Stasis

Oh Yeah Now That’s the Stuff
In the 206
Find Your Own Way
Just a Dream
Ghosts of My Deeds
In Quarantine
The Tale of Narcissus
Devil Inside
Said Too Much
Stasis

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Oh Yeah Now That’s the Stuff

So it’s my lunch money or you’ll gimme a bloody nose
Shit, you get an A for originality man
Cool letterman’s jacket, maroon is your color
Congrats you ran the 40 in under 5 seconds flat

No, what? I wasn’t staring at your girl
What, no, she’s not ugly, man, whatever floats your boat
She wears a lot of make up, an excessive amount of perfume
Makes you wonder what she’s hiding underneath all of that

So hold up lemme get this straight I probably weigh like ninety pounds
And you two meat heads wanna duct tape me a foot up off the ground
So all the upperclassmen can laugh their fucking asses off
At the puny freshman dangling helplessly, oh yeah now that’s the stuff!
Oh yeah now that’s the stuff …

Cool truck man! With those monster mudder tires
Chevy, Ford, whatever, it’s classic man, real vintage
In your aviator glasses, you’re cruising down Main Street
Cigarette hanging from your lip, you’re a real James Dean

So now you want my help with your chemistry homework
Oh, you just wanna copy mine? Man that’s not cool
Ok fine, just take it, I get it, you need to pass, I mean
If you get kicked out, who’s gonna …

Lead the football team (who’s gonna?)
Impregnate the prom queen (who’s gonna?)
Flush my head in the toilet (who’s gonna?)
Miserably stay in the closet …
Oh yeah now that’s the stuff …

I bet you don’t remember me
But I remember you
I bet you don’t remember me
But I remember you
And all the shitty things you did
To make damn sure that you fit in
To make yourself feel the tiniest bit
Better about the world you were living in
Better about the big dark emptiness
Better about that fear inside your chest
Better about your face and your fraud and your station
And the violence that you used to distract from your temptation …
Your temptation …

In the 206

Gettin’ drunk and gettin’ busy
In the 206 drinkin’ by myself
Feelin’ like I’ve just won the Grand Prix
Crossed the finish line, trophy’s on the shelf
Cos life ain’t easy living in this city
In the 206 livin’ by myself
So get ya smoke on, and take it easy
In the 206, accept nothing else

The rains come down
They drench the town
In shades of gray on gray
Day after day after day
In the 206
Dark days and nights
Keep me locked inside
Pale face against the panes
Day after day after day
In the 206 …

Some say ‘Seattle freeze’
It’s a real thing
People as cold as ice
But they pretend to be nice
In the 206 …
But don’t make eye contact
Might break your mama’s back
We all just stare at our feet
Walkin’ up and down the streets
In the 206 …

Find Your Own Way

Remember when, little boy, lost deep in the woods
Remember when, little boy, the trees were closing in
You looked up, you saw them gathered all around
Old faces in the trees, their beards hanging down
Three times, you asked them for their sage advice
Three times, you heard naught in the silent night
You’re nowhere and no place and you wanna be
Know you’re gonna have to find your own way …

Homeward bound
Back to some little town
Sneak in without a sound
Slip on your mother’s gown
Eternally homeward bound
No escape from your past and now
Lipstick smeared o’er that frown
Stare at this grinning clown

Remember when, little boy, the circle in the sand
Remember when, little boy, the sand in your hand
You looked up and you saw the full moon in the night
You looked down and you saw her twin reflection cry
Three times, you told her, you must walk the path
Three times, she circled, and so it came to pass
You’re nowhere and no place and you wanna be
Know you’re gonna have to find your own way …

Never said it would be easy …

Just a Dream

I had a dream
I kissed you in the public square (it was just a dream)
I had a dream
No one stopped and yelled or stared (it was just a dream)
I had a dream
The rubberneckers took a rest (it was just a dream)
I had a dream
They were okay with our happiness (it was just dream, yeah)

Oh! Ohh, oh oh …
And you say unto me
You say, ‘now don’t let them get to you’
Don’t let them do you no wrong
And I say unto you
’I won’t let them get to you’
Won’t let them do you no harm

I had a dream
I was comfortable in my own skin (it was just a dream)
I had a dream
A different world than we’re living in (it was just a dream)
I had a dream
That we could celebrate our love (it was just a dream)
I had a dream
No judgement came from up above (so far away …)

No masks, no fears …
(It was just a dream)
No shame, no tears …
(It was just a dream)

Ghosts of My Deeds

One Eyed Jack stands by the wall
He flicks a cigarette onto the floor
But no one else has seen the gasoline
No one else except of course you and me

He jumps into a Cadillac
He turns and winks then turns and smiles
His wicked grin is meant for you and me
As we tumble into the backseat

It’s like I’m looking through a mirror twenty years ago today
The ghosts of my deeds will haunt me all the way to my grave

One Eyed Jack, he slides on past
Ropes of velvet, his smooth bare chest
A flower in bloom, dog in heat, dare he stay
But the hangman he waits for some other dame

Hair white with bleach and his long coat tails
And blue eyes that squint in the sun
The scent of cheap sex is expensive cologne
We belong to him and to him alone

It’s like I’m looking through a mirror twenty years ago today
The ghosts of my deeds will haunt me all the way to my grave

Who am I? (Who are you?)
Who am I? (Who are you?)

