Slowly Growing Deaf

Mr. Bungle

As the congregation grows
The lung of solitude deflates
To my ears the greatest sin
Feel a bit like Beethoven

Simultaneous they speak unbeknownst
Exiled to the inner voice, difference is
He had no choice

We can't seem to find the air
To get our message through your heads
Poor respiration is sure
To keep clear communication obscure
As if I should care
As if (as if) you are listening (listening) out there (out here)

The louder you speak the more I can hear
The less I can understand
Pound on it, pound it in
To my ears the greatest sin
Feel a bit like Beethoven

Paint my lungs so silently
The darkest color of your noise
A crowd will contradict its own audibility
Can't hear the dialogue for the voice

No one is listening
Yet ears are ringing
Ears are ringing, ears are ringing
Ears are ringing, ears are ringing
Ears are ringing, ears are ringing
Ears are ringing, ears are ringing

In the morning I will see
What you were trying to say to me
As I respond into the sink
Need not again hear myself think

Ears are ringing, ears are ringing
Ears are ringing, ears are ringing
Ears are ringing, ears are ringing
Ears are ringing, ears are ringing

Wax within my ears has grown
Just like the snot inside my nose
My interpretation of distorted conversation

I will kill for isolation
Sacrifice the energy
To enjoy the breath of silence
When the blood comes naturally

I have chosen to plug my nose
Before the threshold of pain has grown
Mole out from society
Survive off my soliloquy

Removed I can speak as he, he, he has
Bleeding from nose, throat and ears

"I'm gonna get a cup of coffee"

"Most, most folks, most, most folks, uh"
"Most, mo-most fol-, most folks"
"Alright once again"
"Uh most, most folks have heard about"
"Alright that's good, good very nice"
"That's why folks call it fi-, that's why folks call it finger lickin'"
"Sounds good"
"That's why folks call it, call it, that's, oh wait, that's, that's why"
"That's why folks call it fi-, that's why folks call it"
"That's it"
"That's why folks call it"
"I'm not gettin' anywhere with this damn thing"
"Okay, fine"


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Slowly Growing Deaf Lyrics as written by Daniel Heifetz Clinton Mckinnon

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    damn this song is random i love the tempo changes throughout the song ... im not to sure about the meaning but i guess as the song sugests its about becoming deaf, maybe a self exclution from the world ..

    Brookilishon August 02, 2006   Link

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