Unbelievable Jolly Machine - Lyrics


Proof of Life on Other Planets Vermillion (Split Single) Anonymous Flapjack
Proof of Life on Other Planets Kilmer Trotter what's it all about with Kilgore Trout social igniter, science fiction writer laughing at the wanna bees safe in his world of obscurity remote control, tv dinners and cellophane writing books knock knockin on what's ingrained put down the Etch-A-Sketch and gyroscopes we're all part of the science fiction picture show the entertaining is numbing and the lights give you that funny glow somehow oblivious to the obvious we're all in the show, we're all in the show strike the set, strike the set before the encore performance what's he all about this icon of doubt making fun of the press and their fodder screwed up his name and call him Kilmer Trotter laughing at the wanna bees safe in their world of integrity contradiction masterbated tradition such a strain talk talkin with their big brains HAL 9000 Hal 9000 is a bad mother fucker and he is going to kick your ass right now (I thought you were user friendly) Gamera Gamera he's got a shell not a girdle radiation made him a super turtle Gamera he's got the jet propulsion his homes at the bottom of the ocean Gamera going out looking for a thrilla Gamera sumo wrestle Godzilla Super turtle he's humongous Super turtle he's humongous He's a freak like that Gamera the hero of a nation super turtle sensation Gamera he's the one last hope Gamera givin' 'em all the rope-a-dope Gamera the dye has been cast he's gonna kick some lizard ass He's gonna kick Godzilla's ass if you see Godzilla tell him Gamera wants a re-match mono y mono, lizard against turtle Vermillion (Split Single) Vermillion just a little hate that always took you way too far and what I meant to say but never quite had the heart they'll make it up to you they've been saying that for years its what you always do black out and leave me listening to your fear fool me once, fool me twice I'm a shamed that I even bought into it got me feeling like I'm one big sucker don't even know why I even listen know damn well that you won't remember blacked out last night I through with you and how you deal with all the shit inside of you just can't do what you do and expect me to be there just a little fake smirk upon your lip and you hyperventilate as you almost fly off the cliff it's right there in front of you but you don't remember a single thing it's what you always do blacked out and leave me stranded here stranded Anonymous Rock Stars & Rocket Scientists I was told a story and the teller he was a believer, about the speed of light and an exsinger, the lead singer of Iron Butterfly, if I can remember how the story was told he was inches away from traveling the speed of light, when he was abducted by a government conspirousy and a group of aliens, after a high speed chase after he figured out the were trailing him, I'm not saying that it's not true, I'm just saying it's highly unlikely, Rock Stars don't become Rocket Scientist I could prove it to you, I could make a list not to take away from his genius, I mean the band did write In Agodadavieda, wouldn't want to put thoughts in your head or lead you, but if I don't somebody else will, just cut through the grissel, I mean come man up stairs you got something missing, I'd just like to take a chissel, and find out what makes you tick. Sonny he became a mayor, Madonna she became a singer, Courtney and Ringo became actors, and someones out in South Dakota selling fire crackers, give me a call if you get a clue, but I won't be home I'll be in Duluth. Rock Stars don't become Rocket Scientists all I'm saying to you is that it might not be true Life Essence Repair Man I've got no feeling, in my frontal lobe, witch doctor healer, perscribed a medicine cabinet for my soul oh congratulations, you got me sayin stupid, stupid things, is that my mouth (my mouth) I must of bit my tongue cause now it stings. I'm not usually like that I'm not usually like that did I miss my cue, to pat you on the back I've got no feeling, not when I'm with you mister wheeler dealer (always wheelin and a dealin) saying nothing of use for no ones sake, oh congradulations, ahead of your time, ten years to late. Got me running got me crawling, take two of those and you'll feel worse in the mornin, cause you know damn well that someone will be callin, sayin where the hell are you, who the hell are you, Fix My Hoses Mend My Pipes! I need a (life essence repair man) I need a (I'm life essence impaired) I've got no feeling, in my frontal lobe but I'll be alright, yea I'll be o.k. I'll take two of those, and I'll see you in the mornin. Onion Tear I was a corndog, I wore it well growing up in a small town midwestern hell hey tough guy, you can use me to set the tone I'm captain corndog, I'm skinny bones shake to shake, I