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Love; it's a beginning. A justifiable means to an end,
and happiness - that triumphant feeling - only comes from within,
but you'll never make the grade.
No you'll never, ever reach that plateau
You're down below,
and it's where your soul will forever glow,
but it's not that ray of sunshine that feels so warm.
It's just that bottomless inferno.
You're in the depths of hell
And I think that's swell
And I hope you get well
Well done, fried in and out.
Burned to a crisp, if that's what I wish.
I didn't write the rules.
I just follow them to a tee,
cause that's me! I'm evil
I'm hateful, I'm sinful, forgetful, mistrustful.
I'm diseased and contagious.
I'm suicide, homicide, genocide, pesticide.
I'm a human bomb.
I'll kill anyone,
and so are you, so don't be coy,
cause you too can destroy me like a toy.
Not like Mark Bowen;
he never done nothin' to no one,
that didn't deserve it.
and happiness - that triumphant feeling - only comes from within,
but you'll never make the grade.
No you'll never, ever reach that plateau
You're down below,
and it's where your soul will forever glow,
but it's not that ray of sunshine that feels so warm.
It's just that bottomless inferno.
And I think that's swell
And I hope you get well
Burned to a crisp, if that's what I wish.
I didn't write the rules.
I just follow them to a tee,
cause that's me! I'm evil
I'm hateful, I'm sinful, forgetful, mistrustful.
I'm diseased and contagious.
I'm suicide, homicide, genocide, pesticide.
I'm a human bomb.
I'll kill anyone,
and so are you, so don't be coy,
cause you too can destroy me like a toy.
Not like Mark Bowen;
he never done nothin' to no one,
that didn't deserve it.
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Just gonna say this is not about an angry relationship between one of the band members, it's merely a clever twist to a dramatically spiteful song. All the power is built up in a negative way throughout the song, and by the end, when you get the twist, "Not like Mark Bowen..." all that powerful negativity is reversed to reflect him in a positive light. One thing I like about Faith No More is there's actually poetic power in the lyrics, even before Mike Patton joined the band. I gotta admit some of the songs I'm working on lyrically draw on FNM inspiration. "You're in the depths of hell/And I think that's swell/And I hope you get well". These lines have such happy-go-luckiness with undertones of horror and hatred... I love it.
The meaning of the song according to Mark Bowen himself -
"The truth behind "the Mark Bowen" song, is that prior to having a permanent singer, the band named their songs after persons, places, or things that were around when the music was formulated, rather than naming them song A or song B, etc. There were no lyrics and therefore no real song name. When the boys sent a tape to LA, so that Chuck could write some lyrics for his upcoming stint as singer, he made up lyrics for the song that was labeled as, "Mark Bowen". I had spent a day or so with Chuck prior to that, but he did not really know me. He just made up a song. I'm happy to have my 15 minutes of fame from that, ha!"
Wow, that's a really interesting explanation. I'm sure people have spend loads of time trying to work out what this song meant regarding Bowen, that's so funny that it has almost nothing to do with him.
Wow, that's a really interesting explanation. I'm sure people have spend loads of time trying to work out what this song meant regarding Bowen, that's so funny that it has almost nothing to do with him.
Any one know who was Mark Bowen or what this song is all about?
Mark Bowen: http://www.faithnoman.com/mark-bowen
Mark Bowen: http://www.faithnoman.com/mark-bowen
Mark Bowen was one of the guitarists FNM had before Jim Martin. The lyrics give me the feeling of an angry end to a relationship or friendship.