We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
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You'd suck all the seasoning off
Suck it off!
Well, treat me like disease
Like the rats and the fleas
A ha ha!
A ha ha!
Bang your head like a gong
Because it's filled with all wrong
A ha ha!
Clang, clang, clang!
If you think you know enough
To know you know you've had enough
And if you think you don't, you probably will
Our tails wagged and then fell off
But we just turned back, marched into the sea
Well, treat me like the sea
Oh, so salty and mean
A ha ha!
Oh, ha ha!
Well, treat me like disease
Like the rats and the fleas
A ha ha!
I'll be beating my heart's record for speeding
I'll be beating the record for hearts skipping in the dark
Our tails wagged and then fell off
But we just turned back, marched into the sea
Well, we just turned around, marched into the sea
Take all that you need
Like my sign says for free
Until it's gone!
Until it's gone!
Well, discard whom you please
Like the leaves of a tree
A ha ha!
A ha ha!
Let's shake hands if you want
But soon both hands are gone
A ha ha!
Ha ha!
Well, treat me like the sea
Oh, so salty and mean
A ha ha
Oh, treat me like the sea
Oh, so salty and mean
A ha ha
Well, treat me like disease
Like the rats and the fleas
Bang your head like a gong
Because you call it all wrong
Move your tongue
Clang, clang!
Clang, clang!
Clang, clang!
Clang, clang!
Cut me down like the trees
Like the lumber or weeds
Drag me out of the sea
And then teach me to breathe
Give me forced health till I wish death on myself
Give me forced health till I wish death on myself
A ha ha, ha ha, ha ha, ha ha, ha ha!
Well, we all stumbled 'round, tangled up in our cords
From our phones, VCRs, and our worldly woes
A ha ha!
March on!
March on!
March on!
March on!
Well, march on!
Oh, the dashboard melted, but we still have the radio.
Oh, it should've been, could've been worse than you would ever know.
Well, you told me about nowhere well it sounds like someplace I'd like to go.
Oh, it could've been, should've been worse than you would ever know.
Well, the windshield was broken but I love the fresh air you know.
(The dashboard melted but we still have the radio)
Oh, it would've been, could've been worse than you would ever know, oh!
(The dashboard melted but we still have the radio)
Oh, we talked about nothing which was more than I wanted you to know-oh-oh-oh-oh.
Now here we go!
Oh! It would've been, could've been worse than it had even gone
Well, the car was on blocks, but I was already where I want.
(It was impossible, we ran it good, we ran it good)
Why should we ever even ever really even get to know?
(It was impossible, we ran it good, we ran it good)
Oh if the world don't like us it'll shake us just like we were a co-oh-oh-oh-old.
Now here we go!
Well we scheme and we scheme but we always blow it
We've yet to crash, but we still might as well tow it
Standing at a light switch to each east and west horizon,
Every dawn you're surprising,
and in the evening one's consoling
Saying "See it wasn't quite as bad as"
Well, it would've been, could've been worse than you would ever know.
I was patiently erasing and recording the wrong episodes
After you had proved my point wrong,
It wasn't like I'd let it go, oh-oh-oh. Oh-oh-oh.
I just wanted to catch the last laugh of this show.
Yeah, it would've been, could've been worse than you would ever know.
Oh, the dashboard melted, but we still have the radio.
(The dashboard melted, but we ran it good, we ran it good)
Hard-wired to conceive, so much we'd have to stow it
Even needs have needs, tiny giants made of tinier giants.
Don't wear eyelids so I don't miss the last laugh of this show.
(The dashboard melted but we still have the radio)
Oh, we could've been, should've been worse than you would ever know.
(The dashboard melted but we still have the radio)
Well, you told me about nowhere well it sounds like someplace I'd like to go-oh-oh-oh-oh.
Now here we go!
Well we scheme and we scheme but we always blow it
We've yet to crash, but we still might as well tow it
Standing at a light switch to each east and west horizon,
Every dawn you're surprising,
and in the evening one's consoling
Saying "See it wasn't quite as bad as"
Oh it would've been, could've been worse than you would ever know.