hear your stuck there looking for sympathy, well all you get are onion tears I got 50 pounds, I can shed some for you today your heads inflating as your complaining, man watch it grow your heads inflating as you are lying, your putting on quite the show whine, whine, whine until you die just like yawning this thing you are doing is contagious, with your coffe tongue burns and your really bad perms (brace yourself brace yourself) all those stupid things you say, your never giving me a holiday nothing is ever wrong anyway, you just go on and on and on whine, whine, whine until you die spiteful is so delightful Upchuck you use to be the father, you use to have a daughter, but you never seemed to care about her, not after the divorce came through. call her on her 18th birthday, wondering if you still had to pay. not hello, or happy birthday, just wondering if you still had to pay. can't buy your way out of nothing can't buy your way out of a bag money ain't going to get you back your daughter ' token gifts ain't going to make you there dad. hey dad what the fuck! no wonder mom calls you upchuck. Asinine no fuckin cat, no fuckin craddle, can't see it Eve Knievel Scream drivin around drinken it in her car, pickled liver what's in the jar? it ain't beer it's acne cream, and her favorite high is listorine first few times, said it made her choke, but now she says she digs it, she puts it back and it rips down her throat. it took me awhile, to figure out you were lethal but when I did I saw it, her body scream like Evel Knievel's lip stick red, completion green she's driving around that old car putting down that listorine can't keep her body from shaking it's almost like she's on American Band Stand might as well jumped 50 cars, or shot her body across the old grand canyon took me awhile, figure out you were lethal, but when I did I saw it, your body scream like Evel Knieval This is My Life out of the space (out of the space) into the elevator (into the elevator) out of the elevator (out of the elevator) into the van (into the van) drive could this be my life, trying to talk myself into it out on the road stop at a convience store, (I'm so hungry I need some food) back in the van drive some more, (I'm so bored there is nothing to do) out of the van into the bar, (time for a beer, smoke, set up) play This is My Life, This is My Life back in the van feeling drunk and tired (beem me up Scotty there's no place like home) remember me I'm daddy (oh no I've got to work at 7:30) drive This is My Life, This is My Life Into the Ground I've got miles of expectations, always a relief never to arrive, all caught up in a single moment, that will never happen, it will never happen it's not like you want it to, and it will never happen, cause if it ever did you just won't know what to do under a tree is where I want to be, nothing to do and completely high, on the side of the road that never takes me there, but I drove it so well, drove it so well, at least I thought I did and you drove it so well, right into the ground and into my head drove it so well right into the ground pretty much exhausted it all anyway oh no, not that, not again I was force fed and I'm full (into the ground) that's me stranded on the corner, yet all I can do is wave as you drive by conjure a smile, hide the embarrassment I concealed it so well, I revealed it so well no matter what I did, and I drove it so well right into the ground and into my head Cold Tile Floor I'm the man sitting with the pendulum blade, I'm the Shriner in your every parade, wind me up and I'll spin like a top of the head that jumps out of the jack and the box my disposition is such that my words you'll consume if you feel a little sick you can throw up in the bathroom you're a pretty little giddy, and I implore that there is nothing quite as nice as a cold tile floor I'm looking for the one who left me here, waiting at the edge of the bar without even cab fare buy me a drink and I'll make you my friend, just enough to get liquired again here's one for the vice and one health and one so your not so full of yourself come back tomorrow night and I'll see you again here with all the rest of my friends some have been gone quite a while but one thing I'm sure if I wait long enough sooner or later they'll all show this vice is so nice are you sure you have to go Anonymous pust my buttons make me speak must have gone on for days and weeks one track mind, it's all I know it makes me feel so limited, it makes me feel so inadequate pointed question I answered wrong doomsday voice will sound the alarm, wall of shame, wall of blame oh no here we go again you could love it but you'll probably hate it got me to open up, now I'm over stated got what you wanted I'm lacking and you're elated got what you wanted cut me to nothing push my buttons make me bleed nothing