Unreleased Fourth Album, 2013
All Materials Written, Produced, Performed, and Created by Shudder, Shuddermusic © 2012-13
Shudder is D.R.Blakeman, Wurm Collins, Kara Taylor Babcock
All Lyrics by D.R.Blakeman, Wurm Collins, and Shudder
Album art and layout by D.R.Blakeman
Produced, Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by D.R.Blakeman, Wurm Collins, and Shudder
Recorded at SciCo Labs, Kansas City, MO, 2012
Shudder is D.R.Blakeman, Wurm Collins, Kara Taylor Babcock
All Lyrics by D.R.Blakeman, Wurm Collins, and Shudder
Album art and layout by D.R.Blakeman
Produced, Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by D.R.Blakeman, Wurm Collins, and Shudder
Recorded at SciCo Labs, Kansas City, MO, 2012
DEEP THROAT (Dirty Mix Preview)
1000 copies of the floppys
Couldn't save your ass now
All your data's been so tainted
You're just speeding the plow
Take your records to cassettes
And digitize them at need
Charge 'em fifty million dollars
For a broken CD.
This is just another strawman
Swiftboat, Dog whistle, Deep Throat
Coming around here
With your bootstrap nonsense
You went and broke it, but, uh
You went and bought another
I picked the pieces up and lo
I put it back together
"NO!" They're screaming, "NO!"
And then they wanna know who's holding up the show?
And then they're screaming at the camera
With a cold and bloody hand
Inside a puppet made from carcass of a Crow.
And then they PUSH, and then they PULL
And then they want it regulated, then they don't
And then they want to talk of freedom
But they cannot speak of that one
Or a single one you don't already know.
Couldn't save your ass now
All your data's been so tainted
You're just speeding the plow
Take your records to cassettes
And digitize them at need
Charge 'em fifty million dollars
For a broken CD.
This is just another strawman
Swiftboat, Dog whistle, Deep Throat
Coming around here
With your bootstrap nonsense
You went and broke it, but, uh
You went and bought another
I picked the pieces up and lo
I put it back together
"NO!" They're screaming, "NO!"
And then they wanna know who's holding up the show?
And then they're screaming at the camera
With a cold and bloody hand
Inside a puppet made from carcass of a Crow.
And then they PUSH, and then they PULL
And then they want it regulated, then they don't
And then they want to talk of freedom
But they cannot speak of that one
Or a single one you don't already know.
An open letter to the debtors
Sleeping out on the street
Sent to Whom It May Concern
And sealed with goldest of leaf
Reads like stereo instructions
Printed too small to see
Doublespeaking blah blah blah
Sincerely, shit you can't read.
This is just another hard line
Faux pas, bandwagon, false cause
Ad hominem
Two wrongs make a right noise
You went and broke it, but, uh
You went and bought another
I picked the pieces up and lo
I put it back together
"NO!" They're screaming, "NO!"
And nothing happens on the filibuster floor
And if you'd only bend and give in
To a one-hundred percentage
Of the way they want and wish the wind would blow.
And then they PUSH, and then they PULL
And then they're worshipping the bear, and then the bull
And they're spitting on the numbers
Pointing cold and twisted fingers
At the man, inside the chair, invisible.
Sleeping out on the street
Sent to Whom It May Concern
And sealed with goldest of leaf
Reads like stereo instructions
Printed too small to see
Doublespeaking blah blah blah
Sincerely, shit you can't read.
This is just another hard line
Faux pas, bandwagon, false cause
Ad hominem
Two wrongs make a right noise
You went and broke it, but, uh
You went and bought another
I picked the pieces up and lo
I put it back together
"NO!" They're screaming, "NO!"
And nothing happens on the filibuster floor
And if you'd only bend and give in
To a one-hundred percentage
Of the way they want and wish the wind would blow.
And then they PUSH, and then they PULL
And then they're worshipping the bear, and then the bull
And they're spitting on the numbers
Pointing cold and twisted fingers
At the man, inside the chair, invisible.
Uh-oh, speak of the devil's alive
Why feed us?
Tonight I pray to Supply-Side Jesus
This is just another elephant heaven
Straight from hell, in case you fail
In case you forgot... we ARE the 47
And so we're driving SLOW, and then I'm screaming GO
And there's a million other drivers on the road
Don't know the secret code
But I'm on it, listen with ears open this is just
My moment to shift it in gear - call it what it is
Lies, lies, lies, LIES, eyes show it
Spinning the vision until business is good
Some more shoulda, coulda, would
Swimming hard, paddling backwards on rafts, sliding
Slippery slopes turning their back on our half, so watch out.
Why feed us?
Tonight I pray to Supply-Side Jesus
This is just another elephant heaven
Straight from hell, in case you fail
In case you forgot... we ARE the 47
And so we're driving SLOW, and then I'm screaming GO
And there's a million other drivers on the road
Don't know the secret code
But I'm on it, listen with ears open this is just
My moment to shift it in gear - call it what it is
Lies, lies, lies, LIES, eyes show it
Spinning the vision until business is good
Some more shoulda, coulda, would
Swimming hard, paddling backwards on rafts, sliding
Slippery slopes turning their back on our half, so watch out.
Upload it, oh, and there it go
Into the void, forever known
And still it rests, still right at home
And everywhere, and everyone
Upload it, oh, and there you go
And so we share and share alone
And your address, your telephone
Are everywhere, and everyone
Into the void, forever known
And still it rests, still right at home
And everywhere, and everyone
Upload it, oh, and there you go
And so we share and share alone
And your address, your telephone
Are everywhere, and everyone
CLOSE
Generation Why, 2008-10, 2012
All Materials Written, Produced, Performed, and Created by Shudder, Shuddermusic © 2012
Shudder is D.R.Blakeman, Wurm Collins, Eric Johnson, Mark Johnson, Kara Taylor Babcock
The verses are Reach and Gunrok
Pieces are Franz Liszt, Ludwig von Beethoven, Modest Mussorgsky, Edvard Grieg, Ennio Morricone, and Hip Tanaka
The bassoon is Zach Hodson
The theramin is Zach Hodson and D.R.Blakeman
The voices are Rachel Jaggard, Zach Hodson, McD, Carolyn Blakeman, Richard Kloiber, Jeremiah Sherman, and Thaddeus Stoklasa
All Lyrics by D.R.Blakeman, Wurm Collins, and Shudder
Except "Greed", by D.R.Blakeman, Wurm Collins, Reach, and Gunrok
Album art and layout by D.R.Blakeman
Produced, Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Mark Johnson and Shudder
Recorded at DefKid Studios, Kansas City, MO, 2007-2011
Mastered at the AtZero Complex, Kansas City, MO, 2008-2010, 2012
Shudder is D.R.Blakeman, Wurm Collins, Eric Johnson, Mark Johnson, Kara Taylor Babcock
The verses are Reach and Gunrok
Pieces are Franz Liszt, Ludwig von Beethoven, Modest Mussorgsky, Edvard Grieg, Ennio Morricone, and Hip Tanaka
The bassoon is Zach Hodson
The theramin is Zach Hodson and D.R.Blakeman
The voices are Rachel Jaggard, Zach Hodson, McD, Carolyn Blakeman, Richard Kloiber, Jeremiah Sherman, and Thaddeus Stoklasa
All Lyrics by D.R.Blakeman, Wurm Collins, and Shudder
Except "Greed", by D.R.Blakeman, Wurm Collins, Reach, and Gunrok
Album art and layout by D.R.Blakeman
Produced, Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Mark Johnson and Shudder
Recorded at DefKid Studios, Kansas City, MO, 2007-2011
Mastered at the AtZero Complex, Kansas City, MO, 2008-2010, 2012
THE LADY
Green-eyed lady, always up to something shady
and I caught her in my pocket again. That's the last time
This time I swear it, god, I'm feeling so embarrassed.
Gonna meet you on the terrace just so everyone can hear us
When I say to your face, “you never leave with just a taste”
“You keep on sucking on that teat 'til it's dry.”
Don't try to hide.
We all know why.
You think we're blind?
Must've lost your mind.
Green-eyed lady, wouldn't buy it if you paid me.
Knocked the cookie jar right off of the shelf.
This time I've had it with excuses, think you've been a bit intrusive
And you're blatently abusive. Look, I'm covered in your bruises
From my head to my toes, and you bloodied my nose
And you say that's the way that this boulevard goes.
Well you know
I've seen your show.
You think I'm slow?
I chose the lower road.
and I caught her in my pocket again. That's the last time
This time I swear it, god, I'm feeling so embarrassed.
Gonna meet you on the terrace just so everyone can hear us
When I say to your face, “you never leave with just a taste”
“You keep on sucking on that teat 'til it's dry.”
Don't try to hide.
We all know why.
You think we're blind?
Must've lost your mind.
Green-eyed lady, wouldn't buy it if you paid me.
Knocked the cookie jar right off of the shelf.
This time I've had it with excuses, think you've been a bit intrusive
And you're blatently abusive. Look, I'm covered in your bruises
From my head to my toes, and you bloodied my nose
And you say that's the way that this boulevard goes.
Well you know
I've seen your show.
You think I'm slow?
I chose the lower road.
Jesus is not a brand name.
Lead us from temptation.
We trust that you're untrusting.
Grievous readjusting.
Where's this plan you supposedly mapped out?
I demand to see the end of this rural route.
I may be mute, but I ain't dumb.
You never had to worry where your next meal come from.
Green-eyed madame, wouldn't have it if you had 'em
and I caught her in my pocket again, red-handed.
I don't have the words, you've got me feeling so absurd
That now I'm walking with the birds, and going flying with the worms.
And all the lawyers in the world could not wrap up what you've unfurled
You've dug a hole that's much more deep than it's wide.
Don't try to hide.
We all know why.
You think we're blind?
Must've lost your mind.
Lead us from temptation.
We trust that you're untrusting.
Grievous readjusting.
Where's this plan you supposedly mapped out?
I demand to see the end of this rural route.
I may be mute, but I ain't dumb.
You never had to worry where your next meal come from.
Green-eyed madame, wouldn't have it if you had 'em
and I caught her in my pocket again, red-handed.
I don't have the words, you've got me feeling so absurd
That now I'm walking with the birds, and going flying with the worms.
And all the lawyers in the world could not wrap up what you've unfurled
You've dug a hole that's much more deep than it's wide.
Don't try to hide.
We all know why.
You think we're blind?
Must've lost your mind.
THE MAN
You must know yourself better than they do
Or the Man will get you, the Man will get you.
You must know which holes are worth a walk through
Or the Man will get you, or the Man will get you.
He's spied you from the highest floor.
The man is knocking at your door.
To prod you just a little more
He'll teach you how to be a whore.
The Man will get you.
You must know what lies beneath the surface
Or the Man will get ya, the Man will get you.
You must know which lies are told with purpose
Or the Man will get ya, the Man will get you.
You must know which lenses blur your focus
Or the Man will get ya, the Man will get you.
You must know betrayal in his cold kiss
Or the Man will get ya, or the Man will get you.
He knows your name and he knows your face.
He loves you if you know your place.
He knows your smell and he knows your taste.
He'll teach you you can be replaced.
The Man will get you.
Or the Man will get you, the Man will get you.
You must know which holes are worth a walk through
Or the Man will get you, or the Man will get you.
He's spied you from the highest floor.
The man is knocking at your door.
To prod you just a little more
He'll teach you how to be a whore.
The Man will get you.
You must know what lies beneath the surface
Or the Man will get ya, the Man will get you.
You must know which lies are told with purpose
Or the Man will get ya, the Man will get you.
You must know which lenses blur your focus
Or the Man will get ya, the Man will get you.
You must know betrayal in his cold kiss
Or the Man will get ya, or the Man will get you.
He knows your name and he knows your face.
He loves you if you know your place.
He knows your smell and he knows your taste.
He'll teach you you can be replaced.
The Man will get you.
Give thanks to the man for telling you how awful you look.
Give thanks to the man for putting a price on your heath.
Give thanks to the man for the illusion of security.
Give thanks to the man for keeping you informed.
Give thanks to the man for assuring you that your vote counts.
Give thanks to the man for keeping a constant eye on you.
Give thanks to the man for making sure you don't hear any dirty words.
Give thanks to the man for the envy and admiration of the entire world.
Give thanks to the man for letting you know how and where to spend your money.
Give thanks to the man for telling you which god deserves your obedience.
Give thanks to the man for letting you make a difference.
For letting you be all you can be.
For letting you fight for his causes.
For letting your heritage define your future.
Give thanks to the man for letting you suck his dick.
I need a voice.
I need a choice.
I buy his toys.
They just make noise.
Give thanks to the man for putting a price on your heath.
Give thanks to the man for the illusion of security.
Give thanks to the man for keeping you informed.