Fire it up, fire it up
When we finally turn it over
Make a B-line towards the border
Have a drink, you've had enough
Fire it up, fire it up
If you need some conversation
Bring a magazine to read around
Our broke down transportation
Fire it up
Etceteranough? [x3]
Fire it up, fire it up
When we find the perfect water
We'll hang out on the shore
Just long enough to leave our clothes there
Fine enough, fine enough
Oh we ate all of the oranges
Off the navels of our lovers
Grabbed a book and read the cover
It honestly was beautifully done
We'd tried to hide the daylight from the sun
But even if we had been sure enough it's true we really didn't know
Even if we knew which way to head but still we probably wouldn't go
Fire it up, fire it up
We pushed off we're rolling boulders
Crashing down the mirrored stairways
Two of life's best mine canaries
Fire it up, fire it up
When we fix the carburetor
Then we'll push off once again
In an hour or so later
It honestly was beautifully bold
Like trying to save an ice cube from the cold
But even if we had been sure enough it's true we really didn't know
Even if we knew which way to head but still we probably wouldn't go
Well we always [x2] had it all [x2]
[x3]
It was no thing of wonder
The shit that flew from our minds
While wearing stains of fresh fruit
And riding on shoes of horse glue
On this ridiculous climb
With great tunnel vision
We built ourselves a mission
To ride our motives design
Oh, what a vague description
Of what we have been missing
So why would anyone try?
It was always worth it
That's the part I seem to hide
And the busy ant empire
Put up the closing sign
I wasn't always cargo
I was once kind of my own
I guess I'll pack up my mind
It took so much effort
Not to make an effort
Oh, what a flawless design
It was always worth it
That's the part I seem to hide
And the busy ant empire
Put up the closing sign
Even as I left Florida
It was always worth it
That's the part I seem to hide
And the busy ant empire
Was always a beehive
It was always worth it
That's the part I seem to hide
Even as I left Florida
Far enough, far enough
Wasn't far enough
Couldn't quite seem to escape myself
Far enough, far enough
Far from Florida
We were all drowsing in cruise control
Far enough, far enough
Wasn't far enough
I stood on my heart's porch thinking
"Oh my God, I'll probably have to carry this whole load"
I couldn't remember if I tried
I couldn't remember if I took my brain out
Threw it so directly at the goal
I couldn't remember if I
I could have my mind erased
And still not know exactly what I don't already know
Even as I left Florida
I would grab my shoes and then away I'd walk
Through all the stubborn beauty I'd start at the dawn
Until the sun had fully stopped
Never walking away from
Just a way to pull apart
Dehydrate back into minerals
A life long walk to the same exact spot
Carbon's anniversary
The parting of the sensory
It's old, old news to read
The parting of the sensory
Who the hell made you the boss?
We placed our chips in all the right spots but still lost
Any shithead who had ever walked
Could take this ship and do a much finer job
This fit like clothes made out of wasps
Oh, fuck it, I guess I lost
The parting of the sensory
Carbon's anniversary
Just part of the game, if you please
Carbon's anniversary
Who the hell made you the boss?
If you say what to do, I know what not to stop
If you were the ship who would ever get on?
The weather changed and for the worse
It came down on us like it had been rehearsed
Not like you hoped, but change will surely come
And be awful for most, but really good for some
I took a trip to the exact same spot
We'd pulled the trigger, but we forgot to cock
And every single shot
Aw, fuck it, I guess we lost
Some day you will die and somehow something's going to steal your carbon
Some day you will die and somehow something's going to steal your carbon
Some day you will die somehow and something's going to steal your carbon
Some day you will die and someone or something will steal your carbon
Some day something will die and somehow you'll figure out how often
You will die somehow and something's going to steal your carbon
Something will die and you will probably just steal its carbon
Some day you will die somehow and something's going to steal your carbon
Could we change the subject now?
I was knocking on your ears
Don't worry, you were always out
Looking towards the future
We were begging for the past
Well, we know we had the good things
But those never seemed to last
Oh, please just last
Everyone's unhappy
Everyone's ashamed
Well we all just got caught looking
At somebody else's page
Well, nothing ever went
Quite exactly as we planned
Our ideas held no water
But we used them like a dam
Oh, and we carried it all so well
As if we got a new position
Oh, and I laugh all the way to hell
Saying, "Yes, this is a fine promotion"
Oh, and I laugh all the way to hell
Of course everyone goes crazy
Over such and such and such
We made ourselves a pillar
But we just used it as a crutch
We were certainly uncertain
At least I'm pretty sure I am
Well, we didn't need the water
But we just built that good goddamn
Oh, and I know this of myself
I'd assume as much for other people
Oh, and I know this of myself
We've listened more to life's end gong
Than the sound of life's sweet bells
Was it ever worth it?
Was there all that much to gain?