as far as the eye can see reduced to nothing or even less you make me feel so inadequate, you make me feel anonymous Working So Hard got a squirrel cage built for two working hard to purchase this dream for you if the monotony doesn't kill you the dogma will torture your whole life for this one second of thrill working so hard feeling fully automated working so hard wondering if I missed the boat working so hard must be completely intoxicated working so hard for this dream that I learned from rote buy a dream get the disappointment for free no time for vacation instead you get jury duty same old song and dance, same old routine not quite what you expected well there's no money back guarantee sittin back in my easy chair waiting for boredom to come a knock'n I ain't goin no where if the monotony doesn't kill you the dogma will went through all that for this cheap little thrill Burning a Hole slip on that razer blade try on this noose for size, but it's the wrong color there's a sale on apathy just keep hitting me until it feels better I'm burning a hole, burning a hole in my skull burning a hole and it's never felt better pain shoots through my shoulder blade, as I pick up the phone, but it's the wrong number direct line to misery, this roads killing me and I don't know if I'll regret it slip on that tourniquet, pull tight to amputate all those feelings left for others todays special's relinquishing, I know I'm leaving here and I don't know if I'm returning Flap Jack
LACKADAISICAL/ just to ask yourself will this thing ever get off the ground and these feelings you have Should they be persued or shut down and don't you hate to answer like I hate to question you what's wrong with this happy song did it somehow become confused chorus Those old worn out shoes that you used to fill, don't keep the rain out cuz there's a hole in the heel. And what you do and say doesn't make you real What's wrong with being ... a little lackadaisical? Just to see yourself with this inadequate charm And these symptoms you have do they somehow make you warm I know you know the question You just refuse to answer me What's wrong's been here all along It's just waited till now to be seen. chorus Ooh, I'm through resisting this pit of hurt in my stomach I'm not sure just what's missing Is what I really need at all Don't go Too far this dream just might end before you return. Just to ask yourself ...
FIST FULL OF WORMS/ backyard battlefield erosion sets in they wait to die to live again give me a lighter I'll set my hair on fire to show you that sometimes I can't stand this life that I've aquired Don't shame them wash away your blame of what you've created little boy blue with his head shot off didn't deserve the fate that he got Tried to fight it but born in bad turn no silver spoon just that fist full of worms. In this world of hypocritical slash and burn our lives get so contrived that eventually it will all just become a slow burn give me your lighter and I'll set your hair on fire so that you can feel the weight of this fist of worms that you are denying. Don't shame them wash away your own blame of what you created little tin soldier with his head shot off gave his soul but it wasn't enough does anyone deserve such a turn no silver spoon just that fist full of worms
SECURITY SONG/ pin me down weight me down keep me here for ever give me obligations that I can call security Pin me down weight me down cover me till I smother this is what I get from you what I want is more than you can give what you need doesn't have a lot to do with me what you got used to be enough but now your buying in to a different kind of security that security it ain't for free and I'm just waiting for my ship to come to town but its like were leaving harbor with our anchor down and I was just waiting waiting for you to come around but that ain't going to happen that ain't going to happen is it.
IN THE PERKS/ got your fingers in the perks ten thousand dollar meal and your favorite interest group buys dessert You can filibuster until it hurts He's your friend not ours your out of touch drop the pole another notch. Got their fingers in your spine leverage in luxuries pull it out and you'll bend over backwards Their main concerns not yours or mine treading water with your words makin' promises you'll never deliver don't take my don't take my I deserve this got yours now their wantin' some kick back does it hurt does it hurt does it hurt. Not when your in the perks How low are you feeling today you sprinkle your voice with emotion so well Something is wrong with it all these games you play Do they have to twist your arem very hard does it hurt does it hurt nope not when your in the perks got your fingers in the perks how low can you get people sufferin' while your milking the bull shit Chorus nope no when your in the perks.