Give thanks to the man for assuring you that your vote counts.
Give thanks to the man for keeping a constant eye on you.
Give thanks to the man for making sure you don't hear any dirty words.
Give thanks to the man for the envy and admiration of the entire world.
Give thanks to the man for letting you know how and where to spend your money.
Give thanks to the man for telling you which god deserves your obedience.
Give thanks to the man for letting you make a difference.
For letting you be all you can be.
For letting you fight for his causes.
For letting your heritage define your future.
Give thanks to the man for letting you suck his dick.
I need a voice.
I need a choice.
I buy his toys.
They just make noise.
WISE UP
Wise up, down.
Gonna hit the ground.
You can aim for the river, but you'll probably just drown.
Wise up, down.
Wanna hit the town.
Waste your time, because your watch ain't wound.
Wise up, down.
Lost and found.
Drag your ass to the next compound.
Wise up, down.
What's that sound?
Everybody look, it came around.
You got no arms left to lend a hand
Because you're masturbating to your master plan.
And I still fail to understand how I wound up in Wonderland.
Wise upstairs, you prayed the wrong prayers.
Now you cry wolf and no one cares.
Look around, and there's nothing there.
It's just your breath in the winter air
Wise up beat, you can't compete.
You left the room and you lost your seat
And you shake your fist and you stomp your feet.
Man, why start fires if you can't take heat?
Gonna hit the ground.
You can aim for the river, but you'll probably just drown.
Wise up, down.
Wanna hit the town.
Waste your time, because your watch ain't wound.
Wise up, down.
Lost and found.
Drag your ass to the next compound.
Wise up, down.
What's that sound?
Everybody look, it came around.
You got no arms left to lend a hand
Because you're masturbating to your master plan.
And I still fail to understand how I wound up in Wonderland.
Wise upstairs, you prayed the wrong prayers.
Now you cry wolf and no one cares.
Look around, and there's nothing there.
It's just your breath in the winter air
Wise up beat, you can't compete.
You left the room and you lost your seat
And you shake your fist and you stomp your feet.
Man, why start fires if you can't take heat?
Get up, sit up, stay down and shut up
Grade a, n/a, don't be such a
Bitch I wish I weren't me, but I
Said yes, acquiece, and you know why.
Sit down. Roam around.
Count to four and tone it down.
Floor is found beneath my feet.
Can't compete without that beat
When you're street-fed. Living until I'm dead.
Fuck another lover, baby, fix my head.
Wise upsell, store it on the shelf.
Skip sick sitting, feeling sorry for myself.
Anyone here mean what they say? Just enough to get my way.
Little white lie for the greater good, get you to do what I think you should.
I know you so very well. Know your sin, but I won't tell.
This one's between you and I, cross my heart and hope to die.
Please, ignore the puppet strings, leave your mind to better things.
Look your best and dance your dance. Sound off like you've got a chance.
One, two, three, four, stuck in this revolving door.
Wise up.
Grade a, n/a, don't be such a
Bitch I wish I weren't me, but I
Said yes, acquiece, and you know why.
Sit down. Roam around.
Count to four and tone it down.
Floor is found beneath my feet.
Can't compete without that beat
When you're street-fed. Living until I'm dead.
Fuck another lover, baby, fix my head.
Wise upsell, store it on the shelf.
Skip sick sitting, feeling sorry for myself.
Anyone here mean what they say? Just enough to get my way.
Little white lie for the greater good, get you to do what I think you should.
I know you so very well. Know your sin, but I won't tell.
This one's between you and I, cross my heart and hope to die.
Please, ignore the puppet strings, leave your mind to better things.
Look your best and dance your dance. Sound off like you've got a chance.
One, two, three, four, stuck in this revolving door.
Wise up.
GET BOTHERED
I'm calling out the sinners, and I'm calling out the saints.
I'm calling out the prophets, and I'm calling out the fates.
I'm gonna need a bullhorn, because I have a few complaints.
I plan to do some planning, but I haven't set a date.
I'm getting bothered.
I'm calling out the lawmen, and I'm calling out the thieves.
I'm calling out the day-jobs, and I'm calling out the dreams.
I'm gonna need some earplugs, because I think I'm gonna SCREAM
To get my motor running, I've been drinking gasoline.
I'm getting bothered.
Sins of the father.
Turned wine to water.
Turned coat for silver.
Oh, bother.
Sitting and spinning, blending my guilt with intention.
Now listen, someone's always going through my mind and shit's missing.
Sit on the fence, indescision. Now I'm pissed and I'm wishing.
When did this room become a prison?
Payed my dues, continued living.
I'm calling out the prophets, and I'm calling out the fates.
I'm gonna need a bullhorn, because I have a few complaints.
I plan to do some planning, but I haven't set a date.
I'm getting bothered.
I'm calling out the lawmen, and I'm calling out the thieves.
I'm calling out the day-jobs, and I'm calling out the dreams.
I'm gonna need some earplugs, because I think I'm gonna SCREAM
To get my motor running, I've been drinking gasoline.
I'm getting bothered.
Sins of the father.
Turned wine to water.
Turned coat for silver.
Oh, bother.
Sitting and spinning, blending my guilt with intention.
Now listen, someone's always going through my mind and shit's missing.
Sit on the fence, indescision. Now I'm pissed and I'm wishing.
When did this room become a prison?
Payed my dues, continued living.
So, cool. That's how we do.
Mad now, I'm cruel.
Blackout until noon and then I wake up feeling blue.
Sad pout, I'm through.
As I shout, “fuck you,” with my mouth.
I turned a product into profit.
Sold my sawdust, bought a pocket
Filled it with my thoughts and taught it
How to walk. I'm not your martyr!
Give me more, it's getting harder.
This is war, I'm getting bothered.
These crazy kids, their dog and I are hip to your disguise.
We see right through your evil scheme, we're calling out your lies.
We're calling out the sheriff, and we're taking off your mask.
We're calling out for justice, and we're eating scooby snacks.
We're getting bothered.
So bothered.
Get fucking bothered.
Mad now, I'm cruel.
Blackout until noon and then I wake up feeling blue.
Sad pout, I'm through.
As I shout, “fuck you,” with my mouth.
I turned a product into profit.
Sold my sawdust, bought a pocket
Filled it with my thoughts and taught it
How to walk. I'm not your martyr!
Give me more, it's getting harder.
This is war, I'm getting bothered.
These crazy kids, their dog and I are hip to your disguise.
We see right through your evil scheme, we're calling out your lies.
We're calling out the sheriff, and we're taking off your mask.
We're calling out for justice, and we're eating scooby snacks.
We're getting bothered.
So bothered.
Get fucking bothered.
GOVERNMENT CHEESE
I only got a little smoke. Woo ooh.
Because I'm always fucking broke. Woo ooh.
Because my job, it is a joke. Woo ooh.
I ain't paid to wear this yoke. Woo ooh.
Government cheese, government cheese.
Doing what they please, government cheese.
Government cheese, with a few hidden fees.
Government cheese, government cheese.
Government cheese, ship it overseas.
See you on the front line, standing in the breadline.
Acting like it's okay. Hey, we'll do lunch sometime
And eat government cheese.
There is no fire, only smoke. Woo ooh.
The piggy bank is fucking broke. Woo ooh.
All this drama is a joke. Boo hoo.
And this medal is a yoke. Woo ooh.
Is it a rock or a mineral?
Psychologic or visceral?
Nitroglycerine Aderol.
If you'd listen, you'd have it all.
While some welfare is general
Others are more specific
And they can only be invoked
By circumstances prolific.
Because I'm always fucking broke. Woo ooh.
Because my job, it is a joke. Woo ooh.
I ain't paid to wear this yoke. Woo ooh.
Government cheese, government cheese.
Doing what they please, government cheese.
Government cheese, with a few hidden fees.
Government cheese, government cheese.
Government cheese, ship it overseas.
See you on the front line, standing in the breadline.
Acting like it's okay. Hey, we'll do lunch sometime
And eat government cheese.
There is no fire, only smoke. Woo ooh.
The piggy bank is fucking broke. Woo ooh.
All this drama is a joke. Boo hoo.
And this medal is a yoke. Woo ooh.
Is it a rock or a mineral?
Psychologic or visceral?
Nitroglycerine Aderol.
If you'd listen, you'd have it all.
While some welfare is general
Others are more specific
And they can only be invoked
By circumstances prolific.
And that is defined as
Producing in large quantities
These words continue haunting me.
Somebody, catch me.
Damn it! I'm on my knees.
All these wanton apologies
Cannot help that we disagree
On conflicting philosophy
And defining hypocrisy.
Politics and semantics.
Realists and romantics.
Pacific and the Atlantic.
There is no need for panic.
Just don't take it for granted
Or we will be supplanted.
I can only be candid
Because I'm not underhanded like you.
No more mirrors, no more smoke. Woo ooh.
Breaks like that are fucking broke. Woo ooh.
So let's share a little joke, woo ooh.
Crack the egg or be a yolk. Woo ooh.
Producing in large quantities
These words continue haunting me.
Somebody, catch me.
Damn it! I'm on my knees.
All these wanton apologies
Cannot help that we disagree
On conflicting philosophy
And defining hypocrisy.
Politics and semantics.
Realists and romantics.
Pacific and the Atlantic.
There is no need for panic.
Just don't take it for granted
Or we will be supplanted.
I can only be candid
Because I'm not underhanded like you.
No more mirrors, no more smoke. Woo ooh.
Breaks like that are fucking broke. Woo ooh.
So let's share a little joke, woo ooh.
Crack the egg or be a yolk. Woo ooh.
GREED
Greed. At a golden trough, it feeds.
Greed. In a diamond bed, it breeds.
Greed. From a shredded book, it reads.
Greed. Drinks the soiled blood we bleed.
Greed. Greed. Give me what I need.
Greed. Greed. Willing to succeed.
Greed. Greed. Tell me, what is the plan?
I'm no sap superman. Gonna do what I can.
Grabbing cash with both hands, gonna own all the land
And the trees, and the sky, and the stars, and some candy
And treats, and the moon and then mars.
And I'll hand you some cheese, if you smile and say please.
And you get on your knees. Pucker up, kiss my feet.
Suck my toes. Lick my ring. All together now, sing for me, greed.
Money, strictly mixed with shiftiness
And filthy pricks, that fix for this quick shit.
Cash is rarely mine, I barely find a dime.
I swear by rhyme, and fuck overtime.
Funny, we sit in shit and kick it, without a single digit
In our pockets, just live it and laugh.
Don't care, unwind, unfair, we find
Comfort in knowing that you can't buy a new mind.
Come walk with us, down under the block, with us.
We can chill without a sound, come to the spot, visit.
Take a good look around, we wonder, which God is it?
Serenaded with a frown, it's greed that's got us itching
And bitching, cleaning the kitchen. Dream of laying and simply paying
Someone else to do them dirty dishes. What is this?
"Just another day of 9 to 5 business."
The thought of this just leaves me sick, with quickness.
And I am not into sitting, getting paid too little.
And then to deal with the tax, I gotta give it all back.
And I ain't gotta feel low, when I live in the middle.
Cash is a riddle, it's as simple as that.
(Gunrok)
Yo, check it.
Greed's a disease, symptoms are "give me."
People step, when you mention the money.
Greedy goes where the greed be at
It's got them up all night like insomniacs.
And you want it so bad, you'd step on your mama.
You'd trade in your country, then head for Bahamas.
Greed. In a diamond bed, it breeds.
Greed. From a shredded book, it reads.
Greed. Drinks the soiled blood we bleed.
Greed. Greed. Give me what I need.
Greed. Greed. Willing to succeed.
Greed. Greed. Tell me, what is the plan?
I'm no sap superman. Gonna do what I can.
Grabbing cash with both hands, gonna own all the land
And the trees, and the sky, and the stars, and some candy
And treats, and the moon and then mars.
And I'll hand you some cheese, if you smile and say please.
And you get on your knees. Pucker up, kiss my feet.
Suck my toes. Lick my ring. All together now, sing for me, greed.
Money, strictly mixed with shiftiness
And filthy pricks, that fix for this quick shit.
Cash is rarely mine, I barely find a dime.
I swear by rhyme, and fuck overtime.
Funny, we sit in shit and kick it, without a single digit
In our pockets, just live it and laugh.
Don't care, unwind, unfair, we find
Comfort in knowing that you can't buy a new mind.
Come walk with us, down under the block, with us.
We can chill without a sound, come to the spot, visit.
Take a good look around, we wonder, which God is it?
Serenaded with a frown, it's greed that's got us itching
And bitching, cleaning the kitchen. Dream of laying and simply paying
Someone else to do them dirty dishes. What is this?
"Just another day of 9 to 5 business."
