| Puscifer – Conditions of My Parole Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| I vote for the Succubus theory. I've known one or two in my day; they're quite evil. | |
| Clutch – 7 Jam Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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"Old Ship of Zion" is a hymn that was written circa 1889. "7 Jam" seems to be heavily based upon it. Here are the lyrics to it: I was standing by the banks of a river Looking out over lifes troubled seas When I saw an old ship that was sailing Is that the old ship of Zion I see It's hull was bent and battered From the storms of life I could see Waves were rough but that old ship kept sailing Is that the old ship of Zion I see At the stern of the ship was the captain I could hear as he called out my name Get on board It's the old ship of Zion It will never pass this way again As I step on board I'll be leaving All my troubles and trials behind I'll be safe with Jesus the captain Sailing out on the old ship of Zion |
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| Clutch – 10,000 Witnesses Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| But he only got the ordainment so he could easily visit friends in prison. I forgot that part. | |
| Clutch – Eight Times Over Miss October Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Yeah this is just a rich embellishment of an experience that Neil had as a kid. Neil typically embellishes history (and not his own personal experiences) for Clutch's songs (see Soapmakers, Elephant Riders, and I have the Body of John Wilkes Booth). At any rate, this song fuckin rocks. | |
| Clutch – Electric Worry Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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So what's their best song, then, if this is number two? My vote is "The House that Peterbilt". |
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| Clutch – Escape From The Prison Planet Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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"Red Rover, Red Rover, Bob Lazar's coming over." Nobody can turn a phrase like Neil Fallon!!! |
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| Clutch – Ghost Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Since Blast Tyrant is a concept album I'd buy that this song ties to "The Regulator." I wouldn't call it a prequel/sequel though. It ties to "The Regulator" in the same way that Big News I, II, and III all tie together. As far as story and imagery are concerned, the above two posts have it nailed down pretty well. |
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| Clutch – Green Buckets Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I'd say he's just raggin' on the "ideal" suburban lifestyle. Clutch has done this in other songs, namely "Let A Poor Man Be," and "Opossum Minister." | |
| Clutch – Hoodoo Operator Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Yeah I'd say it's about selling your soul to the devil. Hoodoo is slang for folk magic. | |
| Clutch – Juggernaut Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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The song is definitely referencing "Brave New World, " by Aldous Huxley. In the book, all classic religion and spirituality is absolved and Henry Ford is elevated to the status of a deity, as a model of productivity and efficiency. As part of the social restructuring in the book, monogamy is no longer allowed; rather, frequent one night stands are expected social behavior. The Solidarity Services are weekly compulsory meetings where men and women are encouraged to mingle and hook up. Hence the lines: "Orgy-Porgy, Ford and fun Kiss the girls and make them One. Boys at one with girls at peace; Orgy-Porgy gives release."* |
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| Clutch – Let a Poor Man Be Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I think this song is lamenting the homogeneous state and strict rules of suburbia. Columbia, Maryland is a town near where the band is from. It is generally considered the first fully planned community in the country (other than Levittowns, which were just housing developments). The singer states that he wants a "castle" that is eccentrically designed and where "none of your business is hangin' around." Also, a quote from Neil: "In the early 1980s' my family lived in a typically terrible pre-planned suburban development called Montgomery Village. |
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| Clutch – Mr. Shiny Cadillackness Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I really love how Neil can take all these ancient religious themes and put them into a modern, relevant context. | |
| Clutch – Sea of Destruction Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Go to Wikipedia and look up Scylla. It'll kinda all make sense. | |
| Clutch – Nickel Dime Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I think its a metaphor about how humans colonize and consume (sometimes destructively). | |
| Clutch – One Eye Dollar (Beale Street Version) Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I like pretty much all the new stuff, but I have to agree that the songs on Jam Room (Sink 'Em Low, One Eye Dollar, and I Send Pictures) were just fine the first time. | |
