I could show you, do you want me to show you? Call it a day or you can =
pay my way, gonna cry 'til I'm all cried out, I could show you, I could =
easily show you. You may say I live on easy street, you can think =
anything you want to think, come by some time my door is open to you, =
where I can show you how easy I am. Everyone knows I'd sell my sister =
for cigarettes, why shouldn't I? She'd do the same to me, we could show =
you, we could easily show you, if you only knew you wouldn't be so =
upset, what if she's in league with me? We can show you, we can easily =
show you.
You'd be a cop if you weren't a punk infact I think you'd make a better =
cop! They could use you, you've got no remorse, they could use you on =
the police force! You'd be cute all dressed in blue, you could brutalize =
anyone right on cue, you'd abuse those who are weak of course, they =
could use you on the police force. Sign up right now! For the academy, =
you'd fit in so perfectly, sign up right now for the academy you're just =
old skool pig!!!! Think how you could fuck shit up, you could heft your =
power like a club!!! An arrogant fool with authority you'd cross over so =
easily.
i'll never tell my parents
i would die of shame
i cannot disappoint them
sully the family name
so i must seek a solution
all on my own i'm afraid
the father of my child is a child
and he has run away
the water is warm
the water is warm
lulling me to sleep
the bloom of blood
filling the tub
granting me release
the water is warm
the water is warm
lulling me to sleep
the bloom of blood
filling the tub
granting me release
i can't be you mother
i am way to young
i wish i were older
i could give you love
now i must take my chances
try an outdated technique
oh god the pain advances
i am feeling weak
the water is warm
the water is warm
lulling me to sleep
the bloom of blood
filling the tub
granting me release
the water is warm
the water is warm
lulling me to sleep
the bloom of blood
filling the tub
granting me release
i see my reflection
in my goodnight bath
i can here the raven
nevermore i gasp
i could not ask for a doctor
without parental consent
unsterile length of a wire
brought us to the end
Coupling cling and brawl coupling time to tell, sympathy there's no need =
long as I can shut it up, I don't get an explanation furious =
complacency, I don't have to tell you, nothing you don't know about =
yourself. Yeah I'm malevolent, you are incompetent, the smell in here is =
heaven scent, our love remains incontinent. Sympathy there's no need, I =
know how to hurt another, did it systematically, furious complacency, =
long as I can spit and breathe I deserve an explanation. Coupling cling =
and brawl coupling time to tell, sympathy there's no need long as I can =
shut it up, I don't get an explanation furious complacency, I don't have =
to tell you, nothing you don't know about yourself. Yeah I'm malevolent, =
you are incompetent, the smell in here is heaven scent, our love remains =
incontinent. Sympathy there's no need, I know how to hurt another, did =
it systematically, furious complacency, long as I can spit and breathe I =
deserve an explanation. Tell me with an anxious fist, what you can't say =
with idiot lips, I maintain that someone taught us this, beware of =
lovers bearing gifts. Pantomine above the din 'cause I cannot hear a =
thing, we're so used to all the racket that it seems like peace. Force =
yourself, cauterize, burn it shut I don't want an explanation, sympathy, =
there's no need it seems like there's a force field around me and I =
can't hear no, I can't hear a thing.
Here I am still intact, and I should give myself credit for that, but I =
have cast a stone deep into my throat, I squat on land my feet won't =
reach, the smell of blood and bile and bleach, I need a square foot and =
a rope. We can weave, we can unravel, we keep on sleeping right through =
our travels, we can weave, we can unravel, take our confusion to a much =
lighter level. Spit it up and hand it over to yet another child of =
squallor, pallid wheezing lost all her color, her dark circles getting =
darker, he crossed her palm, but nothing seems to wake her from her =
shitty dreams, now she's become just one more helpless package of doom. =
The city looks especially vindictive tonight, that hitchhiker looks like =
he's headed home to murder his wife, well it's a proven fact they don't =
respond to every call for help in time, so there she stays, poor little =
girl, lying on the floor of a dirty bathroom, no folks there's no =
device, no box of gods to descend and take this tragedy, tie up all the =
loose ends.
Liquor store, liquor store one on every corner, checks cashed any time =
NO I.D. Liquor store, liquor store, malt liquor cigarettes lottery. The =
car is running and kicking out funes, you've disappeared inside to buy =
the daily quota, I'm fending for myself to a popular tune, digging in =
the ashtray, hoping for a quarter. Mile on mile of transient hotels, =
unattended children with nowhere to play, anger rips down pine street in =
the form of a black chevelle, but the baptists keep singin' away. One =
lone palm tree is rising above it's glamour and dignity are so out of =
place an ancient pick up truck is looking for a shove, the congregation =
sings, amazing grace!