The thought of this just leaves me sick, with quickness.
And I am not into sitting, getting paid too little.
And then to deal with the tax, I gotta give it all back.
And I ain't gotta feel low, when I live in the middle.
Cash is a riddle, it's as simple as that.
(Gunrok)
Yo, check it.
Greed's a disease, symptoms are "give me."
People step, when you mention the money.
Greedy goes where the greed be at
It's got them up all night like insomniacs.
And you want it so bad, you'd step on your mama.
You'd trade in your country, then head for Bahamas.
So sick of the muddy shoes.
Uncle Sam, you giving me the blues.
I gross a thousand, you take two-hundred.
More for the rest, then my check is plundered.
Shudder and Naydivz dishing out the latest.
Reach, hit us back when we writing some pages.
(Reach)
Wanna be paid, wanna be a-ffluent.
I don't wanna be late, don't want them to raise the rent.
Can you relate? Ain't it amazing when
A day after the check comes, you wanna be paid again.
Wanna be hella paid, poor get the hell away.
Tell the teller take me out a millie to celebrate.
I just wanna getaway from ghettos and trailer space
Not be relegated to where the elevators stank.
Greedy, cause I'm mad that my living is wack?
Gas prices inflated, cause we still in Iraq.
Got me feeling like I'm living for cash, and it's iller to grasp.
Got me sleeping where my living room at (at).
Am I greedy that I wanna be CEO?
Just want the green for my seed whenever he needing clothes.
The question is, do I want it or need it, though?
Hard to grasp, like a blade of grass with a needlenose.
No! No, I don't need more seeds.
There's nowhere left to sow those you've already guaranteed
And in all my darkest moments, I have more than once decreed
That I wish there was a hell to pay for all your evil deeds.
You make me sick so often now that I can't even read the news.
And to think that you convinced us we had nothing left to lose!
At least I can be thankful that I've never worn your shoes
Because you knotted up the strings so you can't even sing the blues.
Guess I'm not surprised, as you have never given heed
To the most important lesson that your book has tried to teach.
You can sow a thousand times, and you will certainly receive
But your granary is rotten, if your neighbor does not eat. That's greed.
Uncle Sam, you giving me the blues.
I gross a thousand, you take two-hundred.
More for the rest, then my check is plundered.
Shudder and Naydivz dishing out the latest.
Reach, hit us back when we writing some pages.
(Reach)
Wanna be paid, wanna be a-ffluent.
I don't wanna be late, don't want them to raise the rent.
Can you relate? Ain't it amazing when
A day after the check comes, you wanna be paid again.
Wanna be hella paid, poor get the hell away.
Tell the teller take me out a millie to celebrate.
I just wanna getaway from ghettos and trailer space
Not be relegated to where the elevators stank.
Greedy, cause I'm mad that my living is wack?
Gas prices inflated, cause we still in Iraq.
Got me feeling like I'm living for cash, and it's iller to grasp.
Got me sleeping where my living room at (at).
Am I greedy that I wanna be CEO?
Just want the green for my seed whenever he needing clothes.
The question is, do I want it or need it, though?
Hard to grasp, like a blade of grass with a needlenose.
No! No, I don't need more seeds.
There's nowhere left to sow those you've already guaranteed
And in all my darkest moments, I have more than once decreed
That I wish there was a hell to pay for all your evil deeds.
You make me sick so often now that I can't even read the news.
And to think that you convinced us we had nothing left to lose!
At least I can be thankful that I've never worn your shoes
Because you knotted up the strings so you can't even sing the blues.
Guess I'm not surprised, as you have never given heed
To the most important lesson that your book has tried to teach.
You can sow a thousand times, and you will certainly receive
But your granary is rotten, if your neighbor does not eat. That's greed.
GUILT
Sleeping isn't helping anything.
Like a devil on my shoulder is the promise I’ll grow older
And my conscience ever colder, as I slip into routine.
This strange, suburban dream.
Still I can dream, though. Alone, into possibility.
I feel the whisper in my bones. I fear I truly am alone.
More information to be known than I could possibly receive.
No aces in my sleeve.
It seems that every year it gets a little
Harder for me to hear the middle.
Splintering, my trust is whittled carefully away.
I don’t know what to say, again.
Twenty-four footsteps in my head.
Three for the living, and two for the dead.
Four fight one in a life-long war.
Two by sea on a distant shore.
Carry my guitar in a shotgun case.
Store my soul in a cool, dry place.
Set the book down, because I lost my place.
Punched that clock, dead in his face, and ran, yeah.
Mister, master. Bastard whisper. Blister.
Though, I must admit I’m flattered. Least for a minute there, it mattered.
Broken, bloody, bruised and battered, I wave a flag of white
And slip into the night.
Like a devil on my shoulder is the promise I’ll grow older
And my conscience ever colder, as I slip into routine.
This strange, suburban dream.
Still I can dream, though. Alone, into possibility.
I feel the whisper in my bones. I fear I truly am alone.
More information to be known than I could possibly receive.
No aces in my sleeve.
It seems that every year it gets a little
Harder for me to hear the middle.
Splintering, my trust is whittled carefully away.
I don’t know what to say, again.
Twenty-four footsteps in my head.
Three for the living, and two for the dead.
Four fight one in a life-long war.
Two by sea on a distant shore.
Carry my guitar in a shotgun case.
Store my soul in a cool, dry place.
Set the book down, because I lost my place.
Punched that clock, dead in his face, and ran, yeah.
Mister, master. Bastard whisper. Blister.
Though, I must admit I’m flattered. Least for a minute there, it mattered.
Broken, bloody, bruised and battered, I wave a flag of white
And slip into the night.
Walk on. Folk song. Tore up my soul.
I whistle as I walk away, and fight to live another day.
I steer the ship out of the bay, and promptly run aground.
Fucking map was upside-down.
Just seems that everything I want is taken.
Everything I built is breaking.
How much longer can I fake it?
Emperor’s completely naked.
Everybody’s finally waking.
Half-laid plans are finally baking.
Gather ghosts to all creation.
Ancient circles, long forsaken!
And if something is beginning, maybe I should pay attention.
Steady focus of my vision lets intent move, with precision.
Hand and eye coordination, pen and sword collaboration.
Oh so subtle demonstration. Cold reaction well-encased inside
My mind. The shell is cracking. This containment field is lacking
So the twelve inside my mind just burned it down, and sent me packing
To the place where people go, when they just don’t want to know
And you cannot see the stars between the ever-falling snow, no.
No, no, no.
I whistle as I walk away, and fight to live another day.
I steer the ship out of the bay, and promptly run aground.
Fucking map was upside-down.
Just seems that everything I want is taken.
Everything I built is breaking.
How much longer can I fake it?
Emperor’s completely naked.
Everybody’s finally waking.
Half-laid plans are finally baking.
Gather ghosts to all creation.
Ancient circles, long forsaken!
And if something is beginning, maybe I should pay attention.
Steady focus of my vision lets intent move, with precision.
Hand and eye coordination, pen and sword collaboration.
Oh so subtle demonstration. Cold reaction well-encased inside
My mind. The shell is cracking. This containment field is lacking
So the twelve inside my mind just burned it down, and sent me packing
To the place where people go, when they just don’t want to know
And you cannot see the stars between the ever-falling snow, no.
No, no, no.
BLEED ME
Bleed me, Lover, bleed me dry.
Reach and touch the soul inside.
Heed no distance in my eye.
Hold my hands, though they are tied.
Bleed me, Mother, bleed me dry.
Killing me with last goodbyes.
Though I swim the sea of lies
Trust the truth that you supplied.
Bleed me, Teacher, bleed me dry.
Leave me naked, leave me blind.
Could have learned, if I had tried.
Paid you pennies for your time.
Bleed me, Preacher, bleed me dry.
Money changers got inside.
Read the red words, read them twice.
Search for truth from every side.
Reach and touch the soul inside.
Heed no distance in my eye.
Hold my hands, though they are tied.
Bleed me, Mother, bleed me dry.
Killing me with last goodbyes.
Though I swim the sea of lies
Trust the truth that you supplied.
Bleed me, Teacher, bleed me dry.
Leave me naked, leave me blind.
Could have learned, if I had tried.
Paid you pennies for your time.
Bleed me, Preacher, bleed me dry.
Money changers got inside.
Read the red words, read them twice.
Search for truth from every side.
Bleed me, Lawman, bleed me dry.
All of us are getting by.
To you, the rules do not apply.
All of us are being tried.
Bleed me, Owner, bleed me dry.
We are more than cards and die.
Blood to keep the figures high.
Wield your pen and breath a sigh.
Bleed me, Speaker, bleed me dry.
No answer to the question, "why?"
Holes you've dug, so deep and wide
Stop telling me what I decide.
All of us are getting by.
To you, the rules do not apply.
All of us are being tried.
Bleed me, Owner, bleed me dry.
We are more than cards and die.
Blood to keep the figures high.
Wield your pen and breath a sigh.
Bleed me, Speaker, bleed me dry.
No answer to the question, "why?"
Holes you've dug, so deep and wide
Stop telling me what I decide.
RIGHTOWAY
I want the right to go to hell.
I want the right to go to hell.
To step into the darkness, until I've had my fill.
To wallow in the world, until I am nothing but a shell
Of my former self.
I want the right to waste away.
I want the right to waste away.
To speak all of the words we're forbidden to say
Then to claw my way back, through the shit, just to face a new day.
They all look the same, anyway.
Get your hands off my soul, I had plans for myself.
All these rules don't apply, but we have to be sure
And we must not be afraid of the shadows, anymore.
And I'm fairly sure that Satan's just a scary-looking pile
Of dirty clothes, on an empty floor.
I want the right to take the blame.
I want the right to take the blame.
Sometimes I fuck up, and everyone the same
But I refuse to play these passing moments like they're some kind of game.
Man, you should be ashamed.
I want the right to go to hell.
To step into the darkness, until I've had my fill.
To wallow in the world, until I am nothing but a shell
Of my former self.
I want the right to waste away.
I want the right to waste away.
To speak all of the words we're forbidden to say
Then to claw my way back, through the shit, just to face a new day.
They all look the same, anyway.
Get your hands off my soul, I had plans for myself.
All these rules don't apply, but we have to be sure
And we must not be afraid of the shadows, anymore.
And I'm fairly sure that Satan's just a scary-looking pile
Of dirty clothes, on an empty floor.
I want the right to take the blame.
I want the right to take the blame.
Sometimes I fuck up, and everyone the same
But I refuse to play these passing moments like they're some kind of game.
Man, you should be ashamed.
Get your hands off my soul, I had plans for myself.
All these rules don't apply, but we have to be sure
And we must not be afraid of the shadows, anymore.
For every cause, reaction. For every hall, a door.
I need a voice.
I need a choice.
I buy his toys.
They just make noise.
For every light, a shadow. For every goal, a chore.
And sometimes things that mattered, they don't matter, anymore.
Overdosing on placebos, when we have to find the cure.
And last time that I checked, I'm fairly sure that nobody has got
The camel through the needle hole, no.
All these rules don't apply, but we have to be sure
And we must not be afraid of the shadows, anymore.
For every cause, reaction. For every hall, a door.
I need a voice.
I need a choice.
I buy his toys.
They just make noise.
For every light, a shadow. For every goal, a chore.
And sometimes things that mattered, they don't matter, anymore.
Overdosing on placebos, when we have to find the cure.
And last time that I checked, I'm fairly sure that nobody has got
The camel through the needle hole, no.
NOTHING NO NOTHING
Taste the air.
A memory prepares me for the long road through our lives
And all the walls along the way.
Tell me no lies, and I'll tell you my secrets
As once, I was likened to be. And maybe
Together we'll weather through monsters and shadows.
Build bridges and ships, crossing river and sea.
Singing nothing, no nothing
Will stop me from saying
I love what you're doing
You're doing to me.
Singing nothing, no nothing
Will keep us from crossing.
The flood water, washing.
We wade upstream.
It made us clean.
Don't look now
The sound will tell you how
To get wherever we are heading at this dizzy, blinding speed.
Writing this song, while you're painting on paper
Though what, it does not matter to me. Because, baby
You sketch with your soul, and then fill it with color.
With thick, darkened water and red, blue, green.
Singing nothing, no nothing
Will stop me from saying
I love what you're doing
You're doing to me.
A memory prepares me for the long road through our lives
And all the walls along the way.
Tell me no lies, and I'll tell you my secrets
As once, I was likened to be. And maybe
Together we'll weather through monsters and shadows.
Build bridges and ships, crossing river and sea.
Singing nothing, no nothing
Will stop me from saying
I love what you're doing
You're doing to me.
Singing nothing, no nothing
Will keep us from crossing.
The flood water, washing.
We wade upstream.
It made us clean.