I REFUSE/ See all the prisoners and read their faces waiting for their lives to unfold and this novelish life with smudged and torn pages how long we've lived how little we've all grown Do you feel the underlying tension? Are you a prisoner within your own little spine? Are you ready to commit to your final submission? Leisurely subdued you'll never know what hit you I used to be like all of you But now I'm one of me I used to think I could refuse all this shit but that was just a dream I'm sorry I didn't mean to step on your head I refuse to be a politician I refuse to be shallow and use You won't find me on the corporate ladder of existance When they pull the strings and tighten up the noose I refuse all this shit I refuse the role I quit
GO AWAY/ Sit right down on the chair it's time to hear me talk And hear me say you'll have to burn that 'frain and just go away Way too many times I've had to stand in line and listen to your shit Don't you know I don't believe it Just go away, don't come near I said I don't want you The rest of your life will begin here Keep your time here very dear Don't wait, don't wait, go away Think about it now, all that's gone before and though not explained, what fell broke today Has been on the edge one hundred times before Maybe you will see this amnity is what you make it Don't you know it's not up to you it's really up to me and I'm not ready to give in Way too many times I've had to stand in line and listen to your shit No more! I can't take it!
SEX POP CYMBOL/ I wanna be on the front cover of a magazine (Is that what you want, is that wahat you want) With seven reasons to love Tone' Toni Tony Teen Beat, Seventeen and Sassy Be a teen icon like Judge Wapner and Lasy? No. Not really. I'll take the money though. I want to write the songs that make the young girls cry. Make them scream at the wink of my eye. Be on MTV and solid gold? Fuck no, I don't want to be no sex pop symbol! Sex pop symbol, yeah ... That's a three chord song. Write a three chord song ... Three chord song. Step right up ladies and gentlemen, See the freaks, the sex pop symbols. They walk, they talk, they act, they sing, they dance Give them peanuts, they'll do tricks. They can even be seen on Wednesday Night sit-coms, About beautiful people with beautiful people problems. Yes, with an average amount of talent and a heck of a lot of hype, They're coming to a mall near you. As he rose early in the afternoon, Nearly a single thought in his head And the sight he glanced on his old boob tube, He knew his reality was dead. Not a dream left to realize or a hero left to resemble, He knew his worst nightmare had come true, he'd become the sex pop symbol.
LITTLE FRIEND IN THE CLOSET/ a friend sits in a closet where he's all alone but he's happy there possessions perched upon a shelf quite meager yet its his only wealth and he never goes outside his closet is his pride I often stop to bid hello he listens well times will change yet remain the same my little friend in the closet. Don't you have a friend who will listen to you vent and always know the extent to give you a hand yeah I can almost see it. Times will change yet remain the same my little friend in the closet.
COLOR ME CYNICAL/ Stealing pictures from my mind The days when you weren't so small and insignificant You were famous, you were a star Or was that just some drunken hallucination That I dreamt, in my own little, induced fucked up My world is burning bright and all there is to know is suffocating me in spite I'm so open that I'm closed I'm so open that I'm closed Color me ... Cynical Drawing illusions, I'm in a trance And I can almost feel the rage of incompetence If I could rewrite your life and play on your soul I wouldn't be happy but I'd be talented I'm not impressed, Just color me chorus I'm so open ... Sorry, I'm closed ... Sorry, I'm closed ... Can't you feel this ... it's getting painful Can't you hear this ... I've had an earful Color me ... Cynical If I could rewrite your life and play on your soul I wouldn't be happy I'm just looking for something that's in control and don't be mad at me if I distrust you I'm just feeling a little out of reach, debased and misused If I could rewrite your life and play on your soul I wouldn't be happy but I'd be talented I'm not impressed Just Color me ... Cynical come play on my soul.
