THE LYRICAL INTEGRITY OF SONIC ART IS CRUCIAL.
The Human Struggle (gone/gone)
When I finally start seeing the world in color
When the laws of the earth supersede law and order
And I’m finally tired of drowning in whiskey
And I stop sitting and wishing and start doing and feeling
When I’m okay with the man I love not calling
When I’m okay with the man I love suddenly dying
When I’m deaf and blind
And my throat’s on fire
Always stays on fire.
gate gate pāragate (gone gone)
gate gate pāragate (gone gone)
gate gate pāragate pārasamgate bodhi svāhā (ultimate truth remains when all is gone)
Denial gives me the right to my lifestyle.
Denial twists me around for more,
C’mon and gimme gimme more, c’mon and gimme more.
Gimme gimme more, c’mon and gimme more.
When I finally stop denying I’m empty
When the hard laws of love defeat dreams of peace
And I finally see all my “needs” as a disease
And I quit whining and wanting and realize I’m dying.
And I sit here, while Afghani babies get slit
And I sit here, on this throne, spewing bullshit
I gotta wake up, and take a breath
I guess my mess ain’t all that complex.
gate gate pāragate
gate gate pāragate
gate gate pāragate pārasamgate bodhi svāhā
Wake up and take a breath
Wake up and just be grateful that you got a few more left.
Wake up and take a breath
Wake up and just be grateful that you got a few more left.
Gone gone, all gone
Gone gone all gone
Gone gone, all gone
Divine wisdom remains when it’s all gone
When I finally start seeing the world in color
When the laws of the earth supersede law and order
I won’t need any more God or Coffee
Everything will be rooted in nothing
Now I know, the path is not a straight line
And the path, the sweet path, takes its sweet time
But I gotta wake up, and decide
If I root in this struggle of denial.
Of denial.
Of denial.
Talking to a Brick Wall
you built a mighty fine brick wall
i crash into you, brick and mortar and all
contusions and concussions between
dead end discussions
they're cushioned, familiar collisions
sick intoxicating scent
dig deep under my fingernails
i love you
i love you
i love you
o, brick wall!
you watch me squirm, but you're firm, you you you you you you let me crash smack into you
bam its all gone
unlike me, you never fall.
eyelids weak, I flutter through the sheets,
forcing myself to go through the motions.
pacing myself, I take the lead,
but i think you're gone, yeah, you're goin'.
but i think you're gone, yeah, you're goin'.
oh, brick wall
you are my only eternal truth
i can always count on runnin' into you
into you, into you
sick intoxicating scent
dig deep under my fingernails
tongue hot, body bent
backwards, for you
i love you
i love you
i love you
Infinity Scars
I lay with infinity stars, snorting them all into my
Sugared, candied nose, so soft and warm
They smell like old lovers, like born sinners
They all shine with fire, embers of questioned desire
Don't you know I do not want to want
Oh darlin, don't you know, my day will never come
I'll watch obscurity taunt me, and perfect will flaunt
its hands in more and more and more and more of my sweet sun.
I lay with infinity arms, prying my legs open in the
depths of hollow nights, with hollow touches
It feels so damn bitter, cold air on the fire
Sizzling out, weathering out, embers of burnt-out desire
Don't you know that you will always want
Oh darlin' don't you know the spontaneous taunts you
You think your destiny's tamed, so you're twisting the logic
But them wants are seeping out, set to explode
Don't you know its not just you I want
But darlin, memories never let go, never I forgot
All of our sweet sinning, all of the old loving
God, what infinity scars
Don't you know
Don't you know
It's never, it's never gonna stop
Rudter Red (Hubbard Waltz)
You're not perfect
but every inch of you feels perfect when its covered in my life
your muscles shake when they stretch to lift me up into the sky
hey, we're going, love, we're going love, we're gone into the sky
hey, we're going, love, we're going love, we're gone into the sky.
And we're just burning we're not perfect
and the needles are prepared very sharp
and I see no tragic flaws
so put them muscles in a suit, get dressed up and follow me
to a place where perfect people rub their flawed burning bodies
They rub together! Rub rub together
the ashy air it tastes of wine and kick my bare feet to three-four time and rub together
rub rub together!
And amidst all of this prefect wreckage
time'll wash away the flames and all of this will stop
but I will love you, yes I will love you. I love you
because that ocean stays in motion everything ties with the constellations seen above
and every water drop's a second, bursting with passion and the need
to prick your heart!
Suffocation, feel-good love, love love love love.
So my baby, forget your plane
you'll go skydiving another day
we'll dance to Ms. Billie Holiday and yes this plea is two months late
but this ain't over
it should be over, but what is "over?"
Visit me when I go away, a room for two I'll stay awake
and watch your lips sleep the night away,
though you speak of needing to do the same
just stay my lover.
My real, true lover, my star-crossed lover.