Don't look now
The sound will tell you how
To get wherever we are heading at this dizzy, blinding speed.
Writing this song, while you're painting on paper
Though what, it does not matter to me. Because, baby
You sketch with your soul, and then fill it with color.
With thick, darkened water and red, blue, green.
Singing nothing, no nothing
Will stop me from saying
I love what you're doing
You're doing to me.
Singing nothing, no nothing
Will keep us from tying
The book to its binding
So we could read.
It cut us free.
Station is breaking.
Orbit decaying.
Burning the six string, to stay in key.
We search through the ashes
And put back the pieces.
The pressure releases a haze of steam.
It made us clean.
Singing nothing, no nothing
Will stop me from saying
I love what you're doing
You're doing to me.
Singing nothing, no nothing
Will keep us from walking
The cobblestones, blocking
The way unseen.
The path between.
No, no, nothing.
Will keep us from tying
The book to its binding
So we could read.
It cut us free.
Station is breaking.
Orbit decaying.
Burning the six string, to stay in key.
We search through the ashes
And put back the pieces.
The pressure releases a haze of steam.
It made us clean.
Singing nothing, no nothing
Will stop me from saying
I love what you're doing
You're doing to me.
Singing nothing, no nothing
Will keep us from walking
The cobblestones, blocking
The way unseen.
The path between.
No, no, nothing.
I HAVE BEEN
I've been starved, and I've been bloated.
I've been fired and promoted.
I've been poor, and I've been wealthy.
I've been sick, and I've been healthy.
I've been sword, and I've been sheath.
I've been over and beneath.
I've been hand, and I've been fist.
I've been sober, and I've been pissed.
I've been distant, and I've been grounded.
I've been lonely and surrounded.
I've been hot, and I've been freezing.
I've been loyal, and I've been treason.
I've been searching through the nothing for the reason that I'm here.
And I've come back from the void with but a single souvenir
A scar, that will not heal, upon the dark side of my brain.
I will carry it forever, but I have no one to blame.
I've been fine, and I've been shitty.
I've been king and committee.
I've been shoe, and I've been road.
I've been blatant, and I've been code.
I've been fired and promoted.
I've been poor, and I've been wealthy.
I've been sick, and I've been healthy.
I've been sword, and I've been sheath.
I've been over and beneath.
I've been hand, and I've been fist.
I've been sober, and I've been pissed.
I've been distant, and I've been grounded.
I've been lonely and surrounded.
I've been hot, and I've been freezing.
I've been loyal, and I've been treason.
I've been searching through the nothing for the reason that I'm here.
And I've come back from the void with but a single souvenir
A scar, that will not heal, upon the dark side of my brain.
I will carry it forever, but I have no one to blame.
I've been fine, and I've been shitty.
I've been king and committee.
I've been shoe, and I've been road.
I've been blatant, and I've been code.
I've been fresh, and I've been rotten.
I have learned and forgotten.
I've been smooth, and I've been traction.
I've been cause and reaction.
I have fallen, and I have risen.
I've been freed and imprisoned.
I have slept, and I have woken.
I've been silent, and I have spoken.
We've been wandering in the desert for one-hundred thousand years
And we're living off the water and the salt from our tears.
Nearly seven billion people, wandering blind through the sand.
And the vultures ate our breadcrumbs, and the storms hid our tracks.
Malum quidem nullum esse sine aliquo bono.
“There is, to be sure, no evil without something good” (Pliny the Elder)
Float my body down the river
And I will flow. I will flow, don't you know.
Scatter my bones across the desert
And I will glow. I will glow, don't you know.
Bury me inside the mountain
And I will blow, I will blow.
I have learned and forgotten.
I've been smooth, and I've been traction.
I've been cause and reaction.
I have fallen, and I have risen.
I've been freed and imprisoned.
I have slept, and I have woken.
I've been silent, and I have spoken.
We've been wandering in the desert for one-hundred thousand years
And we're living off the water and the salt from our tears.
Nearly seven billion people, wandering blind through the sand.
And the vultures ate our breadcrumbs, and the storms hid our tracks.
Malum quidem nullum esse sine aliquo bono.
“There is, to be sure, no evil without something good” (Pliny the Elder)
Float my body down the river
And I will flow. I will flow, don't you know.
Scatter my bones across the desert
And I will glow. I will glow, don't you know.
Bury me inside the mountain
And I will blow, I will blow.
CANNON
You cannot read the signs with the sun in your eyes.
You cannot walk a path when your legs have been tied.
You cannot sell your soul if your spirit has died.
You cannot win a race if you carry the prize.
Can't stop compassion, can't stop the truth.
Can't stop your conscience if you wanted to.
Can't fight the feeling, can't trust the news.
Nothing ever happens, unless you want it to.
I will not chew my foot if I swallow my pride.
I won't allow my ghosts to materialize.
I will not try to write what must be improvised.
I will not wrong the dude, though the dude would abide.
Never, never was I ever
Found incredibly clever.
Severed ties with every other fucker
Ever bothered me forever.
Just make sure my spine is straight
And all my numbers run together.
Nearly midnight, start a fight just to lose it.
Clues much too loose to use them
And so I flip it, confuse them. Yeah.
Learn to make a path
And when you earn it, give back.
Don't be concerned about the math
And know your fiction from fact.
This is our last chance, at last
We're given a pass.
You cannot walk a path when your legs have been tied.
You cannot sell your soul if your spirit has died.
You cannot win a race if you carry the prize.
Can't stop compassion, can't stop the truth.
Can't stop your conscience if you wanted to.
Can't fight the feeling, can't trust the news.
Nothing ever happens, unless you want it to.
I will not chew my foot if I swallow my pride.
I won't allow my ghosts to materialize.
I will not try to write what must be improvised.
I will not wrong the dude, though the dude would abide.
Never, never was I ever
Found incredibly clever.
Severed ties with every other fucker
Ever bothered me forever.
Just make sure my spine is straight
And all my numbers run together.
Nearly midnight, start a fight just to lose it.
Clues much too loose to use them
And so I flip it, confuse them. Yeah.
Learn to make a path
And when you earn it, give back.
Don't be concerned about the math
And know your fiction from fact.
This is our last chance, at last
We're given a pass.
Only five more minutes, then it's finish and go.
Am I high or am I dead?
I got my bed on the floor.
So take a bow for now, how the story unfolds
Because you cannot learn something that you already know.
Generation Boom, back to the womb.
Broke your bones just to build this room.
The seeds you've sown are well in bloom.
Best make known all your secrets, soon.
Generation Beat, left the street.
How you like the view, sitting in the seat?
Don't forget the tune, don't forget the beat.
Don't be so confused, the circle is complete.
Generation X, you know what's next.
First you get the money, then the God complex.
Then you blame the drugs, then you blame the sex
Then you blame your kids, and it all resets.
Generation Why, next in line.
Gonna have it rough, gonna have a time.
I will not give up. I will not resign.
I am not a crook. That is not a lie.
You cannot cross an ocean if you follow the tide.
Am I high or am I dead?
I got my bed on the floor.
So take a bow for now, how the story unfolds
Because you cannot learn something that you already know.
Generation Boom, back to the womb.
Broke your bones just to build this room.
The seeds you've sown are well in bloom.
Best make known all your secrets, soon.
Generation Beat, left the street.
How you like the view, sitting in the seat?
Don't forget the tune, don't forget the beat.
Don't be so confused, the circle is complete.
Generation X, you know what's next.
First you get the money, then the God complex.
Then you blame the drugs, then you blame the sex
Then you blame your kids, and it all resets.
Generation Why, next in line.
Gonna have it rough, gonna have a time.
I will not give up. I will not resign.
I am not a crook. That is not a lie.
You cannot cross an ocean if you follow the tide.
CLOSE
Something, 2006
SOMETHING (2006)
All Materials Written, Produced, Performed, and Created by Shudder, Shuddermusic © 2012
Shudder is D.R.Blakeman, Wurm Collins, Eric Johnson, Mark Johnson
The girls are Kara Taylor, Elizabeth Baldwin, and Andrea Woody.
The brass is Kelly Johnson
The crowd is Matt Bennett, Matt Cavlovich, Stacy Cook, Joel Darrah, Brian Davidson, Brad Ellis, Dan Ellis, Robbie Ferrero, Kelly Gough, Hank, Amanda Harrison, Dave Hawkinson, Heather, Jamie Hibdon, Stephanie Hoffman, Chris Jozwiak, Tracy Jozwiak, Kiltegan Choir, Richard Kloiber, Carolyn Lay, Katie Lenneville, Marty McDonald, Tim Rothwell, Chris Rudy, Dan Seeley, Jeremiah Sherman, Flynn Smith, and The Thonen
All Lyrics by D.R.Blakeman and Shudder
Photography by Matt Bennett, Amanda Harrision, Lew, and D.R.Blakeman
Album art and layout by D.R.Blakeman
Produced, Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Mark Johnson and Shudder
Recorded at DefKid Studios, Kansas City, MO, 2004-2006
Mastered at DefKid Studios and the AtZero Mastering Complex, Kansas City, MO, 2006
HARRY S. TRUMAN, 1953
"I have a deep and abiding faith in the destiny of free men.
With patience and courage, we shall someday move on into a
new era, a wonderful golden age. An age when we can use the
peaceful tools that science has forged for us, and do away
with poverty and human misery everywhere on earth.
Think what can be done once our capital, our skills, our
science- most of all atomic energy- can be released from
the tasks of defense and turned wholly to peaceful purposes,
all around the world.
There is no end to what can be done. I can't help but dream
out loud, just a little, here."
-Harry S. Truman, 1953
With patience and courage, we shall someday move on into a
new era, a wonderful golden age. An age when we can use the
peaceful tools that science has forged for us, and do away
with poverty and human misery everywhere on earth.
Think what can be done once our capital, our skills, our
science- most of all atomic energy- can be released from
the tasks of defense and turned wholly to peaceful purposes,
all around the world.
There is no end to what can be done. I can't help but dream
out loud, just a little, here."
-Harry S. Truman, 1953
THE MOST INCREDIBLE THING I HEARD LAST YEAR
In the year of your lord, two-thousand and four A.D.
I read, with my own two eyes, the most incredible thing.
The first thing I did was I blinked really hard
And I smiled at the distance we've traveled so far.
We've really outdone ourselves this time.
Responsibility lies with you and me.
Same old choice, you see, between war and peace.
No more tragedies, I am no disease.
I am no disease. I am no disease.
I recall an article I'd read maybe some years before.
It had questioned the possible repercussions
Of such potent atomic reactions
Like black holes appearing, sucking our world away
Or even unraveling the very fabric of time and space.
No wonder they tried it anyway.
I read, with my own two eyes, the most incredible thing.
The first thing I did was I blinked really hard
And I smiled at the distance we've traveled so far.
We've really outdone ourselves this time.
Responsibility lies with you and me.
Same old choice, you see, between war and peace.
No more tragedies, I am no disease.
I am no disease. I am no disease.
I recall an article I'd read maybe some years before.
It had questioned the possible repercussions
Of such potent atomic reactions
Like black holes appearing, sucking our world away
Or even unraveling the very fabric of time and space.
No wonder they tried it anyway.
Responsibility lies with you and me.
Same old choice, you see, between war and peace.
No more casualties, I am no disease.
I am no disease, I am no disease.
We have reinvented fire.
We are going somewhere.
Gonna get there, somehow.
Gonna find something.
I will choose when I know the truth.
Same old choice, you see, between war and peace.
No more casualties, I am no disease.
I am no disease, I am no disease.
We have reinvented fire.
We are going somewhere.
Gonna get there, somehow.
Gonna find something.
I will choose when I know the truth.
ANCHORS
Anchorman, please go away.
Bother me some other day
When you’ve got something to say.
When you’ve got something to say.
Something to say.
Bar the window, lock the front door.
I ain’t coming out anymore.
I’m suspicious of my neighbor.
I’m so afraid.
Another dead man on the news tonight.
Fear might feel quite overwhelming.
Maybe this world’s just evolving.
I don’t need pills, I don’t need calming.
I can deal with my own problems.
Bother me some other day
When you’ve got something to say.
When you’ve got something to say.
Something to say.
Bar the window, lock the front door.
I ain’t coming out anymore.
I’m suspicious of my neighbor.
I’m so afraid.
Another dead man on the news tonight.
Fear might feel quite overwhelming.
Maybe this world’s just evolving.
I don’t need pills, I don’t need calming.
I can deal with my own problems.
Save the children, take their freedom.
They need constant supervision!
Teach them all to grow up silent.
They’re so fragile.
Another dead child on the news tonight.
Fear might feel quite overwhelming
Calm down, this world’s just evolving
We don’t need pills, and I don’t need calming
I can deal with my own problems
Fear is foul, smells overwhelming.