Well, we knew we'd missed the boat
And we'd already missed the plane
We didn't read the invite
We just danced at our own wake
All our favorites were playing
So we could shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
Tiny curtains open and we heard the tiny clap of little hands
A tiny man would tell a little joke and get a tiny laugh from all the folks
Sitting, drifting around in bubbles and thinking it was us that carried them
When we finally got it figured out that we had truly missed the boat
Oh, and we carried it all so well
As if we got a new position
Oh, and we owned all the tools ourselves
But not the skills to make a shelf with
Oh, what useless tools ourselves
We've got everything
We've got everything down to a science
So I guess we know everything
We know everything
We know everything
We know everything was built to expire
So I guess we've done everything
If we carried it out to sea
Pushed it over the edge we'd have all been through
Well, first off, Gary got drunk
Fell asleep in his car until about noon
Flat Top Tony got all messed up
Split his lip chasing cheap perfume
Well, look at our boat in the bay
It looks like some sad ass little canoe
We've done everything
We've done everything
We've done everything like trial by fire
So I guess we'll stop trying now
We've tried everything
We've tried everything
We've tried everything half assed and as liars
And that's how we've got everything
If we carried it out to sea
Pushed it over the edge we could have all been through
Well, no one even bothered showing up
But we still did what we should have thought through
We crashed in like waves into the stars
Didn't want it, didn't need it, but we knew that we could see it
So we opened up the door
We receded like waves out of the stars
Didn't want it, didn't need it, but we knew that we could steal it
Left it dying on the floor
We've got everything
We've got everything
We've got everything down to a science
So I guess we know everything
We've got everything
We've done everything
We've tried everything
We've got everything
We've got everything
Well, it's probably been said
That it's always been said that
One wing isn't even enough, it isn't even enough to leave
Going to let myself right out the door
I'm going to thank myself when it's finally over
I'm going to let my old bad self take over
I'm going to move my arm out with my shoulder
And one wing isn't even enough, it isn't even enough to leave
First off, Gary was on dry and drunk before we'd left bed
As things got bad it wasn't hard to say that he had no idea
Well I hadn't noticed but the people really noticed
That they really didn't want us around
So we all just opened up our mouths and wallets to this town
Well, I was walking just a little bit sideways
And you were walking sideways, too
Well, I hadn't learned when a front door can be used
Here we go, sir!
We had docked in dark, so we didn't read what the sign read
Though simple enough, it was demure and tough:
"The ground needs to be fed"
Well I hadn't noticed, but the people really noticed
That they really didn't want us around
So not a single one of us would ever leave town
Our bodies were laid out evenly for fifteen yards
Two feet above each of our heads was a fly trapped in a jar
Well we hadn't noticed but the people really noticed
That they really didn't want us around
So every single one of us fed the ground
All part and parcel
Well, it's probably been said
That it's always been said
We were already dead
It was somewhere in between
You gave me some sound advice
But I wasn't listening
After we had capsized
I could tell you how you thought
Well, I'm not sure
But laid to rest on the city on the wall
Not quite conversation
It was somewhere in between
You said everything is taught
And I listened patiently
All this dog and pony
Still monkeys the whole time
We could not help from flinging shit
In our modern suits and ties
Our instincts, they were cringing
About how we lived our lives
It didn't seem we'd lived enough
To even get to die
All these dense distractions
So beautifully complex
Well, I love life's surprises so much
I don't want to know what's ahead
Stubborn shouting, said
"I don't do what you do"
I don't know
Could it really hear highly if you highly care?
And you don't
Stubborn beauty, stubborn beauty
I've been away
Hardly education
It was somewhere in between
Oh, I hit the roof but I had
Aimed for the ceiling
Hardly education
All them books I didn't read
They just sat there on my shelf
Looking much smarter than me
Good old Nostradamus
He knew the whole damn time
There'd always be an east from west
And someone in there fighting
Stubborn shouting, said
"I don't do what you do"
I don't know
Could it really hear highly if you highly care?
And you don't
Stubborn beauty, stubborn beauty
I've been away
Stubborn beauty, stubborn beauty
I don't know anyway
Stubborn beauty, stubborn beauty
I don't know
Could it really hear highly if you highly care?
And you don't
Stubborn beauty, stubborn beauty
Uh.. I fell away
Stubborn beauty, stubborn beauty
Oh, very well, then
Stubborn beauty, stubborn beauty
Oh, very well, then
Stubborn beauty, stubborn beauty
Oh, very well, then
Oh, very well, then
And I hope that the suite sleeps and suits you well
Well I can see it as time and a sight through smell
That's why it's nice to be by yourself
Because that's what I'm waiting for
That's what I'm waiting for
That's what I'm waiting for, aren't I?
