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Pardon me if I ask thee if what just happened was reality
How one plus one is three to me
And how fish have started to climb trees
Well, it seems all knowledge ain't logic at all
Just stories and fables and numbers to call
So please slide down and I'll see your saw
I'll perplex and bewilder & flummox you all
thank you
thank you sir
thank you madame
thank you very much
thank you all very much
thank you all for hearing this
thank you all for hearing this song
thank you all for hearing this here song
thank you all for staying put for this song
thank you all for staying put for this song so far!
This song really sucks, I don't give no fucks
I ain't scared of ducks that have small tails and beaks
Weeks and weeks have gone by slow
No time and place to go sleep
Count sheep leaping up & down
Clowns that frown keep underground towns
Think about it now
Think on it later
Think of all the times you've heard somebody ask
Why do you look that way now?
Who did this to you?
Forget what you have seen, it's not true
Don't think that we're not out to get
You can't think nor speak
You're not strong, you're weak
You can't read or write
You're too small to fight back
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2. |
Planet Cancer
02:27
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My body is feeling weak
My head is full of doubt
I don't know where my world is
Or what it's all about
The things that made me glad
Are running down the drain
I can't afford to feel sad
As it takes up half my brain
Materials that don't matter
Take men under their control
They can't hear the pitter-patter
Of the last drops of their soul
A cancer to the earth
A burden to the gods
What point does it really serve?
What really are the odds?
They take more than they give
No air to replace the fumes
No food to sustain to live
More dead to fill the tombs
Conversation is a dead art
Speech is a useless tool
If you can’t live to play the part
Then you’ve listened to the fools
Just because there are weapons
Doesn't mean it’s an armory
Just cause there ain't no whips & chains
Doesn't mean it ain't slavery
Sacrifice the immaculate
Stone the priests in the road
Try too hard to calculate
What you reaped from the sowed
Your gods are all a fable
But the devil’s in a thousand men
They need to keep power stable
So they teach you how to sin
Mother taught you wrong
Father wasn't there
I can't finish this song
Let’s just end it here
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3. |
Custodian Ralph
05:03
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Ralph was a guy from the trailer side
Ralph cleaned the campus almost every night
Sweeping fast, mopping last
Watch him use his dust attack
Thinks it's fun, makes him run
Watch him hit a hunk of crack
Aye aye aye aye yiiiie
Ralph didn't like the dust bunnies
(No he didn’t)
Ralph thought his puns were all funny
(Yes he did, I swear)
Inspect the room with scepter broom
Never forgets a second glance
Sani-bags & trailer swag
Watch him do the Elmo dance
Ralph was a master class sweeper
Ralph was a class A tweaker, sneaker, peeper, creeper
Creeps the halls, tweaking balls
Finds every last particle
Wash the floor, don't ignore
The mess he finds is the mess he kills
Aye aye aye aye yiiiie
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The Whispering Banshees
08:26
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Silence is haunting my past memories
A dispersed assembly of muted screams
Marked by crimson upon a sinner's crown
Blasphemer on holy burial grounds
Sorrow comes with aging
Death's the final straw
The only thing that’s changing
Is my faith in it all
Whispering banshees take my thoughts away
They’re still bleeding on my altar of decay
Mountains of sky show clouds learning to fly
Novocaine feast for the dead, long-deceased
Gone or non-existent, blind but still can see
Evil or guidance? The ocean is not the sea
(Go - bye bye!)
I’m so blind, can’t find no one
Why is it always the same; doing everything that you do?
Look at how high we are: high enough to touch the stars
Take a journey through your memories
A tracing to the source of your current disease
Lies don't matter if they're the only thing told
The soul doesn't burn if it hasn't been sold
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5. |
Hummingbird Anthem
05:03
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I went trippin' through the woods
I brought back a story I'm sure like you've never ever been told
It was he, me, & Drewby - yes, Drew, see - he was Nathan & I was me
We three met a denizen of the trees
Swiftly lifting nectar from a flower like a thief
From afar, Drew could hear the fluttering thing
Listen for the buzzing, the hummingbird is singing the day away
This song would surely not suffice
Drew prophesied we three would surely find the Flummoxing fowl
(Hey! Hey! Hey!)