Baby, this world’s just evolving.
We don’t need pills, and I don’t need calming
I can deal with my own problems
They need constant supervision!
Teach them all to grow up silent.
They’re so fragile.
Another dead child on the news tonight.
Fear might feel quite overwhelming
Calm down, this world’s just evolving
We don’t need pills, and I don’t need calming
I can deal with my own problems
Fear is foul, smells overwhelming.
Baby, this world’s just evolving.
We don’t need pills, and I don’t need calming
I can deal with my own problems
THE SCRAMBLE
Everybody, do the scramble.
Guaranteed to make you ramble.
And just like a pretty candle
We’ll burn out eventually.
Faster, bigger, better, smarter.
Push yourself a little harder
To line the pockets of the martyrs.
Everybody, dance with me.
But don’t forget, the smiles are free.
Just remember not to think too much about it.
Be a cog in the machine.
Order now!
This offer ends soon.
We promise the moon
Neatly packaged and shipped to your door.
As seen on TV.
Listed on Wall Street.
If you’re somebody, scramble with me.
Guaranteed to make you ramble.
And just like a pretty candle
We’ll burn out eventually.
Faster, bigger, better, smarter.
Push yourself a little harder
To line the pockets of the martyrs.
Everybody, dance with me.
But don’t forget, the smiles are free.
Just remember not to think too much about it.
Be a cog in the machine.
Order now!
This offer ends soon.
We promise the moon
Neatly packaged and shipped to your door.
As seen on TV.
Listed on Wall Street.
If you’re somebody, scramble with me.
The scramble has some side effects
Like occasional heart attacks.
Living in a state of panic.
Don’t give up now.
Greedy, grabbing, grasping, groping.
Don’t you know, it’s what we’re hoping
To find stuffed in all our stockings.
We’re good girls and boys.
We played with our toys.
We synthesized happiness, marketed joy.
Like occasional heart attacks.
Living in a state of panic.
Don’t give up now.
Greedy, grabbing, grasping, groping.
Don’t you know, it’s what we’re hoping
To find stuffed in all our stockings.
We’re good girls and boys.
We played with our toys.
We synthesized happiness, marketed joy.
NOW WHAT? -or- THE LAST LAUGH
Now what? I'm left standing all alone and
No one told me plan B. Don't know the way home.
Now what? It's all over, I just blinked and
The whole damn train has passed me by.
So it's true, then, my whole life in
The blink of an eye.
But I'll laugh the last
If you believe
That you've seen the last
Trick up my sleeve.
Now what? Nothing's changed in my favor
But I still can't silence these secrets I hold.
No one told me plan B. Don't know the way home.
Now what? It's all over, I just blinked and
The whole damn train has passed me by.
So it's true, then, my whole life in
The blink of an eye.
But I'll laugh the last
If you believe
That you've seen the last
Trick up my sleeve.
Now what? Nothing's changed in my favor
But I still can't silence these secrets I hold.
No, I won't swallow it.
Won't forget. I'm not faking it.
I would crawl on my knees
Until they bleed.
Until I'm crawling on bone.
Now what? Then, I'll look for survivors
Lick my wounds and if we have to
We'll regroup and start all over again.
You tipped the scale
A few degrees
But you'll hear the last laugh
Coming from me.
Won't forget. I'm not faking it.
I would crawl on my knees
Until they bleed.
Until I'm crawling on bone.
Now what? Then, I'll look for survivors
Lick my wounds and if we have to
We'll regroup and start all over again.
You tipped the scale
A few degrees
But you'll hear the last laugh
Coming from me.
HORSES IN THE DARK
Fat kitty cat. Crime is under wraps
Thanks to mister superhero.
Sell your soul tonight.
Why can’t you do it right?
Get up off the ground and try again.
I go to bed at twelve A.M.
But treats first for Asha Lynn.
What the hell am I going to do
When I lose you?
Horses in the dark.
Got mugged in the park.
I was just looking for you.
Car won’t fucking start, take it all apart.
Lying on your driveway, I am quite dead.
Thanks to mister superhero.
Sell your soul tonight.
Why can’t you do it right?
Get up off the ground and try again.
I go to bed at twelve A.M.
But treats first for Asha Lynn.
What the hell am I going to do
When I lose you?
Horses in the dark.
Got mugged in the park.
I was just looking for you.
Car won’t fucking start, take it all apart.
Lying on your driveway, I am quite dead.
I sang a song but forgot all the words.
Fluorescent buzz was all I heard.
What my life really needs is still a mystery to me.
If I had not gone out that night
Something would have gone awry and
Twisted all the things you see
Into a black infinity
Closing tight around my neck and
Something here has made you sick.
Oh no, oh no.
Was it me? Was it you?
Quandaries are more fun with two.
Devotion is more fun with you.
Fluorescent buzz was all I heard.
What my life really needs is still a mystery to me.
If I had not gone out that night
Something would have gone awry and
Twisted all the things you see
Into a black infinity
Closing tight around my neck and
Something here has made you sick.
Oh no, oh no.
Was it me? Was it you?
Quandaries are more fun with two.
Devotion is more fun with you.
I DREAMED I WAS A BEAM OF LIGHT
I dreamed I was beam of light
That shone against a wall
And cared not for the aim of my
Trajectory at all.
And so I stretched and pulled
Until I forced my light to bend.
But, much to my dismay, I found
A wall that never ends.
That shone against a wall
And cared not for the aim of my
Trajectory at all.
And so I stretched and pulled
Until I forced my light to bend.
But, much to my dismay, I found
A wall that never ends.
SANDALWOOD & LEATHER
I’m still awake and you’re snoring next to me.
There is not a single place that I would rather be.
You know how hard it is for me to speak my mind
So know this fact above all else: we will be just fine.
Stick with me, kid, because we’re in this together.
Inseparable forever, like sandalwood and leather.
You are my favorite.
Counting the years as they quickly pass us by.
It’s not quite long enough for me to have you by my side.
I’d wish for a hundred more, if they could be with you.
Eternity is not so bad, not enough to drive me mad.
There is not a single place that I would rather be.
You know how hard it is for me to speak my mind
So know this fact above all else: we will be just fine.
Stick with me, kid, because we’re in this together.
Inseparable forever, like sandalwood and leather.
You are my favorite.
Counting the years as they quickly pass us by.
It’s not quite long enough for me to have you by my side.
I’d wish for a hundred more, if they could be with you.
Eternity is not so bad, not enough to drive me mad.
Hazel eyes, you take my hand.
Fly to never-neverland.
Full moon night and a three piece band.
Stick with me, kid because we’re in this together.
Inseparable forever, like sandalwood and leather.
You are my favorite.
Fly to never-neverland.
Full moon night and a three piece band.
Stick with me, kid because we’re in this together.
Inseparable forever, like sandalwood and leather.
You are my favorite.
THERAPY, ETC.
Drive-in movies, projecting to me.
It goes right through me. Don’t say hello.
I’m drinking water and I’m drinking sand
And I’ll drink this bottle until it’s well out of hand.
And I’m clawing on my eyelids
Because I cannot get you out of my head.
And I’ll remember this day until I’m dead.
Don’t bug me now, because I’m on a roll.
Just leave some fishfood next to the bowl.
And I’m eating garbage, right from the can.
Still looking for a spot for my spaceship to land.
But it’s not that funny
Because I’m just now getting over my fears
Thanks to a friend who’s wise beyond her years.
It goes right through me. Don’t say hello.
I’m drinking water and I’m drinking sand
And I’ll drink this bottle until it’s well out of hand.
And I’m clawing on my eyelids
Because I cannot get you out of my head.
And I’ll remember this day until I’m dead.
Don’t bug me now, because I’m on a roll.
Just leave some fishfood next to the bowl.
And I’m eating garbage, right from the can.
Still looking for a spot for my spaceship to land.
But it’s not that funny
Because I’m just now getting over my fears
Thanks to a friend who’s wise beyond her years.
Rat-tat-tat-tat!
I’m breathing smoke, if I tell one more
Knock-knock-knock joke.
Because I’m not funny
But thanks for the sentiment.
Rat-tat-tat-tat!
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven.
I’m breathing smoke, if I tell one more
Knock-knock-knock joke.
Because I’m not funny
But thanks for the sentiment.
Rat-tat-tat-tat!
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven.
MA BLUES
Took my loving to the woman next door
And now I can’t go, can’t go home anymore.
I’ve been knocked down, drug out, beaten by my own hand.
Now I’m lonely, lost and dreaming of New Orleans.
I’ve had a kitten that’d play with a ball of string.
I’ve had a red-haired secret soul to swing.
I’ve had a picture perfect, too good to be true.
Now I’m lonely, lost and dreaming about Ma Blues.
You don’t know her like I do, Ma Blues.
In the front porch moonlight, Ma Blues.
She’ll find the thing that’s killing you.
She’ll find the thing that's breaking you
And bring you back to life. Ma Blues.
And now I can’t go, can’t go home anymore.
I’ve been knocked down, drug out, beaten by my own hand.
Now I’m lonely, lost and dreaming of New Orleans.
I’ve had a kitten that’d play with a ball of string.
I’ve had a red-haired secret soul to swing.
I’ve had a picture perfect, too good to be true.
Now I’m lonely, lost and dreaming about Ma Blues.
You don’t know her like I do, Ma Blues.
In the front porch moonlight, Ma Blues.
She’ll find the thing that’s killing you.
She’ll find the thing that's breaking you
And bring you back to life. Ma Blues.
Took my loving to the woman next door
And now I can’t go, I can’t go home anymore.
I got a single, muddy, lonely road to choose.
As long as that road leads to Ma Blues.
I’ve had a pretty princess in distress.
I’ve had a warm rain, dewdrop, foggy, fresh.
I’ve had a picture perfect, too good to be true.
Now I’m lonely, lost and dreaming.
Lonely, lost and dreaming.
Lonely, lost and dreaming about Ma Blues.
And now I can’t go, I can’t go home anymore.
I got a single, muddy, lonely road to choose.
As long as that road leads to Ma Blues.
I’ve had a pretty princess in distress.
I’ve had a warm rain, dewdrop, foggy, fresh.
I’ve had a picture perfect, too good to be true.
Now I’m lonely, lost and dreaming.
Lonely, lost and dreaming.
Lonely, lost and dreaming about Ma Blues.
SOMETHING (APRIL BREEZE)
The cat’s on the table, and I’m never able
To get his ass back on the floor.
Winter is losing, the window is open.
I think we’ve finally weathered this storm.
The future looks brighter. Well, doesn’t it always.
I wonder if it ever gets better?
I had a point here, but it’s the same one
I mentioned the night before.
It’s like a dream, I can't intervene.
I'm falling ever closer to something.
Something unseen, in this April breeze
That suggests that there might just be better.
To get his ass back on the floor.
Winter is losing, the window is open.
I think we’ve finally weathered this storm.
The future looks brighter. Well, doesn’t it always.
I wonder if it ever gets better?
I had a point here, but it’s the same one
I mentioned the night before.
It’s like a dream, I can't intervene.
I'm falling ever closer to something.
Something unseen, in this April breeze
That suggests that there might just be better.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Because I’m not uninspired, I just missed the meeting
Where someone explained all the rules.
Am I depressed, or maybe just stupid?
I don't find this lifestyle exciting.
There’s something deeper, under the surface
But I’m much too busy to find it.
But don't let me ruin this beautiful moment.
Breathe in the silence and listen to reason, reason.
Because I’m not uninspired, I just missed the meeting
Where someone explained all the rules.
Am I depressed, or maybe just stupid?
I don't find this lifestyle exciting.
There’s something deeper, under the surface
But I’m much too busy to find it.
But don't let me ruin this beautiful moment.
Breathe in the silence and listen to reason, reason.
SOMETHING (ELSE)
I’m on my feet at least, but I’m using a map I cannot read.
Knee-deep in cheap philosophy, and no one’s selling what I need.
Something
Is calling me from distant worlds.
The distant eyes of distant girls
That know the meaning of the words unsaid.
Stuck inside my head, again.
I’ve lived to tell the tale of all my sin, leaving a trail of dimensions.
The useless if and could have been. Unlabeled graves and monuments
Knee-deep in cheap philosophy, and no one’s selling what I need.
Something
Is calling me from distant worlds.
The distant eyes of distant girls
That know the meaning of the words unsaid.
Stuck inside my head, again.
I’ve lived to tell the tale of all my sin, leaving a trail of dimensions.
The useless if and could have been. Unlabeled graves and monuments
To Something
That’s calling me from distant worlds
In languages and visuals.
The distant lights, the constant pull.
And I’m stuck in my head.
Again, I walk this unknown road.
The muffled sounds of distant shores.
The distant songs of distant girls in red.