| Clutch – Pile Driver Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Sounds to me like an attack on religious legalism and corruption. There's a few lines that seem reminiscent of the story of Jesus casting the money changers out of the temple (Matthew 21:12). | |
| Clutch – The House That Peterbilt Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Also, the Sun, Moon, and Seven Stars (the pleiades) are a very basic part of Masonic symbolism ( which explains the lines "A maverick moonminer sipping sunshine" and "I'll take ya back, west of Pleiades.". And we all know how Neil loves to mention Freemasons and all the other secret societies. | |
| Clutch – Profits of Doom Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Love this song, so much clever word play. I actually named my fantasy football team after this song. | |
| Clutch – Promoter (of Earthbound Causes) Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Ragnorok is the Norse mythological prophecy of the apocalypse. | |
| Clutch – Raised By Horses Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I saw an interview once where Neil stated that in the early days of Clutch "we used record labels more than they used us." This occurred because in the early '90s all the record labels were dropping their "hair bands" and picking up new styles of music (grunge or similar). As one record executive said according to Neil, "Well, these guys don't look like a hair band; let's give them a chance." I'm not saying that this is exactly what the song is about, but that is what the song makes me think of. |
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| Clutch – One Eye Dollar Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Yeah these are definitely references to Freemasonry. Songs that involve all things esoteric have been a trademark of Clutch since day one. | |
| Clutch – Smoke Banshee Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| "Pour the quick elixir in your wounds to ease the pain," could be a reference to Rosicrucianism. I say this because Neil Fallon has since made references to Rosicrucianism/Christian Rosenkreuz in at least a few other songs (in The Amazing Kreskinand and at least one other that I can't think of at the moment). | |
| Clutch – Release The Kraken Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Here's what I think happened. Neil and maybe some of the other guys from Clutch were sitting on a couch somewhere watching the original "Clash of the Titans" (ya know the one from the 70's with all the clay animation and terrible special effects) and getting all kinds of high. At that point, it probably occurred to them to write a song about it. | |
| Clutch – Sinkemlow Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Sinkemlow (from Pure Rock Fury) and Sink 'Em Low (from Jam Room) are two different songs (although they are very similar). The lyrics listed here are for Sinkemlow (Pure Rock Fury). For some reason they remade several of the songs from Jam Room on later albums. One Eye Dollar (redone on Beale Street) I Send Pictures (became Sleestack Lightning on Strange Cousins) Sinkemlow (became Sink 'Em Low on Pure Rock Fury) Maybe they just weren't satisfied with the originals. |
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| Clutch – Sleestak Lightning Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I love the humor but I gotta say that I like "I Send Pictures" more. | |
| Clutch – Slow Hole to China Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I think this song could be lamenting the excessive amount of jobs that get outsourced to China. I could be wrong but it kinda makes sense to me. Mining, specifically, is an industry that has been sent to China. Then again it could just be a story about a miner who gets trapped and tries to dig himself out the other side (or a metaphor for a similar predicament). |
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| Clutch – Smoke Banshee Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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The only lines of this song that, to me, are apparently decipherable are: "Trapped in sap, chambered in a tree Shadow of a giant across the centuries" These lines make me think of the scene in Jurassic Park where the scientists harvest dinosaur DNA by drilling it out of petrified mosquitoes that were trapped in sap. "Giant across the centuries" could plausibly refer to a dinosaur. |
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| Clutch – Spacegrass Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Yeah this is just a classic Clutch stoner jam (or I guess I should say THE classic Clutch stoner jam) with some trademark double entendre. This song was released in 1995, long before the mayan fairy tale about 2012 was a blip on anyone's radar. So if you think this song is about 2012 then you are a fucktard. | |
