red blood splattered on the bedroom wall; you thought he'd lie.
broken stretcher on the sidewalk chalk; he slips a sigh.
as he exits, the front door slams; she starts to cry
as she looks up to this lonely town's only diamond sky.
scattered fragments of a church hymnal begin to fly.
the reverend kneels before the ashes; he wonders why.
lifts his head and through the tears he sees a butterfly
as the rain falls from this lonely town's only diamond sky.
i wrote to god in a magazine, "tell jesus hi."
i said, "you don't know what you mean to me." why did i lie?
he cracks a smile and says, "i know you never meant to say goodbye,"
as he looks down from this lonely town's only diamond sky.
banana
a giant banana rose up over the earth today.
i didn't have many words to say.
so i asked congress for an explanation.
they said, "sorry kid, you're sniffing around the wrong place."
people cry when giant fruits rise up into the sky.
they say, "hey man, that's not your place."
people die just as soon as they start asking why.
questions are going to be the death of all the human race.
a famous scientist engineered a solution:
a giant genetically modified monkey.
"we're gonna shoot this massive ape up into the sky
to peel that bastard back, see what's inside, and tell us why."
the population hates ideas so uncomfortable.
"is this going to affect my 401k?"
the general public settles for historic formulas.
ideas are going to be the death of all the human race.
i'd like to offer you a happy resolution
but i can't. this story's neverending.
there over 2.5 billion bananas in orbit to date.
turns out humanity was just a few seconds too late.
people fly when songs won't even tell you why;
they say, "hey man, you gotta sing it to my face."
so now i'm waving all the fans i'll never have goodbye.
songs are going to be the death of all the human race.
this song is going to be the death of all the human race.
breathing holy filth
we all live in a yellow s.u.v.
i want to walk in your daydreams
because i need your bed at night
millions wait at the edge of the seam
they say, "one day it's going to rip
and i'll finally get my share."
people tell me a lot of things about this place we call america.
well, i'm going to tell you something. tell you what i see.
a half-naked man with a dead black snake tangled about his arm and a noose around his neck.
wait a minute, things are changing.
the snake is gone.
the noose is loosened.
the nurse is calling the other offices.
the celebrities finally murdered each other.
there's black stones piling around the edges of the pentagon.
something just flashed in your mind
and i'm singing; breathing holy filth.
candy fleas
apple trees and bumblebees.
cherries fall on daddy's knees.
everyone eats candy fleas.
this is where my pain has gone.
hades
holy cow on a frigidaire.
liver rot on the spot.
death never had nothing to say to me.
crystal clear was the first shot of the attacking polka dot.
on the line, a vacation spot in hades.
harvest
there's a light coming through the cavern.
northern lights are calling me back home.
the dust storm blew the cornfields out of pattern.
slight of hand has left me here alone.
blue skies, blowing wind, swing my hammer.
dream of light, dream of starry skies.
wish you ran away when it started.
instead you're caught adrift in lonesome lies.
i'm going to break your heart until the harvest comes.
lying in my bed, i plead for summer.
winterfog can crack my head in two.
on the windowsill, the rain still dances.
in my head, you're in my head tonight.
now you're back, you pay me no attention.
all the years i spent with you now fade.
you, you've got a new conquistador.
twisted fate; i wish i'd kept it straight.
in & out & marrow (pretentious poetry)
i miss a job & not much time.
i miss the snow.
i miss the rain.
i miss the beach.
i miss the girl & forty-eight of my neighbors.
i miss clean teeth & love.
i miss dogs in heat.
i miss my family, bring me home.
i miss the livestock.
i miss cleaning & products & shaky hands.
i never miss the country because it's always sucking me in & out & marrow.
i miss flaming flaming swords & retribution & sometimes hate.
i miss shields.
i miss summer.
i miss miss misses.
i miss hurt & sorrow & tears, o the tears coinciding with the rain.
i miss perception & i miss the girl, the world.
i miss the carefree curiosity.
i miss the dragonflies & drugs.
i miss the altered state of being.
i miss computers & life & livestock flowing & turning, dipping & squeezing.
i miss zippity-do-dah & tra-la-la.
i miss the black crowes & smoking & smoking.
i miss the evenings & dry throats & uneasy stomachs & conversation.
i sometimes miss the pain, the rain, the anxiety, the girl.
i miss the drinks & the flutter & the spin & the shpeeel.
i miss the coke & greed & throwing candles & dirty white walls, holy & indisposed.
i miss the sleep.
i miss the crutch & the shattered bones.
i miss spring & heat & ice cold red diamond tea.
i miss camoflauge & skating & filthy language & falling falling tra-la-la.
i miss skipping & rhyming & purging & peaches.
i miss beds & pain & the unstoppable rain & always always always the girl.
in the summer bye & bye
you were eating nachos lakeside
beneath a banner that read "county pride."
the fireworks rang out.
your brother and sister, they were running about.
and i told you that i loved you.
we were six and that was a.o.k.
in the summer bye & bye
this is how we lived and how we'll die.
just about then, a giant aeroplane came a-flamin' down from the clouds and somebody screamed, "hey, they're trying to rain on our parade!" i tossed my little hot dog aside and wrapped my limbs around your outside and we dove right in and swam out to where the sun meets the water.
mental diving boards
ceiling falls to the bedroom floor.
ceiling falls to the once before.
there is no helpless.
there is no shelter.
ceiling cracks in the mountain door.
ceiling cracks always twice or more.
i stroll the fire off the casual street.
i stop and spar incidental treats.
i fell down floors and mental diving boards.
this is a song, give me the ketchup.
one young gentleman chose death
little white smile, you remind me of the little black lies thrown around.
little blue tears fall behind me.
well, i never meant to drag you down.
i'm taking pictures of your face, because sometimes time can erase
a smile that only lasts a while on your little red face.
little white smile, don't fade away.
little white smile, you remind me of your little green shoes on the ground.
little red heart still hides inside me.
well, i never meant to keep you hanging around.
i'm faking memories of your face, because sometimes life can erase
a smile that only lasts a while on your little boy face.
little white smile, don't fade away.
copyright 2004 popsickle records. smile for the camera.