This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
Forced into my own psychotic prison
The future of science bred into my blood
The evilest of creatures wish for such empowering traits
No one man can inherit a bloodline
Such as this man made destructive power
The darkest evils of the world
Feed my youth and bathe them in depravity
Wash their hands of this sickness that reigns in the sky
Forced into my own psychotic prison
The future of science bred into my blood
The evilest of creatures wish for such empowering traits
Gather the virgins, secure my children in their womb
Their chastity is a waste, remove their purity
My children at last be born into the world
My children at last be born into the world
My children at last be born into the world
The impossible is now the future of your dying earth
Even the wisest of men follow a path of failure
It's a shame that this is what your race breeds
Blindly following the culture you mislead
The demise of this era is among us
The future of science bred into my blood
The evilest of creatures wish for such empowering traits
No one man can inherit a bloodline
Such as this man made destructive power
The darkest evils of the world
Feed my youth and bathe them in depravity
Wash their hands of this sickness that reigns in the sky
Forced into my own psychotic prison
The future of science bred into my blood
The evilest of creatures wish for such empowering traits
Gather the virgins, secure my children in their womb
Their chastity is a waste, remove their purity
My children at last be born into the world
My children at last be born into the world
My children at last be born into the world
The impossible is now the future of your dying earth
Even the wisest of men follow a path of failure
It's a shame that this is what your race breeds
Blindly following the culture you mislead
The demise of this era is among us
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