They're aware of you
Beneath the chutes now
Tampering with the levers
You release their drones
Indistinct wires
The red black wire
The red black.
Indistinct colors
The drones are near
The drones are near
Roomsick Man is easy now.
Arrested day. Awake n grey.
Bedsick Man I read somehow,
Once he was full. He's empty now.
Is a part of my soul asleep today?
Is it hid under the pillow where
Cleophus lays?
Is it stuck inside the dash
With the shitty comp. tapes?
Something's wrong with my soul.
( I do not belong in this place and I want to returned to Earth)
They have lied to you
Beneath the ships now
Tampering with the levers
The drones are near
The drones are near
Roomsick Man is easy now.
Arrested day. Awake n grey.
Bedsick Man I read somehow,
Once he was full. He's empty now.
Is a part of my soul asleep today?
Is it hid under the pillow where
Cleophus lays?
Is it stuck inside the dash
With the shitty comp. tapes?
Something's wrong with my soul.
My heart beats from the outside.
(We run from the drones)
And I'll do anything to keep me inside
(We run from the drones)
Cause I'm busy dodging rocks
(I want to run from the drones with you)
And I can barely pick you up.
(I want to run from the drones with you)
But I can sense a faint disinterest
(I don't want to run from the drones and you...)
Although my levels are all fucked up.
(real good!)
Is a part of my soul asleep today?
Is it hid under the pillow where
Cleophus lays?
Is it stuck inside the dash
With the shitty comp. tapes?
Something's wrong with my soul.
Is a part of my soul asleep today?
Is it hid under the pillow where
Cleophus lays?
Is it stuck inside the dash
With the shitty comp. tapes?
Something's wrong with my soul.
Is a part of my soul asleep today?
Is it hid under the pillow where
Cleophus lays?
Is it stuck inside the dash
With the shitty comp. tapes?
Something's wrong with my soul.
Is a part of my soul asleep today?
Is it hid under the pillow where
Cleophus lays?
Is it stuck inside the dash
With the shitty comp. tapes?
Something's wrong with my soul
Is a part of my soul asleep today?
Is it hid under the pillow where
Cleophus lays?
Is it stuck inside the dash
With the shitty comp. tapes?
Something's wrong with my soul








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    Yeah it totally is about a character on Lost, crazy how Pinback wrote a song about that character 6 years before the show first aired. WHAT A COINCIDENCE.

    Also, Hurley came out in: 1998 And Penelope in: 2002 Lost first aired: 2004

    Get a better theory.

    Anyway, really cool song, I was wondering where the samples are from and after some research found out it's from Dark Star, also apparently where they got their name from.

    Yrtlzmoon November 05, 2007   Link

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