Drive Like Jehu Lyrics
Drive Like Jehu LyricsI think it's safe to say
the ice gets thinner every day
but if I can I'll back away
and thaw to freeze another day
sooner or later I'm gonna sink
whether it come crack or spring
there's no way I can cheat the drink
no matter how quick I think
cold flat feet drag like lead
frozen thoughts bog down my head
ice bend & break my brittle spine
freeze my mind
covered over by a cold grey sky
the air buries me alive
thin ice thaw, gimme mine.
but the summit is sunless
in dark he ponders its success
holds what he's created
in the hoofs he calls his hands
but he's in love
with the dead grass underneath his hooves
cause it's better than nothing
he's in love
dinner bell
chlorophyl
ringing in his stomach
he's in love
the weak part is getting stronger
his shadow getting longer
the light is fading fast
like winter setting in
with the viewpoint he commands
from the height at which he stands
he can retrace every step to the top
but he'd rather poke out his eyes instead
up there there is no cover between the sky and him
can't help thinking it's over cause
the only way left to go is back.
I'm bailing my boat
with both of my hands now
to keep my head
above the waves
salt on my hide
pennies on my eyes
I've lived my life in this ol' boat
and all this time I've kept afloat
but I'm treading water now
and I'm wondering how
how it feels to drown
I'm sinking down.
Way down
Burn pigs burn, man,
you'll learn pigs learn, yea.
Gonna kick into your pumpkin
gonna put you on a mailing list.
I'm peeling out in your garden,
you better go and count your kids
fuck yeah
I got a piano wire
yeah man, I'm gonna build a fire
gonna follow you down to the park
and gonna throw your shoes in the kite eating tree.
16 ribs a furry
sucking sun by the side of the road
toothless lady in no hurry
she's cheating death by driving slow.
Tire irons from jesus, only he would cheapen us,
only he would give a damn what your problems were.
Babies in the garbage can make your average cretin an honest man.
Where were you when they handed out the hearts?
High five
Long drive
Nose dive
You sense uptight
Yeah, it's funny because you don't feel a thing,
when every pin is dropping down and every cog is grinding round.
Laughing
joking
drinking
smoking
Maybe you ain't much more than a scenery...
tho' that isn't how you've pegged yourself.
Similar thoughts have been thought before.
The padding doesn't seem to help.
What about me (snif) the runny puppy (snot)
surgically removed from you.
Left in 'spite'
left in 'sickness' obsolecense like
excess baggage over the side.
Attention
affection
in rations.
Obsolecense cut off
cut up
like something
weak and useless
scrapped in graphic detail
like a parasitic twin
again & again.
New kid, you're dependable,
you're a beacon of light for us all.
But you're expendable if you set foot outta your stall
don't jump character, kid..
you're too far
from home.
The kid market for your kind is flooded
(you're nada)...
you're not alone.
Wanna get cut from the herd
just say the word.
I'll do the honors, kids.
just say when.
Let's hear your phone voice,
let's make the soft noise...
sounds like paper rustling
and looking straight ahead.
That skin won't rub off on me
and i go home clean
and everything is peachy keen.
(hop toad hop)
(don't dry up)
Upside down in your garbage,
I'm breaking in to your garage.
Thank you for your guiltful gesture
ya wear it like a purple heart.
That's the way the cookie crumbles
and filters down to us
I guess it must beat being a slave.
It's amazing what people throw away.
But if I win
I get to loot
dance and jig,
foot pad foot.
Fuck all the holes that can't be sewn today
but every now and then,
that crap smells almost fragrant.
Most of my inventions
I built with what i stole
hum drum
everything is swollen, everything is swell... everybody's watching
they all wanna see it kick
pleasure is your crime, junior is your punishment
happens all the time, everybody rub it in.
It ain't hard to find fault in any thing you do,
we learned to love the hard way, you're gonna learn it too.
your kids are fucking in your garbage
they're waiting for your job
got the mouths around your paycheck
got joyticks for your saws.
second hand will tick,
pancake batter gettin' thick,
cut my finger on a butter knife,
watch the blood flow down just like
the blood i see on yer hands.
