Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Lyrics to a new song- "Feel Better"

So... I hope this doesn't offend too many people, but here's a song I wrote a couple months ago about... well, mental issues. I've always been so curious with how people "lose it" and why and so this is sort of a cynical look at the process. (All spellings are intentional for intonation)

She said, "I feel much better now."
She said, "I FEEL mucht betterrr now."
She said, "IT FEELS mucht betterrr now."
She said, "I feel it feels like it feels much betterr, now."

But as the drool runs out the left side of her face
I'm concerned that maybe she hasn't slept in days
And as she plays with a lock of her matted hair
She stares at her nose and it's a haze I say

Oh let me in to the place of white coats
There's nothing easier than sheep herding goats
And now its up to me to decipher reality
In the loosest terms I know
Oh, let me in

So she's an astronaut, I'm pretty sure
Gravity can not HOLD her downn
And this genntleman here's just a spy from the sky
Oh, his spaceship's soon landing on the ground

But I do not understand why my spoon needs to talk
Perhaps because it's always near my vocal box
There's only one thing wrong with your cavernous face
Your sunken eyes remind me of death

Oh let me in to the place of white coats
There's nothing easier than sheep herding goats
And now its up to me to decipher reality
In the loosest terms I know
Oh, let me in

There's something magical about the Cure
They say it cures me, well of this we can be sure
Cuz once I was different and living in society's arms
And now I'm different but locked up to keep society free from harm

Oh, let me in...



So, that's it... I'm curious what your thoughts are!

Oh, and I have to give Andrew Bird some credit because I wrote this after listening to his song, A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left. You can listen to it here: http://ekonomiskmgmt.com/audio/andrew_bird/Nervous_Tic.mp3

1 comment:

  1. Phenomenal. Your ability to poetically capture difficult and dark parts of our society and make people think...wow. I love it.

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