leveling, graveling, gravelly groans
exude my exhaustion,
canonize all my tomes.
this home is afloat on a yellow black moat
of bile, hate and quile and vile pains in my throat.
let's drown in the basement,
it's filled to the brim.
let's jack up the prices
while the pickings are slim.

do you like my party tricks?

you all washed through me like debris in a stream,
you cut me to ribbons
and left me to bleed.
melting alone, showing off white bone,
you can ring that bell
or you can huck in that stone.
on the phone is the voice i've been dying to hear.
there's nothing for you, better luck next year.
when everything was suddenly, utterly clear.
to shut off these shut outs,
i'll cut off this ear.

can you hear this night?
it's starry, starry.
can you see me mouth out
sorry charlie.

there's no good taste
in this art space.
straight porno and snuff films,
i should be disgraced,
well, i'm titillated.
it's tantalizing,
and as i move to the movement,
i'm self-aggrandizing.
i'm filling with air,
i'll float it up there.
a chairman sitting easy on a big easy chair.

so do you like my party tricks?
i trick out clicking sticks
so do you like my party tricks?
i trick out clicking sticks
to get my kicks.


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    I love Brendan Kelly. He uses the weirdest words and they sound amazing. After looking up a bunch of the words in the first verse, it appears as if the first part of the verse is about trying to fix themselves up and trying to impress the person, I think, and then the third verse...

    "there's no good taste, in this art space, straight porno and snuff films, I should be disgraced" ... is obviously a refrence to the music business today, and about how much crap it is..

    "well, I'm titillated. it's tantalizing, and as i move to the movement," ...I'm not sure about this part, BUT...

    "I'm self-aggrandizing. I'm filling with air," ...this part is about how corporate music is all just fluff and...

    "I'll float it up there. a chairman sitting easy on a big easy chair." ...is him some refrence to him giving the "fluff" to Fat Mike (owner of Fat Wreck Chords).

    So, all in all, this songs about crappy corporate music, Fat Wreck Chords + Fat Mike, and how much he hates how it's all fluff. :P

    satellitehopperon December 03, 2007   Link

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