LARK OF WILT AND GERALD/ scream, what's happening? Time to run upstairs two at a time, ha! I caught you there Life is good, when we do what we should Life can be so hard And we see running hard through the yard like a card off his guard Gerald dreaming he's a lark Wilt will always sing about a black haired osterich-gopher fiend Time to hit the wall, watch Humpty plummet down and fall When we see life and limb come down Then we will know that Wilt hit the ground Gerald's always snyde who should he could he tantalize No time to sympathize with the wicked slandering children lies Wilt and Gerald scream, what's happening? Time to noose this tie and watch this horrid game die
BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS/ as the world begs to be entertained the next freak show act finds its way to fame I'm a participant see me watchin' this unpleasant pageantry they don't even have a theme song check it out breakfast of champions is this what I hold sacred? I aquired envy at an early age the perfect consumer for the social machine breakfast of champions I'm digging for that prize I've checked it out I've sought it out they didn't see, it didn't mean a thing. I'm changing the interchangeable parts that make up me I now dwell within the invincible mind's eye that rates my defeat there is no farther I can retreat all this I've done for the wrong reasons. Dear sir poor sir proud sir sorry I didn't mean to tell you that your life is a joke everyone surrounding you is a machine that's programmed to reel you in and make you feel more righteous/chorus..is that why I feel more righteous? We're all just machines in someone else's cereal bowl.
SAID BEFORE/ nothings new nothings old if it hasn't been taken then its been sold the realization the undertow the had that we produce history lessons we never read we fucked them over for self-indulgent needs never said never said conditioned to hear the correct response I used to believe them but they choose to forget I used to believe them but now I think they're full of shit its all been said before. Immediate actions never last temporary bandages for those who bleed never hear never see humility finds its way into our past I used to believe them but they choose to forget I used to believe them but now I think they're full of shit its all been said before its all been said before. It does them good to hear it now. Nothings new nothings old its all been taken its all been sold the realization the undertow the hate that greed produced/chorus/does them good to hear it now.
CLICHE-ING/ we're okay with where we are no need for that white collar star is it a dream worth the wishing you can dance on your head and be promoted to status of living dead you can leave but you only find yourself returning I've danced danced all day only to find this silly cliche I like cliche-ing I like cliche-ing think I'll go play some croquet/Chorus - I'm melting as I'm waiting hoping praying that my needs don't enslave me what your selling I'm rejecting all this no thank you I no longer want these tainted needs. We creep out of our shells no time to waste yet when we arrive we get bored as hell please excuse how I interact it seems I'm without tact I'd ask you to dance but I've got my blinders on /chorus. Bridge-Social inertia's embracing speed its unnerving them lobbying for our needs is this really thinking I used to think I had skin I used to have skin I've danced danced all day only to find this silly cliche I like cliche-ing I like cliche-ing at least I used to/Chorus/Life is running fast and I am out of breath and all I got to do is dance in a circle.
COVER THE WELL/ crawling through the forest leaving only a dirt floor this thing is so clear cutting is it something that we can afford didn't you hear the boy scram as he slipped and fell no time for precaution its too late to cover the well. Severed limbs it hurts me just to see it and the source of blind greed doen't they know they can't reverse it didn't you hear the boy scream as he slipped and fell no time for precaution its too late to cover the well cover the well don't let them drawn don't smother their worth before you cut 'em down. Here I sit at the bottom of a well seems I've trapped myself I'm a victim of my own little shell no way to start again this life is slashed and burned. Now there's a road through the forest miles wide and made of dirt and thought there is time before us it won't be long will industry feel the hurt. Didn't you hear the boy scream as he slipped and fell no time for precautions its too late to cover the well Cover the well don't let them drawn don't smother their worth before you cut 'em down.