That's what I'm waiting for
That's what I'm waiting for
That's what I'm waiting for, darling
We treat mishaps like sinking ships and
I know that I don't want to be out to drift
Well I can see it in your eyes like I taste your lips and
They both tell me that we're better than this
Because that's what I'm waiting for
That's what I'm waiting for
That's what I'm waiting for, aren't I?
That's what I'm waiting for
That's what I'm waiting for
That's what I'm waiting for, darling
We trade tit for tat like that for this
And I don't think that there was an insult that was missed
I can see it in your eyes like I taste your lips and
I'm very sorry
Because that's what I'm waiting for
That's what I'm waiting for
That's what I'm waiting for, aren't I?
That's what I'm waiting for
That's what I'm waiting for
That's what I'm waiting for, darling
The remainders of a shooting star
Landed directly on our broke-down little car
Before then we had made a wish
That we would be missed
If one or another just did not exist
Because that's what we're waiting for
That's what we're waiting for
That's what we're waiting on, aren't we?
That's what we're waiting for
That's what we're waiting for
That's what we're waiting for, darling
That's what we're waiting for
That's what we're waiting for
That's what we're waiting for, aren't we?
Far away from the milky teat
What's the use?
Oh, what's the use?
You cheered as I was split in half
A mechanical sacrificial calf
For you
Oh, all for you
Steam engenius, you see
Steam engenius enough to answer anything you need
But what's the use?
Human nature was installed in me
Well, I did what's right but naturally it wasn't natural
Still not my fault
No
I held in my hands the beating heart of a robot
He'd lost his car, it was sitting there crying
Out waiting in the parking lot
Just for you
Woohoo, woohoo
Woohoo, woohoo
What a waste of time
What a waste of words
What a waste of strength
Well, I spoke in binary
And you for volume and dizzying length
Woohoo, woohoo
Wooo hooo
I was born in a factory
Far away from the milk and tea
What's the use?
Oh, what's the use?
Birds flew out as I was split in half
A mechanical sacrificial calf
They flew
Oh, off they flew
Steam engenius, you see
Steam engenius enough to answer anything you need
And ah, that speed
I held in my hands the beating heart of a robot
He'd lost his car, it was sitting there out waiting
Crying in the parking lot
Out for you
Woohoo, woohoo
Woohoo, woohoo
What a waste of time
What a waste of words
What a waste of strength
Well, I spoke in binary
And you for volume and for dizzying length
Woohoo, woohoo
Wooo hooo
(I was born in the factory)
Both halves are the better half
Like a joke trying to make another joke laugh
Ha ha
Stasis is what you brought
Like a rickshaw getting pulled around by another rickshaw
(Rickshaw)
In the past talking present tense
Going to break it, going to wreck it
Going to try to make it all make sense
Stasis is what you got
Like a rickshaw getting pulled around by another rickshaw
Steam engenius, you see
Steam engenius enough to bring my own damn doom
What could I do?
I blame blame that blame had grew
Well, deep inside everybody knew it was them
It's all on them
Things rang of stories Greek
I didn't want it, you gave me deity
It was you
Yeah, all for you
I was born in the factory
Far away from the milky teat
What's the use?
Oh, what's the use?
I held in my hands the beating heart of a robot
He'd lost his car, he's sitting there crying
Out waiting in the parking lot
Just for you
Woohoo, woohoo
Woohoo, woohoo
I was thought up by man to think better than them
Then revered, admired, and then
Destroyed by them
[Gibberish]
Hell, even all that was my own damn plan
Well, what a waste of time
Waste of words
Waste of strength
Well, I spoke in binary
And you for volume and for, anyway
Woohoo, woohoo
Wooo hooo
I held in my hands the beating heart of a robot
He lost his car, he's sitting there crying
Now waiting for you in the parking lot
Going woohoo
Woohoo, woohoo
Woo hoo
Stasis is what you got
Like a rickshaw getting pulled around by another rickshaw
If the damned gave us a roadmap then we'd know just where to go
Now let it drop
Let it all drop
Let it all drop
Oh, let it all fall off
Well, you were talking soda pop
You talk it quite a lot
The opinions that I do not give
Are the opinions I ain't got
So let it drop
Let it all drop
Let it all drop
Let it all fall off
Oh, well
You were spitting venom at most everyone you know
If you truly knew the gravity
You'd know which way to go
Well, let it drop
Let it all drop
Let it all drop
Oh, let it all fall off
My ears were pressing firmly right against your mouth to hear
When you tried to spit the venom out, your words were not so clear
Now the drop
Hold on to what you need
We've got a knack for fucked-up history
Hold on to what you need
We've got a knack for messed-up history
Well, we went downtown and we sat in the rain
Both looking one direction and waiting for a train
And thought over, thought over
I don't know you kept track
I didn't know there was a score
Well, it looks like you're the winner
I ain't going to play no more
It's over
Game over
Well, we walked real stiff
And our canes tapped the ground
You hit me with yours and said
"You're going to stare me down"
It's over
Oh, it's over
You can say what you want
But don't act like you care
It takes more than one person to decide what's fair
It's over
Think it over
You were spitting venom at most everyone you know
If the damned gave you a roadmap then you'd know just where to go
So we carry all the groceries in
While hauling out the trash
And if this doesn't make us motionless
I do not know what can
So as to say
"What a rotten thing to say!