Our trio strolled through honey suckles
The wind to guide and hide our chuckles
We followed the whispers of the breeze
We came upon the enchanted spot
The bird of feather floating aloft
The petals of flowers glimmering green
Lo! We gazed upon the bird below
She did not heed nor fear we fellows
She fuzzily fluttered amidst our three figures
‘Twas strange she did not hide in terror
To see such giants tromping hither
Her spirit and ours were somehow intertwined
Now came out destiny, we claimed
This bird and our blood will be the same
It’s perfectly clear (it is?): sacrifice her to the flame
'Twas Drew who caught the fluttering thing & squeezed the life right from its beak. It squeaked & creaked between his teeth. The pieces that leaked were packed in the pipe real neat. So, we smoked the hummingbird, & ground her up into little bits. It hit harder than all the bong-hits we ever lit under slanted eyelid slits
And so, my story has been told
You might not believe me, but surely you'll have a question or three
You might just disparage, or call it a mirage
You might ask "how?" or "why?"
But I say hummingbird resin don’t lie
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6. |
The Ghost of Ronnie Dio
04:49
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The ghost of Dio comes to our practice space every midnight
& with his help, a tasty jam is what we're sure to write
I hope he helps us write something like "I" or "Holy Diver"
With amplified technology, his words we'll decipher
But after all what do you say
To the dead king warlock of rock n' roll?
Look for the sign: the last in line
The words that will reveal you to your soul
A sage, or mage, of ancient age who died a little too young
Of dragons, & devils, & ancient beasts he primarily sung
To say his ghost is haunting us seems frightfully absurd
I'd demonstrate some actual proof, but lonely is the word
Through rainbow eyes the wizard flies
To legions of the brave to save again
The chosen ones, the bastard sons
The mob rules to follow the tears away
Look away from the sea
Those evil eyes staring at you & me
This is some southern sign
They’ll burn the sun and drown the children at sea
If you truly have a spark, don’t lock it all up
Or you’re just a rainbow in the dark
Every time I climb upon a mountain
I see the silver lighting in the black
Those who shine won't be borne to heaven
Those facing hell better turn back
(Back)
(Over & over again)
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7. |
Pan's Daughter
06:50
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Helen Vaughan has taken my soul
Left my body broken & cold
Her allure discorporates my mind
The love she makes takes & stays behind
Nymphs & satyrs host our abominable orgies
My demi-goddess shape shifts & twists upon me
Bestial sex in the woodlands afar
The reeds of Pan hark under the morning star
Alright now
Mistress of the overwhelming bliss
Conjuring the images long buried in the abyss
Fuck my soul & peel open my eyes
Lift the veil, great daughter of Pan
Why did you let me go to the woods with Helen Vaughan?
I have seen the man of the wood: lord of satyr & faun
I have seen the woodsman
I have seen the great god Pan
I am only mortal man
I cannot live on
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8. |
The Unibirth Suite
14:04
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I: "Flight Through the Cosmos" [Lyrics: Dellinger]
(00:00-03:50)
Fog rolls over the starlit pavement ocean
Sifting through the lifeless ghosts below us
Capsizing clouds fill the burning night sky
Ancient vapors disappear in my eyes
(My eyes)
Blackness enshrouds her deep & silent motion
Stars meld with the sky & bleed in the ocean
A cold sweat & a touch on your face
The sea is troubled for you are in her wake
(Her wake)
Fly through the cosmos, feel where the wind blows
Seeing the earth as it burns
Find where the moon shines, make the time rewind
Give the gods something to learn
Light sacred fires, build the new empires
Dance in the rays of the sun
Create the new sound, make the walls fall down
Sing until existence is done.
II: "Unibirth" [Lyrics: Harper]
(03:50-10:32)
In the airless oceans swim
The slipstream divers of ancient age
With time blown halos weaving flight
All making ink on astral page
As the streamlined forms of time
Race through the valleys of myriad streams
All season's day-night mystic plays
Reign shifting plot on flowing dreams
On weaving, reaching pathways march
The senseless heralds of just born days
With dying matter's final shout
Entreat the bounds of heaven's gaze
III: "Final Shout" [instrumental]
(10:32-14:04)
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Flummox Nashville, Tennessee
flum·mox/ˈfləməks/ Perplex (someone) greatly; bewilder.
Aly - lead bass, lead
vocals
Max - guitars, vocals
Chase - guitars, bass, vocals
Jesse - keyboards, vocals
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