Loyalty wavering like heat above the hood
All the cooling fluids escaping into pools
I'm sucking in vaporized lives but i feel no effect
And now my cells are altered adapted to neglect
I'm killing myself somehow to stay awake
I'm not particular who i entertain
I'm not concerned with the spectacle i make
I'm preparing to make a big break
Paring down the list of things to take
What i leave behind i leave to fate
Im preparing to vamoose
Beefing up the list of shit to lose
I've got words i'm not afraid to lose
The harder I struggle, the tighter you grip, but don't need to tell you, =
that's the way I want it, I'm easy to follow, you're easy to spot, I bet =
I can shake you off, but I gotta want it. What good are the times that I =
catch you alone? It took eternity and I forgot what I wanted, what good =
are the times that I take you to task? You get me distracted and I =
forget that I'm mad. I'm up on the counter, you're down on the floor, =
the kitchen is dirty, pots and pans are flying, no food in the cupboard, =
a knock on the door, let's give it a rest now, buy a beer at the corner =
store. I'm going to bed now dear but you still want more, and every =
single word you say I've heard before, oh, you're an angel when you're =
in recline, and like an anxious fist my lullabye works fine. Lullabye =
and goodnight, ain't that a great song? You're an angel in recline, =
please go to bed dear, please go to bed dear, please.
One laydown machine
Burned a road
Right through the prairie
Stream of boiling ash
Painted up with perfect lines
Discount labor packing
Each lane
Bargain basement homes
Sewn to the road
Slipshod directions
Do not explain
I got these shoes for nothing
And they have lasted me forever
Searching up and down the lost highway
I can read the grid
I have memorized the key
Counting every inch
From C-4 to J-3
I can think in scale
'Cause I know it ain't
On my map
Scraping off the typeset
Dig into the atlas
Well they can paint it up
Make it appear to go somewhere
Well they can paint it up
But I know where it doesn't lead
I hit every red light, I threw everything out of the house I left, but I =
came back, walk backwards through the door, you didn't save a bit for =
me, you didn't nod or disagree, our sidewalk is askew, our rent is =
overdue. I'm leaning like a barn, I'm abandoned like a house, I'm =
feeling like a knife in a drawer. Admit you brought the drought, you're =
so dry to the touch, and I pray for the rain. I'd love to help you bake, =
but the killer on your face says you're gone, you didn't leave a note =
for me, you didn't see me sharpening, my steps are falling through, our =
home is ready to split in two. Don' need a sickle to cut you down, don't =
need no driving rod to track you down, the rains are coming and the sky =
is brown, the weather vane is spinning, spinning around.
I guess sometimes I'm lucky when I go, for whole days at a time without =
thinking about you, and ask myself why, but then I find I'm traveling, =
traveling down, that same old piece of road and wind up down by the =
water. Whatever happened to our walls on the pier? I cry myself alone =
all the way down to the end, I drink my bottle dry and heave it across =
the bay, to the city, smashin' outside your door. Oh now there goes the =
Romeo, hand in hand with his punk rock Juliet, they remind me of two =
people I'm trying to forget, I can hear their sweet nothings on the =
wind, as I hurry to get by, diverting my gaze, to the Oakland Bay =
Bridge. (Could that be you honey, way over on that side? Flashin' a =
signal to me, down by Pier 39, 'cause if I only knew, I'd jump in that =
water and swim right across, drowning in my relief). Maybe I should warn =
them, should I say, "Don't do something that you'll regret. Now you have =
no recollection of heartbreak you don't have yet." I could give them an =
earful, but I don't know, they must find out on their own, and the =
thought of that is chilling me to the bone.
White frame lies to live in leave, nothing to gain, your colorless =
divinities can scarcely light the way, white frame homes in celibate =
rows, they swell and melt together, aspirations lie in possesions each =
swellers dream so similar. Keep witches behind, mythical lines, and =
squeeze my faith between my knees, I can't take one more lie, so I'll =
take one of each. In this static heat, I barely make my home suffice, =
persuaded by a sleepy beat, I can't tell which is mine. Pack it in, save =
it up, pack it in, save it up. In this static heat, I barely make my =
home suffice, persuaded by a sleepy beat, I can't tell which is mine, =
Impeded by machine, awash in blue light spending nights, imbibing life =
through their screen, it shows me to believe.
