A History of Bad Men Lyrics

Lyric discussion by pentalarc 

Cover art for A History of Bad Men lyrics by Melvins

This is the correct version (as far as I can tell) in the correct order:

Wake up, you never looked so glum Tell me how do you know they can't hear us coming It's easy for me, I got a head start running away Keep up for your disease spread quick so How did you learn to be sick so Cunning It's easy to sing, but you just keep on humming along Did you hear that? I got a real bad feeling How many more do you suppose they're keeping? Don't make a sound they're not dead, just sleeping.

Dire dire dire. . .It's fleeting Dire dire dire. . .It's fleeting Dire dire dire. . .It's fleeting Dire dire dire. . .It's fleeting Dire dire dire. . .It's fleeting Dire dire dire. . .It's fleeting Dire dire dire. . .It's fleeting

Wake up, you never looked so glum Tell me how do you know they can't hear us coming? It's easy for me, I got a head start running away Keep up for your disease spread quick so How did you learned to be sick so cunning It's easy to sing, but you just keep on humming along Did you hear that? I got a real bad feeling How many more do you suppose thier keeping Don't make a sound, they're not dead, just sleeping.


Basically, it's about people who inspire movements/styles/fashions, etc. They seem so important, dangerous, edgy and new at the time, but, most of the time, it just fades away, covered up by the next temporary fad. No matter how important and famous it seems at the time, there's always another half-baked idea ready to take it's place.