But it’s all in my head.
It's all in my head.
It's all in my head, again.
That’s calling me from distant worlds
In languages and visuals.
The distant lights, the constant pull.
And I’m stuck in my head.
Again, I walk this unknown road.
The muffled sounds of distant shores.
The distant songs of distant girls in red.
But it’s all in my head.
It's all in my head.
It's all in my head, again.
IN CASE OF FIRE
I am broken
A porcelain shadow of something I used to be.
Tell me a story of purgatory
Not knowing which way is up or down.
What is it I’m looking for?
Perhaps a door.
Although, I would settle for getting my feet on the floor.
In case of fire, we burn alive.
We let these flames get much too high.
I’ve held you in my dreams, millions of times it seems.
All of them much too tight. I never said it was right.
Meet me tonight.
I’ll show you how sad and pathetic I can really be.
You know me
The one in the corner who’s banging his head on the wall
A porcelain shadow of something I used to be.
Tell me a story of purgatory
Not knowing which way is up or down.
What is it I’m looking for?
Perhaps a door.
Although, I would settle for getting my feet on the floor.
In case of fire, we burn alive.
We let these flames get much too high.
I’ve held you in my dreams, millions of times it seems.
All of them much too tight. I never said it was right.
Meet me tonight.
I’ll show you how sad and pathetic I can really be.
You know me
The one in the corner who’s banging his head on the wall
In case of fire, we burn alive.
We let these flames get much too high.
You were right, when you said
Life goes on and on and on, etc.
In case of fire, head towards the light
The memories were much to hide.
We let these flames get much too high.
You were right, when you said
Life goes on and on and on, etc.
In case of fire, head towards the light
The memories were much to hide.
THOUGHTS ON THE NATURE OF EXISTENCE
Let’s just take a minute to consider what the end is
And whether or not we just cease to be.
Imagine, if you can, a sort of never-ending darkness
That would drive you mad, if only you still existed.
But even Einstein said that energy, it lives forever
So in one form or another we’re all immortal.
Now, all science set aside
There’s still the question of religion.
Is it holy words or mythology?
Personally, I’ve always found it a little strange
How all these different religions look the same in general.
“Once there was a “God” who simply spoke into the nothing
And, by will alone, created the whole universe.
Now, time is merely the decaying
Of everything you know.
And love is just a chemical.
And we are all animals.
Animals, yeah.
And whether or not we just cease to be.
Imagine, if you can, a sort of never-ending darkness
That would drive you mad, if only you still existed.
But even Einstein said that energy, it lives forever
So in one form or another we’re all immortal.
Now, all science set aside
There’s still the question of religion.
Is it holy words or mythology?
Personally, I’ve always found it a little strange
How all these different religions look the same in general.
“Once there was a “God” who simply spoke into the nothing
And, by will alone, created the whole universe.
Now, time is merely the decaying
Of everything you know.
And love is just a chemical.
And we are all animals.
Animals, yeah.
Forget this idle rambling, and go out and seize the moment
Though, I've found it’s easier said than done.
Because it’s difficult to think about
How small and insignificant
Our whole existence is, in the biggest picture.
But I’ve always found comfort in the pondering of space
The knowledge that there’s much more here Than just our little planet.
Now, time is merely the decaying
Of everything you know.
And love is just a chemical.
And we are all animals.
Animals.
But, I keep on waiting for something...
Though, I've found it’s easier said than done.
Because it’s difficult to think about
How small and insignificant
Our whole existence is, in the biggest picture.
But I’ve always found comfort in the pondering of space
The knowledge that there’s much more here Than just our little planet.
Now, time is merely the decaying
Of everything you know.
And love is just a chemical.
And we are all animals.
Animals.
But, I keep on waiting for something...
SONG OF THE UNEMPLOYED
And so, I'm unemployed again, and I should try to find a job
But I'm just sitting in the dark.
And I cannot put my finger on exactly what is wrong
So I'm just sitting in the dark
Trying to do my part.
And again, I'm out of money, and they're knocking on the door
But I'm just sitting in the dark.
Don't know where to start
Chewing on my heart.
I'm just trying to do my part.
And I've had it up to here, but with what I'm still not sure
So I'm just sitting in the dark.
And the entire party's jumping, and the floor is caving in
But I'm just sitting in the dark
Watching from afar.
And I've lived a thousand years, but they've all been inside my head
So I'm just sitting in the dark.
Wondering where to start
But I'm just sitting in the dark.
And I cannot put my finger on exactly what is wrong
So I'm just sitting in the dark
Trying to do my part.
And again, I'm out of money, and they're knocking on the door
But I'm just sitting in the dark.
Don't know where to start
Chewing on my heart.
I'm just trying to do my part.
And I've had it up to here, but with what I'm still not sure
So I'm just sitting in the dark.
And the entire party's jumping, and the floor is caving in
But I'm just sitting in the dark
Watching from afar.
And I've lived a thousand years, but they've all been inside my head
So I'm just sitting in the dark.
Wondering where to start
Chewing on my heart.
Watching from afar.
And I've got a love for life, but I still let my plants die
As I'm sitting in the dark.
And I'm loving every minute, but the hours pass me by
As I'm sitting in the dark.
And I'm mourning every second, as the seconds quickly die
As I'm sitting in the dark.
And I'd love to share your buzz, but have a distaste for the rye
As I'm sitting in the dark.
Sitting in the dark.
Wandering. Where to start?
Chewing on my heart.
I'm just trying to do my part.
Watching from afar.
And I've got a love for life, but I still let my plants die
As I'm sitting in the dark.
And I'm loving every minute, but the hours pass me by
As I'm sitting in the dark.
And I'm mourning every second, as the seconds quickly die
As I'm sitting in the dark.
And I'd love to share your buzz, but have a distaste for the rye
As I'm sitting in the dark.
Sitting in the dark.
Wandering. Where to start?
Chewing on my heart.
I'm just trying to do my part.
NOTHING LIKE THE SUMMER
Nothing like the summer, when the days are cool as autumn
And the right amount of sunlight turns the whole world green.
Can't say I'm not trying, though I do admit I'm lazy
And I'd love to sport a hustle, but it ain't my scene.
Can't say I've met Satan, though I do believe in Jesus
But his fans would skip the cross and nail me to the wall.
Can't say I know nothing, but I cannot find the reason
I'm a million miles from something, but I hear it call.
And the right amount of sunlight turns the whole world green.
Can't say I'm not trying, though I do admit I'm lazy
And I'd love to sport a hustle, but it ain't my scene.
Can't say I've met Satan, though I do believe in Jesus
But his fans would skip the cross and nail me to the wall.
Can't say I know nothing, but I cannot find the reason
I'm a million miles from something, but I hear it call.
Can't say I've got answers, but I have a lot of questions.
Though, I'll probably never find the time to ask them all.
Can't say I've met strangers, because you all look so familiar.
And we'd all have arms to catch us, if we'd watch for falls.
Nothing like the summer, when the days are cool as autumn
And the right amount of sunlight turns the whole world green.
Though, I'll probably never find the time to ask them all.
Can't say I've met strangers, because you all look so familiar.
And we'd all have arms to catch us, if we'd watch for falls.
Nothing like the summer, when the days are cool as autumn
And the right amount of sunlight turns the whole world green.
ANOTHER BUENA VISTA SUNSET
Snowfall in February
On this backward umbrella that I carry.
Playing chess with my reflection.
Rocky river bed distraction.
See you soon, Arizona.
Cheese is the moon, Arizona.
The aquarium is frozen.
The fish sticks are all in aisle seven.
Parachute with a ball and chain.
Rubber band-powered bullet train.
Wish you were here, Arizona.
I likes my cola clear, Arizona.
Raindrops, with parking lot echo, in my mind.
Bionic squirrels save the world, one more time.
Hairy men on the front lawn in underwear.
Jesus tried to shake my hand, but all I did was stare.
Sleepy head, I think I'll go to bed. Arizona.
On this backward umbrella that I carry.
Playing chess with my reflection.
Rocky river bed distraction.
See you soon, Arizona.
Cheese is the moon, Arizona.
The aquarium is frozen.
The fish sticks are all in aisle seven.
Parachute with a ball and chain.
Rubber band-powered bullet train.
Wish you were here, Arizona.
I likes my cola clear, Arizona.
Raindrops, with parking lot echo, in my mind.
Bionic squirrels save the world, one more time.
Hairy men on the front lawn in underwear.
Jesus tried to shake my hand, but all I did was stare.
Sleepy head, I think I'll go to bed. Arizona.
Commercials at two in the morning.
Toasters explode, with no warning.
Rocket-propelled T.V. screen
Cut down the immortal evergreen.
Greetings to you, Arizona.
Hey, it’s your car wreck too, Arizona.
Raindrops, with parking lot echo, in my mind.
Bionic turtles save the world, one more time.
Hairy men on the front lawn in underwear.
Jesus tried to shake my hand, but all I did was stare.
Behold! the mighty mass of buy one, get one free.
Discarded action figures, as far as you can see.
I don't believe in ghosts, but they believe in me.
Trying to see the world through the eyes of the flea.
Sleepy head, I think I'll go to bed, Arizona.
A-hey hey hey
Toasters explode, with no warning.
Rocket-propelled T.V. screen
Cut down the immortal evergreen.
Greetings to you, Arizona.
Hey, it’s your car wreck too, Arizona.
Raindrops, with parking lot echo, in my mind.
Bionic turtles save the world, one more time.
Hairy men on the front lawn in underwear.
Jesus tried to shake my hand, but all I did was stare.
Behold! the mighty mass of buy one, get one free.
Discarded action figures, as far as you can see.
I don't believe in ghosts, but they believe in me.
Trying to see the world through the eyes of the flea.
Sleepy head, I think I'll go to bed, Arizona.
A-hey hey hey
MIGRAINE
Relax, calm down.
Cool off, downtown.
Back off. Staredown.
Don't turn around.
Keep on moving.
No more pushing.
No more pounding.
Oh god, I'm lost again.
walk it off, I'm all right.
You're all right, repeat it.
You're all right, better believe it.
One, two, three, four through ten.
I'm alive, and that's something.
Cool off, downtown.
Back off. Staredown.
Don't turn around.
Keep on moving.
No more pushing.
No more pounding.
Oh god, I'm lost again.
walk it off, I'm all right.
You're all right, repeat it.
You're all right, better believe it.
One, two, three, four through ten.
I'm alive, and that's something.
Relax, focus.
Cool off, deep breaths.
Back off. Recess.
I've had my fill.
Keep on listening.
No more counting.
No more migraine.
Turn it off, TURN IT OFF
You're all right, repeat it.
You're all right, better believe it.
One, two, three, four through ten.
I'm alive, and that's something.
BOOM
Cool off, deep breaths.
Back off. Recess.
I've had my fill.
Keep on listening.
No more counting.
No more migraine.
Turn it off, TURN IT OFF
You're all right, repeat it.
You're all right, better believe it.
One, two, three, four through ten.
I'm alive, and that's something.
BOOM
PENGUIN
Bright, cheery day.
I am a stop sign.
Everything falls apart, yeah.
I am a crossing guard.
You are in my heart.
Everything falls apart, yeah.
I am yours and you are mine.
We are cigarettes in wine.
Everything falls apart.
Now we see if we can be a family tree
Without any leaves or roots, now.
All I need is for someone to stand up straight
And tell me that they’re actually listening.
We’ll see what tricks that we can pull out of the magic hat
And say that we’re okay, now.
Champagne without the sham is simply pain
And that’s a bitter taste upon our tongues, now.
I am a stop sign.
Everything falls apart, yeah.
I am a crossing guard.
You are in my heart.
Everything falls apart, yeah.
I am yours and you are mine.
We are cigarettes in wine.
Everything falls apart.
Now we see if we can be a family tree
Without any leaves or roots, now.
All I need is for someone to stand up straight
And tell me that they’re actually listening.
We’ll see what tricks that we can pull out of the magic hat
And say that we’re okay, now.
Champagne without the sham is simply pain
And that’s a bitter taste upon our tongues, now.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
There is something unfamiliar
About this whole place in general.
We’re not the first to be dispersed.
Our fate is cursed, by your misfortune.
Too warm for me, this gentle breeze.
I’d like to be an ice-cold penguin.
I have to dream, it’s part of me.
It’s the only free thing left in this whole town.
We can scream into the screen
But not a soul is listening, or gives a damn.
They say we’re free.
Sounds like bullshit to me.
There is something unfamiliar
About this whole place in general.
We’re not the first to be dispersed.
Our fate is cursed, by your misfortune.
Too warm for me, this gentle breeze.
I’d like to be an ice-cold penguin.
I have to dream, it’s part of me.
It’s the only free thing left in this whole town.