My associates called,
They want small bills,
Roll me over and suck on my no good excuse
I'll teach you my judicial system,
Like you've never never been taught,
You have the right to remain there,
While I tell you exactly what you are
Did I catch you at a bad time?
You should know my voice by now,
I've got further instructions
I don't know what you'll do without
I've got a job to do here,
And I need a clear head,
You don't want to get me mad dear,
Shaken baby sucking on the festive decoration, turning patriotic colors =
to a purple stain, dribbling down his belly he's the hope of =
generations, the measure of the damage we have yet to ascertain. Mammoth =
head of paraffin of malleable nature, pounded with the platitudes =
admissible for use, pitiful and blundering , a mortifying creature, his =
neck is too weak to support the partial birth of truth. Misbegotten =
inconsolable, the fitting end result of his breed, misbegotten =
inconsolable, a product of stupidity and greed. Watch him as his dim =
eyes roll back into his head, see him struggling in his own filth to =
stand irretrievable and overfed, he reaches out with his desperate =
little hands.
In no condition for your retribution are we rehearsing? The pain =
dispersing, verdict repeated, no words needed, have I been mislead? =
Alone apprehended. Leave me suspended, leave me unpended, leave me =
suspended, so unprotected, pull gently upward, hoisted and tethered, =
unseen and unheard so detected. Punishment fitting, I'm lifting and =
lifting, no more aquittal, severe yet so simple, play your vendetta, a =
weightless sonata, ascension getting, an act I am regretting. From here =
you look so small, I'm swinging free but I won't fall, lights and drapes =
hang with me, how can you just turn and leave?
Almost to the point where in the past I've given up, but this time =
something keeps on telling me I've got to go on, so now I will try to =
get the lead out of my blood and lose the paralyzing lies, that shower =
from above. I must strengthen my constitution, I must gather my resolve, =
I've got to muster every ounce of my resistance. Self inflicted doom has =
left me open and exposed, to every sickness, every fallacy that's going =
around, I will not succumb to the belief that others hold that there is =
no defense against infection, as I've been told. We're tolerant to the =
wrongs, dealt out with regularity, our toxic level is drawn from sheer =
lack of humanity.
Lower your weapon
And I'll lower mine
A standoff no tradeoff
A payoff in kind
My only mission
Is undoing you
And I'm doing nothing
That you wouldn't do
Zero in zero in
You match my caliber
Locked in deadly combat
You are tangled in my crosshair
Zero in zero in
You match my caliber
I await return fire
Survery the wreckage
Take heed of the toll
Delay the salvage
Proceed to reload
I'm automatic
I'm pointed at you
And you are a pigeon
From this altitude
I'm standing right here
I'll take you on
Hey you down there
I'll take you down
I'll stay right here
You stay right there
'Til we're out of rounds
You can hear the sound of each little town, 'cause they all sing, every =
mile a town pops up, full of pride for this country, and now a shroud =
appears on the horizon, wish I could blink and miss this one as well. =
What could be worse? What could be further from home? Dumb little world, =
dizzy & spitting up blood. Can't live here there's nothing I recognize, =
I keep looking, reference points are hard to find when each home looks =
just the same, but I can hear the anthem playing, that sound will drive =
me further away. I won't buy into it, this bad deal, not so much as a =
dime for my homeland, this place is so wrapped up in itself, playing the =
theme song to my expatriaton.
You are an affectation
Of every passing fad
Your butane smile's indelible
Your talk is thoughtless gas
You live like a Coke machine
Convince me of your strife
Tasty tyke of augmentation
You'll pay with your life
Your youth is everything
Your cock is all
Your body makes bank
And your mind is small
Your youth is everything
Your tits stand tall
Your body makes bank
And you mind is dull
Your needle eyes and hands
Of slate regard a stiff repose
Contemplate your mindless fate
While powdering your nose
Loathing all that you can't fathom
Cuckhold by your pride
Endorsing a madman's vision
Marketed worldwide Resting on your sculpted shoulders
All the weight of fame
Statuesque emanciptation
Is the mode of day
Packaging rebellion
In a palatable box
Wash away the meaning as
You wash away your frosted locks
Yes, we made you what you are
We buy the clothes and scent you wear
We buy the shit that shapes your hair
We'd buy your hipness anywhere
But time will surely vanquish you
And we'll no longer worship you!
addiction, but when you finally did you didn't skip a beat, or alter =
your inflection. Where do you live? You change your home so fast, I got =
you penciled in and then you're gone, your hand is out but I've got =
nothing left to give you, except perhaps some words to get you through =
this. I'm sick of enabling you and you can sense it, you glance around =
as if for the cops, whatever you've stolen I won't fence it, you know =
you're nothing without your props.