| Clutch – When Vegans Attack Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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FROM ABOVE: "the self-congratulatory bullshit and peer-driven, angsty self righteousness of the professional protester are in full high-minded display here. miss neurotic is the epitome of what fallon described: too self righteous for her own good, too intent on justifying her own ideology with snide comments on a fucking music message board to realize that her earnestness for her 'cause' and her 'beliefs' is what makes people laugh at her. no one takes her seriously in real life and that has bled to this message board in the form of her over-dramatization of the effect this song has had on her. whoa is her. she's so persecuted. she's a victim. she demands an apology. grow up. " FUCKING SPOT-ON, Bro |
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| Clutch – Spleen Merchant Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Just sounds like a delightfully morbid folk song (that rocks) to me. The "Men of Tain" reference is interesting; not sure how it fits in. | |
| Clutch – Struck Down Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I always just took this song as being about a girl; I never even picked the parts about von Braun, and falling bombs. "I've been torn asunder by the banshee's wail." I think this is the phrase that ties the heartbreak and the war scene together. The sound of a falling bomb could be described as sounding like a banshee's wail, and a crazy ex-girlfriend could certainly be described as a banshee (although I prefer "succubus"). I think the war imagery is not the focal point of the story, but rather, it is a metaphor for a bad breakup (or other experience) with a girl. |
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| Clutch – 10,000 Witnesses Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I know a guy who got one of those internet ordainment certificates by saying his religion was "The Church of 10,000 Witnesses." "It's based loosely on the teachings of Clutch," he said. | |
| Clutch – Subtle Hustle Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Yeah I see it as being more about a person than any deity. This song makes me think about Benny Hinn and similar shitbags. | |
| Clutch – Texan Book Of The Dead Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Excellent break down, ender1260!! Yeah i think Neil is just trying to poke fun at people (read -hipsters) who think they are being enlightened by drug use or getting into "religions their parents don't belong to" (see Stuff White People Like). This song is a lot like "When Vegans Attack." Obviously this one came first but ya know what i mean. | |
| Clutch – The Amazing Kreskin Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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This song really paints a bleak, distopian image; like many of the songs on this album. It gives the album a really cohesive feel. I think LucesDarkness breaks it down pretty well. The reference to "Chemical Wedding" is key. Chemical Wedding is an alchemist manifesto. Back in the Middle Ages up through the Renaissance people who played around in the field of alchemy were often persecuted and treated like witches or heretics(trying to manipulate matter was viewed as black magic by much of the clergy). They would often disguise their works as something benign to avoid persecution. "Chemical Wedding" is an example of that. I think that Neil Fallon tries to continue a tradition of esotericism (just like that of "Chemical Wedding)in the songs of Clutch. How many times have you had to check Google or Wikipedia to figure out what the fuck Neil is referencing? By keeping the meanings of his songs cryptic and enigmatic he ensures that only the people who are really interested in understanding them can do so. |
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| Clutch – Oregon Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| "i made a ruckus with a succubus" hahahahahaha fucking hilarious!!! | |
| Clutch – The Elephant Riders Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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The guys in Clutch lived in an old house near Harper's Ferry, WV when they recorded this album. Antietam creek(the namesake for the battle that was the bloodiest day of the civil war) and the C&O Canal are within minutes of where they lived. Also, the album artwork contains photo-shopped pictures of a fictional civil war cavalry unit (the 414th Cavalry Division) who rode elephants rather than horses and fought at the Battle of Antietam. This song is from the perspective of some folks who are traveling along the canal from some point west of Antietam toward Washington and witness this unreal scene. Elephant Riders could possibly mean Northern republicans (Lincoln is generally considered the first great Republican) fighting against the South, but I just don't look at this song as being political in any way. Rather I think this song is just a fun embellishment of some important Maryland and West Virginia history. |
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| Clutch – The Regulator Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Yeah, this is certainly about a guy who is about to off his cheating wife, but I think that the protagonist himself is the Regulator. He is about to fix the wrong that was done to him. | |
