Capistrano swallow, answer to your inner voice
and please return,
God installed that radar in your pointy little beak
so you'd return.
Epileptic surgeons with their eyes x'ed out
attend to the torn up kid.
salivate and reckon with all the sick things
that you did.
The secondary stumbles cause the cadence of the count
has lead them astray,
Pray their intuition leads them crashing into bodies
in a perfect way.
But I, I saw you reeling in a parking lot,
I, I saw you rallying round a parking lot,
Line up for the comfort and kick it on the bumper,
Know (no?) there is no leeway
you're standing on the freeway in love,
Emotion, you were destined for the paupers grave.
Architecture students are like virgins
with an itch they cannot scratch,
Never build a building till you're 50
what kind of life is that?
Stalled out on an escalator
wishing which way to return up or down,
My Palestinian nephew got his face blown off
in a dusty crowd.
and please return,
God installed that radar in your pointy little beak
so you'd return.
Epileptic surgeons with their eyes x'ed out
attend to the torn up kid.
salivate and reckon with all the sick things
that you did.
has lead them astray,
Pray their intuition leads them crashing into bodies
in a perfect way.
I, I saw you rallying round a parking lot,
Line up for the comfort and kick it on the bumper,
Know (no?) there is no leeway
you're standing on the freeway in love,
Emotion, you were destined for the paupers grave.
with an itch they cannot scratch,
Never build a building till you're 50
what kind of life is that?
wishing which way to return up or down,
My Palestinian nephew got his face blown off
in a dusty crowd.
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I don't have official lyrics in front of me. But I'm pretty sure it is "Emotion" not just "motion." You can hear him kinda say the E before saying Motion if you listen carefully. Also I think it is "dusty crowd." Which kinda makes more sense than craft, although he could me a vehicle. But I am quite sure SM says "crowd"
@couldBanyone I agree with you. “Crowd” instead of “craft.” I’ve always wondered between “motion” and “emotion” too. I also think it’s “freeway in Rome” or “freeway in low…motion” as in a play on “slow motion” OR “freeway in low…emotion” as in….whatever the bell Stephen talks about. I kinda hate when lyrics like this are posted and we’re just to assume they’re “correct” or “official” and then especially on Genius when people say what the possibly wrong lyrics “mean” with such assuredness. I don’t anyone who does that understand malkmus’ music.
@couldBanyone I agree with you. “Crowd” instead of “craft.” I’ve always wondered between “motion” and “emotion” too. I also think it’s “freeway in Rome” or “freeway in low…motion” as in a play on “slow motion” OR “freeway in low…emotion” as in….whatever the bell Stephen talks about. I kinda hate when lyrics like this are posted and we’re just to assume they’re “correct” or “official” and then especially on Genius when people say what the possibly wrong lyrics “mean” with such assuredness. I don’t anyone who does that understand malkmus’ music.
"you were destined for the paupers grave / [whispered:] the hexx"
Anyone notice this song is mostly made of 17 syllable haikus?
Brilliant, sinister and quite dark lyrics for Pavement, but haven't puzzled out a cohesive meaning yet, though its a masterclass in songwriting so it must be out there...
Creepiest song in the world-I love it.
Best Pavement song in my opinion.
@lensflare not my vote for best, but a gutsy choice.
@lensflare not my vote for best, but a gutsy choice.
me=mean* typo.
LOL I remeber the good old days of kazaa when they renamed this song to TOOL - SCHISM and most of the people who downloaded it were confused. And I can relate since his voice is so like Maynard's and guitar riff is so similar too.
This is the best song Tool never did.
haha that's how i found it!
Yeah, it's missing:
THE HEXX!!!
War I think. It's about war.