We can scream into the screen
But not a soul is listening, or gives a damn.
They say we’re free.
Sounds like bullshit to me.
REGARDING THE PHOSPHENES
Even with your eyes closed tight
The light is shining through.
And everything that I have ever seen
High above me is blue.
And please help me to accept
All the things that I could never change.
And please help me to accept the phosphenes
They aren’t real anyway.
And it’s something, that in my mind
The sky might be yellow to you.
And it’s something, that out in space
Martians are afraid of you.
The light is shining through.
And everything that I have ever seen
High above me is blue.
And please help me to accept
All the things that I could never change.
And please help me to accept the phosphenes
They aren’t real anyway.
And it’s something, that in my mind
The sky might be yellow to you.
And it’s something, that out in space
Martians are afraid of you.
Some say time would bend if you
Traveled the speed of light.
And do you think a newborn sun
Would be afraid of darkest night?
And if I’ve had any past lives
I hope that I was good to you.
And since Mr. Jesus loves me, then maybe
You should love me too.
And it’s something, that up above
The birds are wishing they had fins.
And it’s something, that in real life
Things always turn out in the end.
Yeah, It's all right.
Traveled the speed of light.
And do you think a newborn sun
Would be afraid of darkest night?
And if I’ve had any past lives
I hope that I was good to you.
And since Mr. Jesus loves me, then maybe
You should love me too.
And it’s something, that up above
The birds are wishing they had fins.
And it’s something, that in real life
Things always turn out in the end.
Yeah, It's all right.
GNIGHT
Sing goodnight to the ladies, night to the fellas.
Night to the rain drumming on our umbrellas.
Goodnight the winter, goodnight to the spring.
Goodnight to the summer, I am falling again.
Sing goodnight to the voices, and lay down your head.
Goodnight to the monster sleeping under your bed.
Goodnight to the darkness, night to our fears.
Goodnight, and I'll see you in a few thousand years.
La la la la!
La la la la!
La la la la lah!
La la la la!
La la la la!
La la la la la lah!
Night to the rain drumming on our umbrellas.
Goodnight the winter, goodnight to the spring.
Goodnight to the summer, I am falling again.
Sing goodnight to the voices, and lay down your head.
Goodnight to the monster sleeping under your bed.
Goodnight to the darkness, night to our fears.
Goodnight, and I'll see you in a few thousand years.
La la la la!
La la la la!
La la la la lah!
La la la la!
La la la la!
La la la la la lah!
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT, 1933
"You people must have faith. You must not be stampeded by
rumors, or guesses. Let us unite in banishing fear. It is
your problem, my friends. Your problem, no less than it is
mine. Together, we cannot fail."
-Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1933
rumors, or guesses. Let us unite in banishing fear. It is
your problem, my friends. Your problem, no less than it is
mine. Together, we cannot fail."
-Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1933
CLOSE
Shudder, 2004
SHUDDER (2004, Disc 2 of 2)
All Materials Written, Produced, Performed, and Created by Shudder, Shuddermusic © 2012
Shudder is D.R.Blakeman, Wurm Collins, Robbie Ferrero, Eric Johnson, Mark Johnson
All Lyrics by D.R.Blakeman and Shudder Photography by Robbie Ferrero, D.R.Blakeman, and Lindsey Blakeman
Album art and layout by Robbie Ferrero and D.R.Blakeman
Produced, Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Robbie Ferrero, Mark Johnson, and Shudder
Recorded at the Digital Dump and DefKid Studios, Kansas City, MO, from 2001-2003
Mastered at DefKid Studios, Kansas City, MO, 2006
AS WE WERE
There is hope
There is reason
To celebrate hard times
We will not bend
We will not change
Our roots still hiding underground
I forgive you
We won't fall in dreams
We wake up in time
There is reason
To celebrate hard times
We will not bend
We will not change
Our roots still hiding underground
I forgive you
We won't fall in dreams
We wake up in time
BROKEN ELEVATOR
He should have stayed away
But he saw her every day.
Sneaking around.
They can’t get found out.
Going down.
A knife to cut the meat.
Her juices are sweet.
They made love
On a broken elevator.
Going down.
But he saw her every day.
Sneaking around.
They can’t get found out.
Going down.
A knife to cut the meat.
Her juices are sweet.
They made love
On a broken elevator.
Going down.
A candied tale of sweat
Where appetites are whet.
They tasted and they flew
But nectarines bleed too
And like a support cord
Love will fray and snap
And the elevator will fall.
Going down.
Where appetites are whet.
They tasted and they flew
But nectarines bleed too
And like a support cord
Love will fray and snap
And the elevator will fall.
Going down.
414 (fourfourteen)
Sidewalks.
Little nagging doubts, thoughts.
Decoys.
Understanding deep voice
On a loudspeaker
Saying, "you feel okay."
Intellectual
Gets spelled wrong.
Oxymoron.
Turn the noise on.
Fourfourteen (414)
Little nagging doubts, thoughts.
Decoys.
Understanding deep voice
On a loudspeaker
Saying, "you feel okay."
Intellectual
Gets spelled wrong.
Oxymoron.
Turn the noise on.
Fourfourteen (414)
Picky.
Pacific Standard.
Under
Imperial model
Made of spit and paper.
Laughing at a killer
May be hazardous
To your health
Or well being.
Model S-16.
The end.
Pacific Standard.
Under
Imperial model
Made of spit and paper.
Laughing at a killer
May be hazardous
To your health
Or well being.
Model S-16.
The end.
Electric Evening
Don’t worry, baby
Tonight you’re with me.
Just forget about the world, now
And set your mind free.
We’ll give in to distraction.
A volatile attraction.
I’m looking for reaction
And electricity.
So touch me baby
And feel all right.
There’s no obligation
In the middle of the night.
Tonight you’re with me.
Just forget about the world, now
And set your mind free.
We’ll give in to distraction.
A volatile attraction.
I’m looking for reaction
And electricity.
So touch me baby
And feel all right.
There’s no obligation
In the middle of the night.
Let me be your answer.
Let me be your key.
I’ll be your dozen roses
And electricity.
It’s a still electric evening.
Won’t you share it with me
Let me be your key.
I’ll be your dozen roses
And electricity.
It’s a still electric evening.
Won’t you share it with me
SEVERAL ME
A skull polished smooth
By a whispering stream.
The man you once called hero
Is in the corner, crying.
Taste it all, it’s on the tree.
Fallen on the ground for you to eat.
Haven’t seen you here in a while.
Why does that always make you smile?
If I knew everything
If I knew how to sing
If I only had wings
If I could remember dreams
I might remember you.
By a whispering stream.
The man you once called hero
Is in the corner, crying.
Taste it all, it’s on the tree.
Fallen on the ground for you to eat.
Haven’t seen you here in a while.
Why does that always make you smile?
If I knew everything
If I knew how to sing
If I only had wings
If I could remember dreams
I might remember you.
Burn it all, with such ease.
Try to cope with both of me.
Two in one, low price to pay.
Thought I killed you yesterday
But that wasn’t me.
Try to cope with both of me.
Two in one, low price to pay.
Thought I killed you yesterday
But that wasn’t me.
SOLEMN NIGHT IN GOTHAM
Swinging high above me, through the night sky.
Watch over asphalt city with wide (white) eyes.
Rippling wall of light, calling you.
The aluminum crunch of ten thousand blinking eyes.
Free-thinking automatic children's templatic cries.
of "save me"
What did that awful man do to make you split in two?
Thank you.
Watch over asphalt city with wide (white) eyes.
Rippling wall of light, calling you.
The aluminum crunch of ten thousand blinking eyes.
Free-thinking automatic children's templatic cries.
of "save me"
What did that awful man do to make you split in two?
Thank you.
THE WILL IS IN THE COKE DIARY
I sometimes dream of hell
While death rings my doorbell.
I stand alone in the desert.
If I could drink you in like water.
My thirst has gone away
But I have no more to say
So I think I'll just stop talking.
While death rings my doorbell.
I stand alone in the desert.
If I could drink you in like water.
My thirst has gone away
But I have no more to say
So I think I'll just stop talking.
KAMIKAZE FIREFLIES
Climbing up tall trees, to see all the stars in the sky.
Fireflies could turn off their lights if they tried suicide.
I’m planning the demise of an earth of a smaller size.
No snow is falling to blanket the sound of the fall
Through a wall in this five and a half minute
Growing and shrinking and terribly icy black hall.
I’m planning the demise of an earth of a smaller size.
And I’ll wait.
Fireflies could turn off their lights if they tried suicide.
I’m planning the demise of an earth of a smaller size.
No snow is falling to blanket the sound of the fall
Through a wall in this five and a half minute
Growing and shrinking and terribly icy black hall.
I’m planning the demise of an earth of a smaller size.
And I’ll wait.
Climbing up tall trees, to see all the stars in the sky.
Fireflies are falling to earth painting craters
Where mountains once stood up and told us their lies.
I’m planning the demise of an earth of a smaller size.
And I’ll wait.
Climbing up tall trees to see all the stars in the sky.
Fireflies are falling to earth painting craters
Where mountains once stood up and told us their lies.
I’m planning the demise of an earth of a smaller size.
And I’ll wait.
Climbing up tall trees to see all the stars in the sky.
TRANSCENDING BRITNEY
Where’d you go when all was said and done?
Like a bad film’s ending, you rode into the setting sun.
Who am I to label the up and down?
Who am I to leave this solemn town?
I am no one.
I am no one.
There’s a peace that comes with falling snow.
Round and round and round and round we go.
Where it stops no one knows
But you.
Like a bad film’s ending, you rode into the setting sun.
Who am I to label the up and down?
Who am I to leave this solemn town?
I am no one.
I am no one.
There’s a peace that comes with falling snow.
Round and round and round and round we go.
Where it stops no one knows
But you.
Who is God and will he shake my hand?
What is love and should I give a damn?
Sing about it.
Live without it.
I want to be good enough.
Ah la la la
Ah la la la
What is love and should I give a damn?
Sing about it.
Live without it.
I want to be good enough.
Ah la la la
Ah la la la
FUNERAL FOR A SUPERHERO
All heroes can be crushed.
I know their weaknesses.
If I can discover yours
Then I can destroy you too.
Kryptonite and evil clones and spinal cords and adamantium
Are your Achilles heel.
Once you’re dead
You can’t come back.
Can you?
How many times do I have to kill you to stay God?
I know their weaknesses.
If I can discover yours
Then I can destroy you too.
Kryptonite and evil clones and spinal cords and adamantium
Are your Achilles heel.
Once you’re dead
You can’t come back.
Can you?
How many times do I have to kill you to stay God?
OLD GOSPEL SONGS
I like to sit in the dark.
Why can’t it be night all of the time?
I think so hard it all gets rolled up
Into my heart you jump like a good book.
These paintings are rendered with careful hands
Each stroke planned in tasteful disorder.
Swallowed words wrapped up in paper bags
Thrown out into the street.
We still have a long way
To go today.
So stay.
Why can’t it be night all of the time?
I think so hard it all gets rolled up
Into my heart you jump like a good book.
These paintings are rendered with careful hands
Each stroke planned in tasteful disorder.
Swallowed words wrapped up in paper bags
Thrown out into the street.
We still have a long way
To go today.
So stay.
Father, I’m sorry I never cared
But it’s so hard to think in the daytime.
Rain comes down and washes the surface clean.
I can’t help but laugh when you say hello.
Pages turn the good ones forever burned
Into my memory, bearing your name.
An old photograph dusted in soft gray light
Reminds me of old gospel songs I can’t forget.
The journey, it seems, is saved for dreams.
Goodnight.
Oh lord, goodnight.
But it’s so hard to think in the daytime.
Rain comes down and washes the surface clean.
I can’t help but laugh when you say hello.
Pages turn the good ones forever burned
Into my memory, bearing your name.
An old photograph dusted in soft gray light
Reminds me of old gospel songs I can’t forget.
The journey, it seems, is saved for dreams.
Goodnight.
Oh lord, goodnight.
CLOSE
Shudder, 2004
SHUDDER (2004, Disc 1 of 2)
All Materials Written, Produced, Performed, and Created by Shudder, Shuddermusic © 2012
Shudder is D.R.Blakeman, Wurm Collins, Robbie Ferrero, Eric Johnson, Mark Johnson
All Lyrics by D.R.Blakeman, Robbie Ferrero, and Shudder Photography by Robbie Ferrero, D.R.Blakeman, and Lindsey Blakeman
Album art and layout by Robbie Ferrero and D.R.Blakeman
Produced, Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Robbie Ferrero, Mark Johnson, and Shudder
Recorded at the Digital Dump and DefKid Studios, Kansas City, MO, from 2001-2003
Mastered at DefKid Studios, Kansas City, MO, 2006
LIL' JOHNNY GOES TO WAR
He got a tattoo on the day
He went and signed his life away.