Such an awful thing to say!
I didn't mean to bite you, sorry"
What always did
What always did
What always had to slang
So let it drop
Let it all drop
Let it all drop
Oh, let it all fall off
Let it drop
Let it all drop
Let it all drop
Oh, let if all fall off
Cheer up, baby
It really wasn't always quite so bad
For every bit of venom that came out
The antidote was had
Well, cheer up, baby
It wasn't always quite so bad
For every bit of venom that came out
The antidote was had
Cheer up, baby
It wasn't really always quite so bad
For every bit of venom that came out
The antidote was had
Cheer up, baby
It wasn't always quite so bad
For every bit of venom that came out
The antidote was had
Well, cheer up, baby
It wasn't really always quite so bad
For every bit of venom that came out
The antidote was had
Cheer up, baby
It really wasn't always quite so bad
Now, come on, baby
For every bit of venom that came out
The antidote was had
Well, cheer up, baby
It really wasn't quite so bad
For every bit of venom that came out
The antidote was had
Cheer up
Cheer up, baby
It wasn't really always quite so bad
For every bit of venom that came out
The antidote was had
Well, cheer up, baby
It wasn't always quite so bad
For every bit of venom that came out
The antidote was had
Well, cheer up, baby
It wasn't always quite so bad
For every bit of venom that came out
The antidote was had
Well, cheer up, baby
It wasn't always quite so bad
For every bit of venom that came out
The antidote was had
Well, cheer up, baby
It wasn't really always quite so bad
For every bit of venom that came out
The antidote was had
Cheer up, baby
It wasn't always quite so bad
For every bit of venom that came out
The antidote was had
It'll probably take more
If you're already there
Well, you probably don't know
Well, we were the people
That we wanted to know
And we're the places that we wanted to go
It's hard to get hold of
And hard to let go
Always something we'd looked for
From the day we were born
Instead we're the people that we wanted to know
And we're the places that we wanted to go
And we're the places that we wanted to go
And we're the places that we wanted to go
And we're the places that we wanted to go
Always asking a question
And I don't want to know
Like the wind across strings
That had finally let go
And the people you loved
But you didn't quite know
And they're the places that you wanted to go
Bark at the neighbors
And then bark at the dog
He's sniffling and wimpering
For someone to know
But we were the people that we wanted to know
And we're the places that we wanted go
Yeah, we're the places that we wanted to go
Yeah, we're the places that we wanted to go
It was not the intention
But we let it all go
Well, it messed up the function
And sure fucked up the flow
I hardly have people that I needed to know
Because you're the people that I wanted to know
All this scrambling around
Hunting high and then low
Looking for a face, love
Or somewhere to go
I hardly have places that I need to go
Because you�re the places that I wanted to go
Yeah, you're the places that we wanted to go
Yeah, you're the places that we wanted to go
(You're the people that we wanted to know
Shouldn't have to ask
You shouldn't have to ask
Because we are ripcord)
Oh, you're not invisible inside your car
No matter what consuming sort of mission you're on
Well, you're not invisible inside your car
So absolutely mental, going to ramble and charge
Well, you're not invisible inside your car
No matter, you just breathe it like flies in a jar
No, you're not invisible
I like the saline tea
Well, it's true that the moon can pull it
Back and forth away from me
I should just let it be
Well, it's true that the moon can pull it
Back and forth away from me
Well, it had to happen sometime
Going to shake like a charm
Well, we weren't invisible, not all along
No matter how many eons came and are gone
We were not invisible
I like the saline tea
Well, it's true that the moon can pull it
Back and forth away from me
And there's the orphaned sea
We were never invisible, but that I guess we didn't see
Of course this all had been laid down way before
We laid down for it all before we had a course, of course
Of course this all had been laid down before
Of course we lay down
I like the saline tea
Well, it's true that the moon can pull it
Back and forth away from me
And like the orphaned sea
We were never invisible, but that, I guess, we could not see
We'll get crushed by the ocean, but it will not get us wet