin' face

drop the leash
drop the leash

get outta' my fuckin' face

drop the leash
drop the leash

get outta' my fuckin.. face

drop the leash
drop the leash

drop the leash
we are young
drop the leash
we are young

get outta' my fuckin' face

drop the leash
drop the leash

get outta' my
drop the leash
my
delight
delight
delight in our youth

get outta' my fuckin face

INDIFFERENCE

I will light the match this mornin'
so I won't be alone
watch as she lies silent
but soon light will be gone
oh I will stand arms outstretched
pretend I'm free to roam
oh I will make my way through one more day

how much difference does it make
how much difference does it make

I will hold the candle
'til it burns up my arm
oh I'll keep takin' punches
'til their will grows tired
oh I will stare the sun down
until my eyes go blind
hey, I won't change direction
and I won't change my mind

how much difference does it make
how much difference does it make

I'll swallow poison until I grow immune
I will scream my lungs out
'til it fills this room

how much difference
how much difference
how much difference does it make
how much difference does it make

Ten [1991]

2005-10-21T20:18:00.000-07:00

Once

I admit it...what's to say
I'll relive it...without pain
Backstreet lover on the side of the road
I got a bomb in my temple that is gonna explode
I got a sixteen gauge buried under my clothes...I play...
Once upon a time I could control myself
Oooh, once upon a time I could lose myself, yeah

Oh, try and mimic...what's insane
I am in it...where do I stand?
Indian summer and I hate the heat
I got a backstreet lover on the passenger seat
I got my hand in my pocket, so determined, discreet...I pray...
Once upon a time I could control myself
Ooh, once upon a time I could lose myself, yeah

You think I got my eyes closed
But I'm lookin' at you the whole fuckin' time

Ooh, once upon a time I could control myself, yeah
Once upon a time I could lose myself, yeah
Once, upon a time I could love myself, yeah
Once upon a time I could love you, yeah

Once (5x)
Once, yeah, yeah

Yeah

Even Flow

Freezin', rests his head on a pillow made of concrete, again
Oh, Feelin' maybe he'll see a little better, set a days, ooh yeah
Oh, hand out, faces that he sees time again ain't that familiar, oh yeah
Oh, dark grin, he can't help, when he's happy looks insane, oh yeah

Even flow, thoughts arrive like butterflies
Oh, he don't know, so he chases them away
Someday yet, he'll begin his life again
Life again, life again...

Kneelin', looking through the paper though he doesn't know to read, ooh yeah
Oh, prayin', now to something that has never showed him anything
Oh, feelin', understands the weather of the winters on its way
Oh, ceilings, few and far between all the legal halls of shame, yeah

Even flow, thoughts arrive like butterflies
Oh, he don't know, so he chases them away
Someday yet, he'll begin his life again
Whispering hands, gently lead him away
Him away, him away...
Yeah!

Woo...Ah yeah...Fuck it up...

Even flow, thoughts arrive like butterflies
Oh, he don't know, so he chases them away
Someday yet, he'll begin his life again, yeah
Oh, whispering hands, gently lead him away
Him away, him away...
Yeah!
Woo...Uh huh...Yeah, yeah, mommy, mommy...
Alive

Son, she said, have I got a little story for you
What you thought was your daddy was nothin' but a...
While you were sittin' home alone at age thirteen
Your real daddy was dyin', sorry you didn't see him, but I'm glad we talked...

Oh I, oh, I'm still alive
Hey, I, I, oh, I'm still alive
Hey I, oh, I'm still alive
Hey...oh...

Oh, she walks slowly, across a young man's room
She said I'm ready...for you
I can't remember anything to this very day
'Cept the look, the look...
Oh, you know where, now I can't see, I just stare...

I, I'm still alive
Hey I, but, I'm still alive
Hey I, boy, I'm still alive
Hey I, I, I, I'm still alive, yeah
Ooh yeah...yeah yeah yeah...oh...oh...

Is something wrong, she said
Well of course there is
You're still alive, she said
Oh, and do I deserve to be
Is that the question
And if so...if so...who answers...who answers...

I, oh, I'm still alive
Hey I, oh, I'm still alive
Hey I, but, I'm still alive
Yeah I, ooh, I'm still alive
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Why Go

She scratches a letter into a wall made of stone
Maybe someday another child won't feel as alone as she does
It's been two years, and counting, since they put her in this place
She's been diagnosed by some stupid fuck, and mommy agrees, yeah...
Why go home... (3x)

She seems to be stronger, but what they want her to be is weak
She could play pretend, she could join the game, boy
She could be another clone...

Why go home? (4x)

What you taught me...put me here...don't come visit...mother...

Why go home? (4x)
What you taught me...put me here...don't come visit...mother, mother, yeah...
Why go home? (7x)

Black

Hey...oooh...
Sheets of empty canvas, untouched sheets of clay
Were laid spread out before me as her body once did
All five horizons revolved around her soul
As the earth to the sun
Now the air I tasted and breathed has taken a turn
Ooh, and all I taught her was, everything
Ooh, I know she gave me all, that she was
And now my bitter hands chafe beneath the clouds
Of what was everything?
Oh, the pictures have all been washed in black, tattooed everything...

