The rebab (Arabic الربابة or ربابة - "a bowed (instrument)"), also rebap, rabab, rebeb, rababah, or al-rababa) is a type of string instrument so named no later than the 8th century and spread via Islamic trading routes[citation needed] over much of North Africa, the Middle East, parts of Europe, and the Far East. The bowed variety often has a spike at the bottom to rest on the ground, and is thus called a spike fiddle in certain areas, but there exist plucked versions like the kabuli rebab (sometimes referred to as the robab or rubab). Furthermore, besides the spike fiddle variant, there also exists a variant with a pear-shaped body, quite similar to the Byzantine lyra and the Cretan lyra. This latter variant travelled to western Europe in the 11th century, and became the rebec.
This article will only concentrate on the spike-fiddle rebab, which usually consists of a small, usually rounded body, the front of which is covered in a membrane such as parchment or sheepskin and has a long neck attached. There is a long thin neck with a pegbox at the end and there are one, two or three strings. There is no fingerboard. The instrument is held upright, either resting on the lap or on the floor. The bow is usually more curved than that of the violin.
I'm a psychotic, neurotic
a regular Frankenstein
I got worms in my head
and there eating up my mind
I'm a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic
psychopathic mongoloid
with every breath I steal life
descend into the void
strychnine inmy brain
running in circles
but you cant try to tame me
chorus
can't you see it's all connected?
can't you see its all connected?
you know I have to be respected
I'll see you in your nightmares
ultramachine eyes; your fears
I'm Jack The Ripper, Clarence Thomas
in disguise, revised
i got supersonic ears and big brother eyes
surprise! look in the mirror
'cause I posses the best in you
chorus
wake up and open your mind
you seem so hard to find
all alone in the darkness
your mind is such a mess,
wondering what will happen if you go over the edge
nno pennies in the wishing well
in a corner amongst the fools
Jesus Christ will love you
'till you die and go to hell!