I did not get out of the treaches unscathed this lingering damage ill
take to my grave Like nerve gas poison and agent orange the wages
of high risk are part of my story
what kind of madness took ahold of me to shoot anothers blood
into my willing vein no i could never do that voluntarily i heard a
demon tell me to and i obeyed but
i dont take the orders from the war room anymore this one
recruit who surrenders I dont take orders from the war room anymore
now i am my own defender
i keep recieving a distorted command and if i hadnt given up id
surely follow back into the tangle of this struggle for man a suicidal
mission set against the wrong so
i dont take the orders from the war room anymore this one
recruit who surrenders I dont take orders from the war room anymore
now i am my own defender
i may have turned yellow but did not betray my old friend's still
batlling out in the fray am i lillilivered now im a beginner im damned all
to hell and i am delivered
sometimes im tempted to forget myself and jump back into
the skirmish as a mercenary a little time is all I have left
id rather that than live it in sanctuary
i dont take the orders from the war room anymore this one
recruit who surrenders I dont take orders from the war room anymore
now i am my own defender
i dont take the orders from the war room anymore this one
recruit who surrenders I dont take orders from the war room anymore
now i am my own defender i dont take orders
I don't expect a response from you and I won't try to elicit one, I =
stroke your walls as I prowl along, they seem to be so strong, your =
windows are on their own, they are letting in a steady blow, I can hear =
the wings of the locust, but it doesn't seem to matter much. I don't =
trust your corridors, why do I hear the timber groan? I'm getting =
closer, hitting rooms no light has shown, I like the fixtures, I adore =
the woodwork, I lay prone, making out faces in the plaster, my fingers =
probing the molding for a trigger. Volumes of polaroids, commemorate =
nothing to speak of, to speak of, there are whole sections of this house =
not on the floor plan, and I will ransack 'til I find myself an entry. =
You can't afford to let me go on searching for a motive, you've got to =
assure me, don't allow me to doubt, produce the passkey satisfy my =
suspicions, will you trick me to co-author your plans, elaborate plans.
just'a good ol' boys
never meanin' no harm
beats all you never saw
been in trouble with the law
since the day they was born
straightnin' the curves
flatnin' the hills
someday the mountain might get 'em
but the law never will
makin' their way
the only way they know how
tht's just a little bit more
than the law will allow
I'm a good ol' boy
you know my momma loves me
but she don't understand
they keep a showin my hands and not my face on tv
Dismal little pad so small i'm almost standing outside
Back to the workplace i go
Murder eight hours a day, no, make it nine
Dressing my face an open wound
On the day after day later lousy mood
I haul it off but it fall in my lap today
Tied to each thought i got a little lead balloon
You're accused
But i'm the crime
Oh it got worse
From worse to bad
Unintentional flame wont go away
Pitching in the black
Oh it got worse
IT got bad from worse to bad
Unintentional flame wont go away
Pitching in the black
You've captured my imagination, charasmatic mess, in the wake of your =
devestation, I'm your best work yet. Fascinating back drop of romantic =
poverty, obsessed with herbs and healing cures, obsessed with healing =
me! But you're the one that's dying, a sudden downpour fading fast, =
rapidly unwinding to a bitter draft. Around your high poetic brow, =
around your pleasant neck, a veil of grandiosity competes with epithets. =
You're better off relying on meteorology than to keep on justifying why =
you impose on me. Your path of mass destruction will blow right by me =
now, you dissipate your energy you cannot knock me down.
If I'd fit in the windowsill I'd plant myself in your direction, I would =
use the sun's energy to make this place destination. How dare I hate =
this space I occupy, I'm left to my devices, turning to light I'm =
waiting for the cue, to beckon to the shoot, and break the crust upon =
the soil. Lack of light the iris expands, my eyes abosorb a power coming =
from behind my dim room, in my den amber and damp, as if lit by faith =
alone, I've been more faithful than you know.
This ground is too hard to break, it ruined a pick and spade, frozen and =
solid as rock, my hands numb with the shock! I am prepared for the dirty =
work, I've groveled for years in the bloody dirt, I have all the tools =
that I need, and now I admit my defeat! What will it take to cleave this =
earth? Break this ground, it's got to break! What will it take to cleave =
this earth? I cannot wait 'til spring. My cargo is still half alive, =
they twine 'round eachother and cry, they beg me to finish the task, =
will I inter them at last? I glare at the place I'd make a grave, I =
carry the shame it would contain, thinking cannot rend a hole, too tired =
to stave off the cold.
