Tuesday, October 25, 2005

You know you can't do it

So, I'm in my car at lunch heading home and rarely do I listen to the radio. (except in the morning) Then a little classic R.E.M. came on, and I used to better at singing along with the lyrics, but have slowed greatly. Now lets see how far you can get before you screw up...


That's great, it starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes, an aeroplane -Lenny Bruce is not afraid. Eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churn -world serves its own needs, don't misserve your own needs. Feed it up a knock, speed, grunt no, strength no. Ladder structure clatter with fear of height, down height. Wire in a fire, represent the seven games in a government for hire and a combat site. Left her, wasn't coming in a hurry with the furies breathing down your neck. Team by team reporters baffled, trump, tethered crop. Look at that low plane! Fine then. Uh oh, overflow, population, common group, but it'll do. Save yourself, serve yourself. World serves it's own needs, listen to your heart bleed. Tell me with the rapture and the reverent in the right - right. You vitriolic, patriotic, slam, fight, brightlight, feeling pretty psyched.

It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.

Six o'clock - TV hour. Don't get caught in foreign tower. Slash and burn, return, listen to yourself churn. Lock him in uniform and book burning,blood letting. Every motive escalate. Automotive incinerate. Light a candle, light a motive. Step down, step down. Watch a heel crush, crush. Uh oh, this means no fear - cavalier. Renegade and steer clear! A tournament, a tournament, a tournament of lies. Offer me solutions, offer me alternatives and I decline.

It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.

The other night I tripped a nice continental drift divide. Mount St. Edelite. Leonard Bernstein. Leonid Breshnev, Lenny Bruce and Lester Bangs. Birthday party, cheesecake, jelly bean, boom! You symbiotic, patriotic, slam, but neck, right? Right.

It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine...fine...

(It's time I had some time alone)

3 Comments:

Blogger Baron Samedi said...

I never really liked REM, maybe it was because I was a teenager and my adult father would play “Stand” repeatedly on his stereo. How could I be into the very band my father enjoyed? ARE YOU MAD? I like some of Micheal Stipe’s stuff but for the most part I just want to take him out to dinner so that I can tell the tabloids that I have actually seen him eat something. Nope, not a big REM fan but I can appreciate his artistic abilities. He is after all an amazing songwriter….I can say with all honesty that I do like his socks.

11:04 AM, November 01, 2005  
Blogger ButterSnatch said...

You ever notied that Michael Stipe looks a bit like Moby?

12:25 PM, November 01, 2005  
Blogger Psycho said...

I didn't know they were different people.

4:07 PM, November 01, 2005  

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