| Clutch – The Soapmakers Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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The Cliffside Inn is near Harper's Ferry, WV. The guys from Clutch lived in a really old house in the Eastern Panhandle of WV(near Harper's Ferry) while recording the Elephant Riders album. I remember reading Neil's interactive journal that was included with the original Elephant Riders CD. In it Neil states that he imagined this scene one day while driving past the Cliffside Inn. As far as the imagery is concerned, it's definitely vague. The Fight Club novel was released two years before Elephant Riders (the movie came out in 1999)was released so there's a possibility that Neil is referencing it. However, I think the "Chemical Wedding" theme is more likely, because Neil has sung about it since then as well (see "The Amazing Kreskin" on the "strange Cousins" album. |
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| Clutch – What Would a Wookie Do? Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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General Border is a character in the children's book "Drummer Hoff;" which, by the way, is fuckin trippy. I'm not really sure how that ties to the overall meaning of the song, though. I think that this song is lamenting the way those in power exploit those beneath them within the contexts of religion and war. Come to think of it, that may be where the Drummer Hoff reference fits in (General Border gave the order and Drummer Hoff fired it off). The references to carpetbaggers, robber barons, and Hezbollah seem to support this. The above lyrics are incorrect; it should be: The Theocrats with cricket bats Hezbollot of love to give ya never take it back |
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| Clutch – Wicker Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I see this song as a bleak image of the cold war. "What's inside the silo; can it fly? A needle in the haystack To crack the sky The feet of marching men Beat down the fields of last chances As scarecrows in amber waves of grain Grin exchanging glances" I think this is a depiction of "ancient" missiles sitting in silos in the Midwest. |
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| Clutch – Black Umbrella Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| It seems like Neil really likes to write songs about anachronisms. White's Ferry is another example. | |
| Clutch – Big News II Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I think that it's the same boat in all three parts of Big News. Could be wrong but it makes sense to me. | |
| Clutch – Big Fat Pig Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| What a hilarious satire of religious bickering. I saw Neil Fallon say in an interview once as soon as you get "red-faced" in a debate of politics or religion there's no longer any value in the debate; it's just an argument. Obviously that's correct, and it's something more people need to have the maturity to realize. Just go look at the discussion for "When Vegans Attack." Neil often uses humor like this to keep things lighthearted while still discussing philosophical shit. Personally, I don't think it's a band's job to preach; it's their job to entertain me. And that is why I love Clutch. | |
| Clutch – Basket Of Eggs Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Very peculiar imagery!! I think you got it mostly right there, jchvoid. | |
| Clutch – Abraham Lincoln Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Just a good old fashioned requiem. | |
| Clutch – Algo Ha Cambiado Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| This song is a strait up cover originally by Argentine blues musician "Poppo" Norberto Napolitano. | |
| Clutch – 12 Ounce Epilogue Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I don't see this song as being negative towards Coke specifically; Pepsi(The New Generation(Remember when they had their GeneratioNext ads)), and RC are also mentioned. I see it more as about the decline of American industry in general. | |
| Clutch – The House That Peterbilt Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Awesome imagery!! Could you imagine turning on your CB and hearing this guy preaching?? I think this song is just kinda a redux of all those cheesy trucker songs from the seventies like "Convoy" and "East Bound and Down." |
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| Clutch – Hale Bopp Blues Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Yeah you got it mostly right BoxyBrown26. This song is about historical occurrences of the Haley's/Hale-Bopp comet, and how it always seems to bring death when it passes near our planet: Some theorize that the dinosaurs were killed off by a comet or meteorite. Could have been Hale-Bopp. At the time of Jesus birth in Bethlehem the gospel of Matthew explains that King Herod had all the newborn baby boys killed because he was afraid of losing his throne to "he that is born King of the Jews. for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled." The Heaven's Gate cult committed the largest mass suicide in US history when the Hale-Bopp comet passed by Earth in 1997. They believed that they would be carried away to a ship that was waiting for them on the other side of the moon. This song was written shortly after the cult's mass suicide. Also, the line is: Oh mighty Nike she took them away on the wings of victory Nike(or Athena to the Romans) was the Greek god of victory. Her wing is the logo used on Nike Shoes. |
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