Bloody foot print swollen tongue,
scaly skidmark better run,
bitter swallow get you numb.
What is gold? Silverbullets.
o' pencil vulture, pencil dove
pencil kisses, pencil love,
pencil drop, down from above
spittin' pencil bullets pencil slugs...
yeah...
o' pencil now, pencil then
long before ya had a pen,
gonna stab and stick man, gonna pencil gore,
o' pencil get the response, the one he looking for
to erase is of no avail, pointy pencil will prevail,
slippery the pencil slide, swiftly the pencil sail.
C'mon won't ya pencil me...
Yeah, you should be happy to see me
be glad that I'm not dead.
I took your bullet, anyone notice?
Noone was thrilled to see me again.
Dream your dreams
you'll wanna take them back,
nobody gives a fuck about what you see.
You split your last atom, Atom Jack.
learn to relax, if it kills you
you had your chance, hold on.
'Cause it's gone
sometimes I'm a mangler,
sometimes I sleep on it
sometimes I'm a hamburger
sometimes I dream of it.
payload, speed boat
wanna come along,
vice grip, guilt trip
don't get me wrong
I can sleep standing up, and still look awake,
for 6 bucks an hour, for 8 hours a day,
where's all my money go an hour after I get paid?
I can get the girl wired but I can't make her stay.
lean down, swing down
don't be too long
vice grip, guilt trip
don't get me wrong
quiet ... when I'm here alone
I need somebody I can talk to, but I think I broke the phone
I said good luck in jail the last time I called home
I need somebody I can talk to, but I think I broke the phone
yer flawless sense of timing.
you got so many lines
the faucet just keeps on running
water down in style
Turn
it off
Turn
it off
ya know the soft answer
from a thinkin' man,
makes for the softest landing
turn away a whole flock of wrath
but when yer plumbing backs up
you're gonna drink it down
where ya gonna shack up?
Who's yer landlord now?
got a green card, got a hassle,
took a beatin' got a match,
hey man, hey man, hey man, gotta match?
Tell yer ma, tell yer pa, our loves gonna grow,
it's a government building and the hatchet job i know, i know
every single cinderblock they all gonna blow,
tell your ma tell your pa our love's gonna grow.
Yeah, never gave it up
Man, that ain't good enough
Give em an inch they'll take a mile
Sopping wet -- stinking drunk
We'll bob for tokens up and down
Pull up a tit and suck away
Gonna milk that sacred cow (...now)
I can't wait to come home
here come, here come the rome plows
why waste
your time
here come the huns
be my date tonight
here come, here come the rome plows
cal state
no fun
stay put
here comes
to clean the slate
to pass the time
to erase
yank crime
yeah we're on
the recieving end
i never been
dear heart, dear friend
i never been on
the recieving end
not a scratch, not a dent
i never been on
the recieving end, i never been
yeah i ain't burnt
just golden brown.
it's depth - whatever its worth -
it's in the unit to measure the curse -
it's in the set-up yeah it's built in,
whatever the get up - yeah it's built in -
wait til the rubout - wait til the purge -
wipe the last ahole the fuck off our turf -
aloha! aloha! suit up!
luau! luau! luau! luau!
kill off the tourist and we'll all sleep sound
cash-in their fillings & blow it in town
we'll blow it on rifles, we'll blow it on drinks,
head in the corner, head in the sink
you're putty now in my hands.
you're bloody now in my hands.
yeah keep the herd in check or be absorbed.
thats all.
yeah that'll happen next and who'll be there to write you off.
bla bla bla...
you bet i sucked up.
everychance i had.
that's how i fixed it.
that's what i did.
and now my knees are spotless and my legs are crossed.
and i needn't spread them.
cause i can afford:
piety, chastity, charity, your company.
i'd never make you suffer, i know that wouldn't do,
and that ain't practical, and i ain't through.
when what i got needs fixing, when i want something new,
i know i'm covered with you. your're my human interest...
every last string and gut pulled apart and divvied up
my share
trash man (etc.)
found yourself an asshole,
knew you could afford.
keep your handouts - cup cake -
find yourself the door