Congratulations on your recent acquisition, the bunker is convenient and =
easy to install, you've purchased the finest in home fortification, the =
comfort will please you and heighten you're morale, keenly concoted the =
barricade is comely, the entrance is impregnable and ready for assault, =
safe in the knowledge you didn't waste your money, lie back in your =
sanctum you are untouchable. Sterile heaven hermetically sealed for your =
protection and increased yield. Sterile heaven 'cause you're #1, =
equipped with ample insulation. Under surveilance invaders are detected, =
external apparatus incarcerates them all. Flash incinerated and lightly =
disinfected, the ashes are bundled and packed in a vault, you're =
accomodations are acoustically defended you need not hear the death =
cries we bring them to a halt, encapsulation is highly recommended, in =
brocade or wood grain or neoclassical. Airtight and quiet with total =
privacy just keep the filter clean, you've taken the precaution, of =
utter isolation, you buy serenity, you've read the warranty.
Sometimes I sit and think about all the times I never gave a damn, how =
my actions affected those around, I never stopped to think that anybody =
ever cared about me. I wonder if it is a bit too late to reverse the =
feelings of their hate, I want to say that I apologize, I'm trying to =
redeem myself but I still want to keep my pride. When I think of =
yesterday I can see there's nothing more for me, I want to think about =
tomorrow, time just fades the pages from my book of memories, I want to =
think about tomorrow. The brutal things I said and all the people hurt, =
I hope they forgive me, the brutal things I said and all the people =
hurt, I'm glad those days are gone.
I refuse, refuse to weaken my will, adhered here to glue to these =
neglected sheets, stranded on, abandoned on my own two feet, tenants of =
occupants of indifferent streets. Oh poor infant, you only took an =
instant, but now you're soaking in it, you're in for quite a ride, my =
poor little flopping on the griddle, still bloody in the middle. =
Conjuring, coaxing out my bravest face, suffer through, carreen through =
rooms of tired eyes, whining high, like an engine fed on spite, too much =
to take, too much luck, I dump the clutch every time. Through the womb, =
into this mess with me, it was no accident I had to have some company, =
through the membrane out you came, reluctantly sure, I bore you =
selflessly, but I had to have some company, company, company, company.
It got to resembling a vaudeville show, the show of shows, such comedy =
unserpassed as juvenile theatrics go, but who am I to tell you to =
contain yourself? And who are you to tell me to control it? When we both =
have prepared so carefully. One day you'll know we never meant eachother =
harm in any way, one day you'll know we never meant eachother sorrow, =
gotta keep my distance. I keep sifting through the loot to find the =
stairs, this business burning to the ground, I can't look back my =
hindsight seems to be impared, my outlook has no holds to see out. It's =
starting to hurt when I open my arms too wide, a milky white haze =
invades my vision, my lungs are heavy with your presence as if you were =
standing right behind me, and I can't bring myself to turn around, gotta =
keep my distance.
baby you look like somebody
ooooh to know
like a rose comin out of a photo
all your lipstick shows
I don't wanna make you cry
I don't wanna even try
I just wanna say I meet you
it's who you know
oh you can talk to me
make my life complete
when I think of the ways I can use you
get me off the streets
then we spend the night in bed
and I can't loose my head
even in lovin
it's who you know
There but for the grace of god go I
Grew up on the same block I wonder why
Why you were the one to take a dive
And I got to go on with my life
The hand of fate is random I'm alive
Ain't no reason or no rhyme
We are practically the same
I sing your requiem
I lose another friend
But I remain to receive your wake up call
Pontiac I love you and I miss you
It's easier to love you now that you're gone
Now I know the things I should've said to you
Now you're gone
Sure beats me why we didn't die
The time we brewed that cocktail "death surprise"
Mixed in all the pills your mama had
And washed it all down with my daddy's gin
The hand of fate is random I'm alive
Ain't no reason or no rhyme
We are practically the same
I sing your requiem
I lose another friend
But I remain to receive your wake up call
Pontiac I love you and I miss you
It's easier to miss you now that you're gone
Now I know the things I should've said to you
Now you're gone
Now you're gone
Rottting my integrity consumptive union seems to be expression of
decline my plight too much time behind the wheel staccato biker stuck on
loud meaning fading in and cutting out my my send a message send a
message send a message signal overpowered send a message send a sealed
within a play cell whistling past the last off ramp flabbergast and
then revamped illuminated by oncoming lamps too light modulations here
between deflecting stations with such ease discussion on a hidden
frequency my my send a message send a message send a message signal
overpowered send a here within our play cell if you want listen to the
static if you want set the needle on to nowhere if you want I could make
a statement if you want on the record on the record at last too much to
work around we hum hypnotic still on course transmigrants on a level
stretch of road my my send a message send a message send a message
I got tired of the same old face, so I quit looking in the mirror, such =
a sight, here's a brand new girl with eyes that are clearer, the older =
model never saw things quite right. Lips tits hips, right down to the =
fingertips, ten shades of beautiful for every disorder, lips tits hips, =
right down to the fingertips, just a hint of my misfortune. My make-over =
commence, candy coated lips can coach me right along, no mess, no fuss, =
prefectly natch, I hope I learn what makes me look at things all wrong. =
I'd say she was a man's girls, translucent with a bit of shine, I'd say =
she's a bad idea, conditions as it deadens your mind.