I take a walk outside
I'm surrounded by some kids at play
I can feel their laughter, so why do I sear
Oh, and twisted thoughts that spin round my head
I'm spinning, oh, I'm spinning
How quick the sun can, drop away
And now my bitter hands cradle broken glass

Of what was everything?
All the pictures have all been washed in black, tattooed everything...
All the love gone bad turned my world to black
Tattooed all I see, all that I am, all I'll ever be...yeah...

Uh huh...uh huh...ooh...
I know someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you'll be a star
In somebody else's sky, but why
Why, why can't it be, why can't it be mine

Jeremy

At home, drawing pictures of mountain tops, with him on top
Lemon yellow sun, arms raised in a V
The dead lay in pools of maroon below

Daddy didn't give attention
To the fact that mommy didn't care
King Jeremy the wicked, oh, ruled his world
Jeremy spoke in class today (2x)

Clearly I remember pickin' on the boy
Seemed a harmless little fuck
But we unleashed a lion
Gnashed his teeth and bit the recess lady's breast
How could I forget?
And he hit me with a surprise left
My jaw left hurtin', ooh, dropped wide open
Just like the day, oh, like the day I heard

Daddy didn't give affection
And the boy was something mommy wouldn't wear
King Jeremy the wicked, ruled his world

Jeremy spoke in class today (3x)
Woo (14x)
Try to forget this...try to forget this...
Try to erase this...try to erase this...
From the blackboard...

Jeremy spoke in class today (2x)
Jeremy spoke in, spoke in (2x)
Jeremy spoke in class today
Woo (29x)
Woooooohhh...Spoke in, spoke in
Woooooohhh...uh huh, uh huh...

Oceans

Hold on to the thread
The currents will shift
Glide me towards...
You know something's left
And we're all allowed
To dream of the next
Oh, ohh the next, time we touch...

Oooh (4x)

You don't have to stray
Tho oceans away
Waves roll in my thoughts
Hold tight the ring...
The sea will rise...
Please stand by the shore...
Oh, oh, oh, I will be...
I will be there once more...

Oooh (4x)
Uh huh, oh yeah (2x)
Porch

What the fuck is this world
Running to, you didn't
Leave a message, at least I
Coulda' learned your voice one last time
Daily minefield, this could
Be my time, 'bout you?
Would you hit me? (2x)
Oh...oh...wow...

All the bills go by, and
Initiatives are taken up
By the middle, there ain't gonna be any middle any more
And the cross I'm bearing home

Ain't indicative of my place
Left the porch (2x)
Oh...

Hear my name, take a good look
This could be the day
Hold my hand, walk beside me
I just need to say...

Hear my name, take a good look
This could be the day
Hold my hand, lie beside me
I just need to say
I could not take a just one day
I know that I would not ever touch you
Hold you...feel you...ever hold...never again...
Yeah (12x)

Garden

She don't wander in...don't wander in here, she...
She don't wander in here...don't wander in here...

The direction of the eye, so misleading
The defection of the soul, nauseously quick

I don't question, our existence
I just question, our modern needs

She don't wander in...don't wander in here, she...
She don't wander in here...

I will walk...with my hands bound
I will walk...with my face blood
I will walk...with my shadow flag
Into your garden, garden of stone...yeah...

After all is done, and we're still alone
I won't be taken, yet I'll go...with my hands bound
I will walk...with my face blood
I will walk...with my shadow flag
Into your garden, garden of stone

I don't show...I don't share...
I don't need, yeah...What you have to give...

Oooh, I will walk...with my hands bound
I will walk...with my face blood
I will walk...with my shadow flag
Into your garden, garden...oh...

I will walk with my hands bound
I will walk into your garden, garden of stone...

I don't know...I don't care
I don't need, yeah...need to live...yeah, yeah, yeah, oh...
Uh huh huh... (8x)

Deep

On the edge, windowsill
Ponders his maker, ponders his will
To the street below, he just ain't nothin'
But he's got a great view, and he sinks the needle deep, yeah
Oh, can't touch the bottom
In too deep, yeah...oh, can't touch the bottom

Oh, on the edge of a know-nothin' town
Feelin' quite superior, the aged come
To the sky above he just ain't nothin'
But he's got a great view, and he sinks a burning knife deep, yeah...
Ooh, can't touch the bottom
In too deep, yeah...uh huh, can't touch the bottom
In too deep...
Ohhh...Ohhh...

On the edge of a Christmas clean love
Young virgin from heaven...visiting Hell
To the man above her, she just ain't nothin'
And she doesn't like the view
She doesn't like the view (2x)
But he sinks himself deep

Oh, can't touch the bottom
In too deep, yeah...oh, can't touch the bottom
Can't touch the bottom
Deep, yeah
Oh, the bottom (6x)

Release

I see the world, feel the chill
Which way to go, windowsill
I see the world's on a rocking horse of time
I see the birds in the rain
Ohh...ohh...ohh...ohh...

Oh, dear dad, can you see me now
I am myself, like you somehow
I'll ride the wave where it takes me
I'll hold the pain...Release me...
Ohh...ohh...ohh...ohh...

Oh, dear dad, can you see me now
I am myself, like you somehow
I'll wait up in the dark for you to speak to me
I'll open up...Release me...
Release me (3x)
Ohh...ohh...ohh...ohh...