I'm told the eventual downfall
Is just a bill from the restaurant
You told me I could order the moon, babe
Just as long as I shoot what I want
What the last ten minutes have taught me
Bet the hand that your money's on
Where the Hell have the '70s brought me?
You trade me away, long gone
For the love of a god, you said
Not a letter from an occupant
The time that your enemy gives you
Good times are not the ones you want
I've cried five rivers on the way here
Which one will you skate away on?
The tune you'll be humming forever
All the words are replaced and wrong
With a shower of "yeahs" and "whatevers"
You trade me away, long gone
For the love of a god, you said
Not a letter from an occupant
Where've all sensations gone?
Where've all sensations gone?
Where've all sensations gone?
Where've all sensations gone?
For the love of a god, you said
Not a letter from an occupant
For the love of a god, you said
Not a letter from an occupant
For the love of a god, you said
Not a letter from an occupant
The song, the song, the song that's shakin' me
The song, the song, the song that's shakin' me
The song, the song, the song that's shakin' me
The song, the song, the song that's shakin' me
For the love of a god, you said
Not a letter from an occupant
For the love of a god, you said
Not a letter from an occupant
Is just a bill from the restaurant
You told me I could order the moon, babe
Just as long as I shoot what I want
What the last ten minutes have taught me
Bet the hand that your money's on
Where the Hell have the '70s brought me?
You trade me away, long gone
For the love of a god, you said
Not a letter from an occupant
The time that your enemy gives you
Good times are not the ones you want
I've cried five rivers on the way here
Which one will you skate away on?
The tune you'll be humming forever
All the words are replaced and wrong
With a shower of "yeahs" and "whatevers"
You trade me away, long gone
For the love of a god, you said
Not a letter from an occupant
Where've all sensations gone?
Where've all sensations gone?
Where've all sensations gone?
Where've all sensations gone?
For the love of a god, you said
Not a letter from an occupant
For the love of a god, you said
Not a letter from an occupant
For the love of a god, you said
Not a letter from an occupant
The song, the song, the song that's shakin' me
The song, the song, the song that's shakin' me
The song, the song, the song that's shakin' me
The song, the song, the song that's shakin' me
For the love of a god, you said
Not a letter from an occupant
For the love of a god, you said
Not a letter from an occupant
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"Letter from an Occupant" as written by Carl Allan Newman
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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where have all sensations gone?- good question leading to good
the song-compassion
The lines that really gets me are, "Where the hell have the 70s brought me/You traded me away long ago" What's this about? Anti-feminism? Is Neko expected to pay the bill? Shit, where did the good times go?
The main chorus line... "For the love of a god, you said/ Not a letter from an occupant" comes to me as an exercise in contrast between absolute power, lordship and servitude, a pecarious state in the world, insecurity, the unpriviliged freedom of rejection and isolation.
Groovy rock and roll back beat and wavy melody. Neko's vocals are piercing and the lyrics are thought provoking and unsettling. ****/*****
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