stopped again, thought I recognized it, hear that? There it goes right =
now, like a whisper I'm imagining, but now it's screaming... inside my =
head. Can you hear it? Can you hear it? Ignorance personified. Can you =
hear it? Can you hear it? You try to bite your words, but they keep =
forming in your mouth, and they are libelous hottly popping out, I am =
beyond hte cutting range of your dull mind and jagged tongue, and this =
you cannot stand. You cannot stand. Can you hear it? Can you hear it? =
Ignorance personified. Can you hear it? Can you hear it now? You better =
listen to yourself, can you hear it? Can you hear it now? Follow me all =
the way home, but you haven't got the guts to come in too close, follow =
me all the way home, you just want a chance to show how little you =
really know
Standing in a crater in my leaden shoes, I am held there by more than =
gravity, she's been hit so many times with heavenly abuse, quite a =
history of catastrophe, but the footprints on her face are merely made =
by man, she's is shining despite the rough terrain, I think she picks =
her teeth with the staff of a flag, she plucked from her cheek with =
playful disdain. Glowing survivor, gorgeous in orbit, throwing a =
spotlight over the chasm, glowing survivor, gorgeous in orbit, casting =
her shadow, over the sea (heavens' at end)...Geologic samples held up to =
the light, teach very little of her life, astronomers deny what they can =
divine, by merely gazing up into her eyes, every lunar cycle she begins =
a new, not afraid to show herself in full, the man is a myth, lovers =
share a view, all god's howling dogs to her are dutiful. If you come at =
nightfall, you can see all her magnitude, her tidal tears have fallen, =
reflective of the sun, bearning her gratitude.
As I keep growing old
I can see the value of the words
that they once sang to me,
But only now it doesn't seem that
the lyrics mean that much to them anymore,
Is there anyway I could ever have known?
I know it's foolish to worship what my heroes say,
Then I'm a fool,
I only have myself to blame,
I feel so stupid about all the time I spent,
Trying to figure out exactly what they meant
I understand they can't spend their whole lives
rehashing old feelings from ten years ago,
Not valid anymore,
But to me those lyrics add meaning to my little life,
Please get in the car now, off the embankment, orange from the halogen , =
you look like a lunatic, not allowed to stop here, you provoke the =
barbed wire, trespass onto the corporate land, lynching what time we =
have left. I can see you from here, let me come across, we're lost upon =
the shoulder I never was your atlas, tempted off the pavement what can =
you accomplish? I can see you from here you're stalking down your anger, =
rows of newly broken earth trip up your urban stagger.
Angry little patriarch, you sit upon your cardboard throne, computer =
chip to make you talk, a bad synthetic baritone. Vengeful one, exacting =
father, you are nothing but a toy, take your leave you have no power, I =
don't fear your damning voice, bearded one, bellowing a hollow threat =
take your thunder, take your fire, don't forget your coronet! Imitation =
potentate, stern expression painted on, mantle made of cellophane and =
brandishing a rubber wand, consecrated effigy, thousands of your model =
sold, assembly line divinity with simulated thunderbolts! You are all =
powerful among the other toys, modeled and painted and fiercely employed =
with lording over all the plastic action figurines, collect 'em all, and =
melt 'em down with my acetylene.
