Mercury Rev

Downs Are Feminine Balloons

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ya gotta give me a scene from your battle sky zone [scars, oh?]
i don't know
go blur the things that matter to me most
friend or foe [from the foe?]
your fume, baby
soon, baby
kaboom, kaboom, kaboom
tonight I'll dig tunnels to your nightmare room
and if there's one thing I can't stand
it's up
and if it's one thing I can't stand
it's up
should have known better than to do that stuff
that stuff can mess you up (can mess you up)
that stuff can mess you up
and if there's one thing I can't stand
it's up
and if there's one thing I can't stand
it's up
kick in the crawl from your watering hole
wailing woo
my mind pines for fluid filled eyes
what to do
your fume, baby
soon, baby
kaboom, kaboom, kaboom
tonight i'll dig tunnels to your nightmare room
and if there's one thing i can't stand
is up
and if there's one thing I can't stand
it's up
and if there's one thing I can't stand
it's up
and if there's one thing I can't stand
it's up
should have known better
than to do that stuff
that stuff it can
mess you up

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man On Tv On Jan 01, 2008

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by bebra

18y ago

Fairly self-explanatory really: downers = boobs = good. I just wanted to point out another example of rev's linguistic trickery. The line 'if there's one thing I can't stand, it's up' has the double meaning of not being able to get up and disliking being in a heightened state of awareness (uppers). One of the best drug songs imo, replicates the feeling :)

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