He vowed to be one of the brave
He’d heard so much about.
His dad got pissed and threw him out
But Johnny never had a doubt.
He turned his back, walked down the road
And slept in the park that night.
Little Johnny’s gone to war
But he’s not sure what he’s going for
Because politics are such a bore.
Just tell him who to kill.
He went and signed his life away.
He vowed to be one of the brave
He’d heard so much about.
His dad got pissed and threw him out
But Johnny never had a doubt.
He turned his back, walked down the road
And slept in the park that night.
Little Johnny’s gone to war
But he’s not sure what he’s going for
Because politics are such a bore.
Just tell him who to kill.
Again we send our kids away
To face hell on their judgement day.
Strangers in a stranger place.
Away we march to war.
So stick your bumper stickers down
And wave your plastic flags around
But you may find as Johnny found
War only breeds more fear.
Little Johnny’s gone to war
Though he’s not sure what he’s going for
Because politics are such a bore.
Just tell him who to kill.
To face hell on their judgement day.
Strangers in a stranger place.
Away we march to war.
So stick your bumper stickers down
And wave your plastic flags around
But you may find as Johnny found
War only breeds more fear.
Little Johnny’s gone to war
Though he’s not sure what he’s going for
Because politics are such a bore.
Just tell him who to kill.
BEFORE THERE WERE RERUNS
All that’s on are re-runs
On every single channel.
I’d much rather be flying.
There is no joy in Mudville.
I’ve struck out again.
I’ve struck out again.
Monday, Tuesday
Wednesday, Thursday
Friday, Saturday
Sunday, happy day.
I want you to call me
On the secret Batphone.
If we can’t trust mighty Casey
Who the hell are we to turn to?
On every single channel.
I’d much rather be flying.
There is no joy in Mudville.
I’ve struck out again.
I’ve struck out again.
Monday, Tuesday
Wednesday, Thursday
Friday, Saturday
Sunday, happy day.
I want you to call me
On the secret Batphone.
If we can’t trust mighty Casey
Who the hell are we to turn to?
Lucille Ball is flying
Forty-thousand lightyears
Away I can send you
A letter addressed in
Your real name
Escapes me like the
Getaway car I’m driving
I’m driving
I’m driving
I’m driving away.
All that’s on are re-runs.
Forty-thousand lightyears
Away I can send you
A letter addressed in
Your real name
Escapes me like the
Getaway car I’m driving
I’m driving
I’m driving
I’m driving away.
All that’s on are re-runs.
I MISS MY KATS
Hello, this is my newest song.
I hope you choose to sing along
And dance around the room like you
So like to do – I’ve seen you.
It’s just like a hundred more
And I’ve sang all of those before.
You’ve heard every one of them too
While you find groups to compare me to.
I hope you choose to sing along
And dance around the room like you
So like to do – I’ve seen you.
It’s just like a hundred more
And I’ve sang all of those before.
You’ve heard every one of them too
While you find groups to compare me to.
I don’t care what the critics say
This song is goddamn fun to play.
Hello, can’t you tell I don’t care?
I’ll pierce my tongue and dye my hair
So I can be cool just like you
While you find genres to cram me into.
This song is goddamn fun to play.
Hello, can’t you tell I don’t care?
I’ll pierce my tongue and dye my hair
So I can be cool just like you
While you find genres to cram me into.
MAYBE IF I CAN IGNORE THE END IT WILL GO AWAY (ALTOGETHER)
Maybe if I can ignore the end it will go away
All to get her
When the stars come out
I ain’t giving up cause
You’ll never take me alive
I’m the paper cut and
I’m a cigarette, but
You’ll never take me alive
Maybe if I can ignore the end it will go away
All to get her
All to get her
When the stars come out
I ain’t giving up cause
You’ll never take me alive
I’m the paper cut and
I’m a cigarette, but
You’ll never take me alive
Maybe if I can ignore the end it will go away
All to get her
I cannot believe that I am through
(Dead, in laymen’s terms)
I'll say the words, and I'd
I'd say it hurts, but I'm
I'm in no position to make assumptions.
When the stars come out
I ain’t giving up cause
You’ll never take me alive
I’m the paper cut and
It may be my last cigarette, but
You’ll never take me alive.
(Dead, in laymen’s terms)
I'll say the words, and I'd
I'd say it hurts, but I'm
I'm in no position to make assumptions.
When the stars come out
I ain’t giving up cause
You’ll never take me alive
I’m the paper cut and
It may be my last cigarette, but
You’ll never take me alive.
THURSDAY
An old woman
Waits at the corner
For a bus that never even
Comes by anymore.
Her imaginary train.
A man
Walks down a road
With a lovers memory.
A few years ago
He would've called it his own.
His imaginary love.
Waits at the corner
For a bus that never even
Comes by anymore.
Her imaginary train.
A man
Walks down a road
With a lovers memory.
A few years ago
He would've called it his own.
His imaginary love.
I don't want to get old
And lose you like sand.
A melting snowflake in my hand.
It hurts so bad
When you look at me
But you don't even know.
My imaginary love.
And lose you like sand.
A melting snowflake in my hand.
It hurts so bad
When you look at me
But you don't even know.
My imaginary love.
101 WAYS TO EXPLODE ON IMPACT
And you fill me up.
And you tie me off.
Attach a string to me
And I float away.
Up to high.
To the sky
Through the clouds
To the sun
And I explode!
And you fill me up.
Give me to a child
And they squander me
And I explode!
And you tie me off.
Attach a string to me
And I float away.
Up to high.
To the sky
Through the clouds
To the sun
And I explode!
And you fill me up.
Give me to a child
And they squander me
And I explode!
And you fill me up.
And you tie me off.
Attach a string to me
And I float away.
Up to high.
And I explode!
And I explode!
And I explode!
And I explode!
And I explode!
And you tie me off.
Attach a string to me
And I float away.
Up to high.
And I explode!
And I explode!
And I explode!
And I explode!
And I explode!
5 STAR DAY
Look at me in the air,
I'm flying over your head.
Pulling out stops and wondering how
Things got where they are right now.
Cause that's the way
You play your tune.
Over and over.
Excuse me, I just can’t care.
But everybody loves you.
Where the hell is William
When you need him?
We're drowning in nothing
Can't you lend me your hand?
I'm flying over your head.
Pulling out stops and wondering how
Things got where they are right now.
Cause that's the way
You play your tune.
Over and over.
Excuse me, I just can’t care.
But everybody loves you.
Where the hell is William
When you need him?
We're drowning in nothing
Can't you lend me your hand?
Special effects make my eyes dance,
Take me to a good film.
Kissing deep in the back row, oblivious.
What the fuck was the plot again?
'Cause that's the way
You weigh your opinion:
A guy with a knife jumps out.
It's even better than the last one!
A rerun.
Where the hell is Lawrence
When you need him?
We're all drowning in nothing
Won't you please lend me your hand?
Take me to a good film.
Kissing deep in the back row, oblivious.
What the fuck was the plot again?
'Cause that's the way
You weigh your opinion:
A guy with a knife jumps out.
It's even better than the last one!
A rerun.
Where the hell is Lawrence
When you need him?
We're all drowning in nothing
Won't you please lend me your hand?
SINCERELY ME
Remember me?
I’m the one you’ve missed for years, now
I’ve been waiting for your call, forever
Think about you all the time.
You’re always on my mind
You never call and you never write and
It’s just not right to stay away.
I think about you every day.
I’m that familiar tune
The one you were so proud of.
Let’s forget about the past.
And live each moment like it was your last.
Sincerely, me.
And if I don’t succeed
Please, don’t think less of me
Because I’ll remember you.
I’m the one you’ve missed for years, now
I’ve been waiting for your call, forever
Think about you all the time.
You’re always on my mind
You never call and you never write and
It’s just not right to stay away.
I think about you every day.
I’m that familiar tune
The one you were so proud of.
Let’s forget about the past.
And live each moment like it was your last.
Sincerely, me.
And if I don’t succeed
Please, don’t think less of me
Because I’ll remember you.
Settle down, I didn’t mean to capsize
To rip down all you might have built.
While I was gone.
While I was gone.
I don’t want any trouble.
Trouble, Trouble, Trouble.
I can tell when I’m not wanted.
And live each moment like it was your last.
Sincerely, me.
And if I don’t succeed
Please, don’t think less of me
Because I’ll remember you.
Sincerely, me.
To rip down all you might have built.
While I was gone.
While I was gone.
I don’t want any trouble.
Trouble, Trouble, Trouble.
I can tell when I’m not wanted.
And live each moment like it was your last.
Sincerely, me.
And if I don’t succeed
Please, don’t think less of me
Because I’ll remember you.
Sincerely, me.
ACCEPTING THE PHOSPHENES
Even with your eyes closed tight
The light is shining through.
And everything that I have ever seen
High above me is blue.
And please help me to accept
All the things that I could never change.
And please help me to accept the phosphenes
They aren’t real anyway.
And it’s something, that in my mind
The sky might be yellow to you.
And it’s something, that out in space
The Martians are afraid of you.
The light is shining through.
And everything that I have ever seen
High above me is blue.
And please help me to accept
All the things that I could never change.
And please help me to accept the phosphenes
They aren’t real anyway.
And it’s something, that in my mind
The sky might be yellow to you.
And it’s something, that out in space
The Martians are afraid of you.
Some say time would bend if you
Traveled the speed of light.
And do you think a newborn sun
Would be afraid of darkest night?
And if I’ve had any past lives
I hope that I was good to you.
And since Mr. Jesus loves me, then maybe
You should love me too.
And it’s something, that up above
The birds are wishing they had fins.
And it’s something, that in real life
The bad guys somehow always win.
Traveled the speed of light.
And do you think a newborn sun
Would be afraid of darkest night?
And if I’ve had any past lives
I hope that I was good to you.
And since Mr. Jesus loves me, then maybe
You should love me too.
And it’s something, that up above
The birds are wishing they had fins.
And it’s something, that in real life
The bad guys somehow always win.
RANDOM LOVE SONG #644
A long way from here, I think of a voice
And picture a smile. I'm too far from home.
Somewhere else, how profound.
Wish I was home with you
But you knew that already.
Look at the skyline
At the red, blood-stained sky
As the clouds turn to darkness
I breathe in and sigh.
I can't help myself
I'm sure you don't mind.
I say this too much, but oh well.
You knew that already.
Just listen to me
And picture a smile. I'm too far from home.
Somewhere else, how profound.
Wish I was home with you
But you knew that already.
Look at the skyline
At the red, blood-stained sky
As the clouds turn to darkness
I breathe in and sigh.
I can't help myself
I'm sure you don't mind.
I say this too much, but oh well.
You knew that already.
Just listen to me
On the water I see you, staring back at me.
You haunt my thoughts, my daydreams
But you knew that already.
God this sounds so stupid
But you knew that already.
You haunt my thoughts, my daydreams
But you knew that already.
God this sounds so stupid
But you knew that already.
CAROLYN
Captain Jack sailed across the sea
Just him and curiosity
Together in the salty breeze
They sailed into the sun
Captain Jack had lost his love
And staring at the moon above
Declared that he would never cease
Sailing for the sun and singing
Carolyn, my lovely lady of the ocean
When will I ever see you again?
You left me for the ocean floor.
Captain Jack he had his dreams
Written down in magazines
His last ties to the earthy greens
That he'd left far behind.
Just him and curiosity
Together in the salty breeze
They sailed into the sun
Captain Jack had lost his love
And staring at the moon above
Declared that he would never cease
Sailing for the sun and singing
Carolyn, my lovely lady of the ocean
When will I ever see you again?
You left me for the ocean floor.
Captain Jack he had his dreams
Written down in magazines
His last ties to the earthy greens
That he'd left far behind.
Captain Jack rolled out of bed
To see the sky burned apple red
And screamed aloud inside his head,
“I'll sail into the sun, for”
Carolyn, my lovely lady of the ocean
When will I ever see you again?
You left me for the ocean floor
Floor. You left me for the ocean.
Captain Jack, he reached his storm.
Him and mighty ship were torn
And early that December morn
He sank into the sea, all the while singing
Carolyn, my lovely lady of the ocean
I am headed for the bottom.
Can't wait to see you again.
To see the sky burned apple red
And screamed aloud inside his head,
“I'll sail into the sun, for”
Carolyn, my lovely lady of the ocean
When will I ever see you again?
You left me for the ocean floor
Floor. You left me for the ocean.
Captain Jack, he reached his storm.
Him and mighty ship were torn
And early that December morn
He sank into the sea, all the while singing
Carolyn, my lovely lady of the ocean
I am headed for the bottom.
Can't wait to see you again.
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