Annie exhibited incredible abilities
At a very tender age
Her mother's edict "It's a liability and
you must do as I say"
Annie was curious
Annie was sensuous
And she had an imagination
But under Victoria they called that dementia and
So they locked her... locked her away
She rustles down the hallway buttons corset bustle binding
They bound her to the bedposts and they shut her up with ether
She rustles down the hallway buttons corset bustle binding
She'll haunt this house forever her laughter's a reminder
Annie was taken out to the outskirts of town
Said "You are hysterical"
Her doctor's orders "Tie her up and calm her down,
Oh you know she isn't too well"
My dear you're delirious
My dear you're lascivious
And now we will commence to treat you
Laudanum sedating you
Bromide placating you
So they drugged her locked her away
Got an animated corpse at my beck and call
You will find my skin cells underneath his fingernails
Carpet fibers from my car covering his coat
And clinging to his follicles
Every day we meet plot fourteen
And he hops in the front in the seat next to me
He can't wait till I tell him what I need
Then he nod a rotting head and then I set him free
Oh you should see him in this revelry tonight
He'll spread a pestilence across the land
Oh you should see him yea
He's looking hella fine
His eyeholes cannot cry
Oh he's my...
Animated corpse rapping at the back
Clawing at the window peeking in on tiptoe
Eager to deliver and it makes me laugh
So I make him wait it'll make a funny anecdote
Every night at ten he shows up again
Hiding 'em behind his back I pick a bony hand
I pat him on the head and I kiss him on the cheek
Then I pack him in the trunk back to plot fourteen
Oh you should see him in his revelry tonight
He'll spread a pestilence across the land
Oh you should see him yeah
He's looking hella fine
Oh he's a filthy slime
(Oh he's attracting flies)
And he's mine
Go on further and we will lay to waste, precious blooms in our haste, we =
ravage all of them, desperate for the medicine, take a salve that used =
to soothe, make sure it can knock you cold, take a gift from nature's =
womb, reduce it to it's harshest form. I've learned to make it stronger, =
to get my fill, concentrate it 'til it kills, how can I make it lethal? =
That's all I can feel, distill it 'til it kills. Embodiment of beauty, =
now we can engineer, we can extract from the core the calibrated traits, =
we skillfully can integrate, highest grade that can be had, most potent =
substance known to man, if there's a price down on the line, push it out =
of your cluttered mind. The absolute need quickens in my abdomen, it =
kicks inside, like an undead child, urging me onward with reflexive =
violence, excruciating beat, to keep me on my quest.
Well she sneaks around the world from Kiev to Carolina
she's a sticky-fingered filcher from Berlin down to Belize
she'll take you for a ride on a slow boat to China
tell me where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?
steal their Seoul in South Korea make Antarctica cry Uncle
from the Red Sea to Greenland they'll be singing the blues
well they never Arkansas her steal the Mekong from the jungle
tell me where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?
she go fromm Nashville to Norway Bonaire to Zimbabwe
Chicago to Czechoslovakia and back
well she'll ransack Pakistan and run a scam in Scandinavia
then she'll stick 'em up Down Under and go pick-pocket Perth
she put the miss in misdemeanor when she stole the beans from Lima
tell me where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?
oh tell me where in the world is...
oh tell me where can she be?
oooh Botswana to Thailand Milan via Amsterdam
Mali to bali Ohio Oahu...!
well she glides around the globe and she'll flimflam every nation
she's double-dealing diva with a taste for thievery
her itinerary's loaded up with moving violations
tell me where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?
here's the church and here's the steeple
open the doors and see all the people
people screaming i have sinned
oh dear lord help me win
the riches that are owe to me
and a high place in society
give me strength lord i am weak
i need sexual release
here i am your faithful servant grant me one request
oh need inside information how should i invest
and there all just spinning on there own little shelves
and there all just bitching at the world
and they all just happen to there own little pots
saluting when the flag unfurls
tell me one more time
your flawless philosophy
well, i forgot to take notes
help me i'm a heathen
ignorant of idolatry
and you're so pious you should know
here's the bank and here's the teller
open her legs to any feller
say your prayers down on your knees
mother mary fantasy
here's the host and here's the server
body blood oh hello broker
tell me what i want to know
to enrich my needy soul
see me lord your humble subject
saying penance now
when id really like to check the nazdac and the dao
and there all just spinning on there own little shelves
and there all just bitching at the world
and they all just happen to there own little pots
saluting when the flag unfurls
tell me one more time
your flawless philosophy
well, i forgot to take notes
help me i'm a heathen
ignorant of idolatry
and you're so pious you should know
tell me one more time
your flawless philosophy
well, i forgot to take notes
help me i'm a heathen
ignorant of idolatry
and you're so pious you should know
I'm not going anywhere; I have way too much to lose
Even though I'm killing myself,
It's no indication I won't come through
Don't go making plans to fill my absence
Even though I've been gone too long
I can stamp my foot and split in two
But I'll be whole before the dawn.
