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The Convalescent Lyrics
My bedroom wall recalls what's in my head
A collage constructed and constantly fed
Goya mixes Picasso but it's hardly Spain
Look through the window, pissing down with rain
Lovely labradors outnumber musicians
Bonnie and Clyde have made their good intentions
Pity poor Payne Stewart in a death bubble
But what a swing and so much bottle
So I convalesce and I ease the stress
Cos DNA means does not accept
So I convalesce and I ease the stress
Cos DNA means does not accept
Kleenex kitchen towels and teletext TV
My favourite inventions of the twentieth century
Haile Gebreselassie looks so sweet and young
Eyes quickly shift to Jack Kevorkian
Uneven and tidal all with exit policies
Followed by anti-ballistic migraines
And Brian Warner has a tasty little ass
Scared of cash machines and the Mardi Gras
So I convalesce and I ease the stress
Cos DNA means does not accept
So I convalesce and I ease the stress
Cos DNA means does not accept
Alberto Juanterino unique in his field
These are the things that make you feel
Klaus Kinski with love off Werner Herzog
Scream until the war is over
Scream until the war is over
Srebrenica cousin of Treblinka
Scream until the war is over
And Dante's Inferno slides into dismorphia
So scream until the war is over
So I convalesce and I ease the stress
Cos DNA means does not accept
So I rehabilitate and get my body straight
Cos nothing fits like it used to fit
A collage constructed and constantly fed
Goya mixes Picasso but it's hardly Spain
Look through the window, pissing down with rain
Bonnie and Clyde have made their good intentions
Pity poor Payne Stewart in a death bubble
But what a swing and so much bottle
Cos DNA means does not accept
So I convalesce and I ease the stress
Cos DNA means does not accept
My favourite inventions of the twentieth century
Haile Gebreselassie looks so sweet and young
Eyes quickly shift to Jack Kevorkian
Followed by anti-ballistic migraines
And Brian Warner has a tasty little ass
Scared of cash machines and the Mardi Gras
Cos DNA means does not accept
So I convalesce and I ease the stress
Cos DNA means does not accept
These are the things that make you feel
Klaus Kinski with love off Werner Herzog
Scream until the war is over
Scream until the war is over
Scream until the war is over
And Dante's Inferno slides into dismorphia
So scream until the war is over
Cos DNA means does not accept
So I rehabilitate and get my body straight
Cos nothing fits like it used to fit
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thom Webbe On Apr 10, 2004
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it seems that the song has something to do with the cult figures and no-name politicos of the 20th century
I don't see any connection between the figures mentioned, however it does seem as though the song regards each of them with an intimate air. It's as though the singer is stuck in his bedroom desperately trying to connect with these distant personalities. He's aware of all these things in the world, and has no effect on them ("scream until the war is over") because he's in his own little world (a collage constructed and constantly fed). He develops some neurosis ("scared of cash machines and the mardis gras") but eventually breaks down and decideds to turn things around.
to me it sounds like nicky once got so caught up in educating himself and learning about these cult figures that he started to become obsessed to the point he stopped living his life. he realised he would have to snap out of this and use it for something constructive... or he may have written it from the point of view of richey, and it was richey in fact becoming too absorbed in it all