Say I've been to hell and back
Well you got it wrong, I never did return
Lay my head on the chopping block and
I'll hand you the hatchet.
Strewn again from limb to limb
A slap and a tickle and a hand in the till
Between extremes is mighty grim
I'll be free in a minute of my free will
Two on a bed gone round the bed
I laugh and writhe the more I try
My mind fell apart for you to mend
I sing to you and you reply.
Say I've been to hell and back
Well you got it wrong, I never did return
Lay my head on the chopping block and
I'll hand you the hatchet.
Soon as my head hit the pillow
He took it as his cue to shake me back awake
Could have killed him bout a couple of times
By laying in wait and tearing down the drapes
If I stomp hard enough
He'll slip in the soap and
I'll wave good-bye as he's circling the drain.
I'm not going anywhere, I have way too much to lose
Even though I'm killing myself,
It's no indication I won't come through
Don't go making plans to fill my absence
Even though I've been gone too long
I could stamp my foot and split in two
But I'll be whole before the dawn.
Make the sink a virgin genuflect and piss in it, worth all the seamy =
novelties we ripped off at the joke store, we could be immortal the way =
we get away with it, we ridicule the mannequins who come here just to =
look bored. Nicotine molested taste it on our fingertips, black tongue =
and vodka spit well, nicotine molested taste it on our fingertips, black =
tongue and vodka spit well, little yellow bellies little yellow bellies =
walking side by side, side by side. Welding up the air hole indicates =
we'd better go, kicked out of a trailer park unconscious in a shoe =
store, we may be immortal the way we get away with it, proudly stolen =
cuts of meathemmorrhage on the counter top. We live and live.
Bad ventilation duration of a beer, commonplace shithouse drown my fear, =
this whiskey goes down easy, smooth as a sow's ear, belly up and suck =
another, you're in the clear. Every day deception, faking a motive, a =
regular jokes "This is where I live" apprasing each intruder, one tipsy =
glimpse of them, loyal to a forgotten stratagen. Get on in, shake off =
the road, don't you know that you're blocking the door? Unlucky lounge, =
keeps her tables clean for you, forever darkness at noon. A vestige of =
some former self saddles up slowly to the bar, she recieves the news =
above, where the bottles stand, at least in here you take your luck wash =
it down with a beer, you'll know soon enough, don't expect nothin' fancy =
here, all you have is what we got.
A pretty bride of India is burned with kerosene her husband keeps her =
dowry and his freedom is achieved, a burnese girl in Bangkok is of value =
for her skin, solid for her complexiion, never saw her home again. The =
minister of culture, he argues so well, his teeth are flashing as he =
details, a legacy of murder, a heritage of rape, a time honored =
tradition to maim and mutilate. Cut away her labia with dirty broken =
glass, she died of obstruction prainfully infected mass, a dress code =
violation is an outrage in Iran, splashed her face with acid only them =
the fun began. She wasn't good enough, a female child left face down =
packed in the snow, umbilical cord around her tiny feet, she suffers and =
dies alone. A woman in a western home is under house arrest, a drunkard =
is her jailer he's entitled to molest, her daughter is passed over when =
she tries to raise her hand, the likeliness of her success is not an =
even chance. The minister of culture, he's wringing his hands, he keeps =
on laughing as he demands- "No human right applies her, our women will =
agree, our property has spoken no cause to intervine."
Not exactly in the lap of luxury, you were not quite of blue blood, but =
you know you went to bed with a belly full of supper, you were safe as a =
bug in a rug, you were swaddled and jolly Molly Coddled, like a dolly =
and your mommy maybe gave a little shrug when you threw a temper tantrum =
for another piece of something that other kids only dream of. Baby face, =
baby face, looking for a season in hell, baby face, baby face, I hope =
you learn your lesson well. Now you've chosen poverty, you did it for =
the sake of being hip, begging for a dollar never doubling for a moment =
your bohemian indigence, and you wonder why the folks in your run down =
neighbourhood don't recognize you as a kindred soul, 'cause you gotta =
bed in a sunny sub-division any time you wanna run home.