In Quarantine

I wanna go out and play
I wanna go out and play
I wanna go out and play in the sun and have some fun
I wanna go out and play in the sun and have some fun

In quarantine now
Not sure I know how
I’m socially distanced
It’s self inflicted

In quarantine now
I don’t remember now
How we used to dance
I’m so conflicted

I wanna stay out all night
I wanna stay out all night
I wanna stay out all night in the club and have some fun
I wanna stay out all night in the club and have some fun

In quarantine now
Not sure I know how
I’m socially distanced
It’s self inflicted

In quarantine now
I don’t remember now
How we used to dance
I’m so conflicted

Do you remember how things used to be?
How things used to be, pre-quarantine?
Cos I’ve forgotten all of the little things
Your smile, your touch, the way you look at me
And all the things that we wanted to be

In quarantine now
Not sure I know how
I’m socially distanced
It’s self inflicted

In quarantine now
I don’t remember now
How we used to dance
I’m so conflicted

The Tale of Narcissus

If you could look down
You'd see there’s blood spilled on the floor
The unfortunate miscarriage
Of your sweet Babylonian whore
And the devil, he holds your mirror,
It's broken, it shattered
Now you can only see yourself in a sliver
And nothing else seems to matter

Now there is hope yet
For the upright and the righteous man
To transform from vanity
Come to Jesus, he has a plan
But your savior and your suitors
And your allies you dismiss
You choose to found a rebellion instead
Against this metamorphosis

Narcissus, sweet Narcissus …

But you forget the symmetry
From which your story is born
You’re listening for last breaths from behind
The safety of your wooden door
And your obsession to be immortal
Are the only words to that song
To be reincarnated like Orpheus was
Turned from a man to a swan

Now there's no one here with you
But then this is your plight
Your questions are now only answered
By your faint echo calls in the night
And now with cheeks so scarred, you are damaged
But you gaze into your mirror still
Delusions of grandeur cause your lovers such pain
All from this simple daffodil

Narcissus, sweet Narcissus, vain Narcissus, oh ohhh ….

You bloom, you die, sword in your side
You’re only thinking of you
You bloom, you die, sword in your side
You’re such a silly fool

If you could look down you’d see the blood
Spilling on the floor, it’s spilling on the floor

You’re such a silly fool … You only think of you …

Devil Inside

Here come the woman with the look in her eye
Raised on leather with flesh on her mind
Words as weapons sharper than knives
Makes you wonder how the other half die
Other half die
Makes you wonder … wonder, wonder

Here come the man with the look in his eye
He’s fed on nothing but full of pride
Look at them go, look at them kick
Makes you wonder how the other half live

Devil inside, the devil inside
Every single one of us, the devil inside
Devil inside, devil inside
Every single one of us, the devil inside
Ohhhh … Mm hm hmm …

Here come the world, with the look in its eye
Future uncertain but certainly slight
Look at the faces listen to the bells
It's hard to believe we need a place called hell
A place called hell

The devil inside, the devil inside
Every single one of us, the devil inside
Devil inside, the devil inside
Every single one of us, the devil inside
Ohhh … na na na na nanana …

Well here comes the woman, with the look in her eye
She's raised on leather, with flesh on her mind
Words are weapons sharper than knives
Makes you wonder how the other half die

Devil inside, the devil inside
Every single one of us, the devil inside
Devil inside, the devil inside
Every single one of us, the devil inside
The devil inside, the devil inside
Every single one of us, the devil inside
Devil inside, devil inside
Every single one of us, the devil inside
Ohhh … na na na na nanana … …
The devil inside … yeah yeah yeah
Ohhhh …
The devil inside … yeah yeah yeah

Said Too Much

I’m so high
Like a kite in the air flying way up there
I can fly
Like a bird on a wing, wing and a prayer

You’re so fine
You take a dive beneath cerulean skies
Out of time
Makin’ me wait for what’s rightfully mine

I’ve said too much
You haven’t said enough

I’m so high
Like a kite in the air flying way up there
I can fly
Like a bird on a wing, wing and a prayer

You’re so kind
Do what you must, baby put up a fuss
Lost your mind
A toy that’s left on the seat of a bus

I’ve said too much
You haven’t said enough

I’m so high
Like a kite in the air flying way up there
I can fly
Like a bird on a wing, wing and a prayer

You’re so blind
To the ways of the world, now clutch your pearls
What’d you find?
A flag don’t mean nothing ’til it’s fully unfurled

I’ve said too much
You haven’t said enough

Why do I tell you everything that’s on my mind
When you never say to me what’s on your mind
If we lay down our cards you know what we find
Maybe turn out we both of a plastic kind …
A plastic kind …

Stasis

The basic concept of stasis is that
We are where we are because
All of these other factors had to happen
Like, there was maybe a war that our parents avoided
So that they could get together and have babies
Like, it’s all a series of events—

It’s chance, it’s chance—

Yeah, some people call it destiny
Some people call it ‘nature of things’ …

Some people call it chance
Some people call it destiny
Some people call it nature
The nature of things …

We’re only here on earth
Able to live as human beings
And we’ve been able to evolve
Into conscious creatures
Because we’ve had enough time
Because of this relative period of stasis
Rather than chaos

You know, we have a—
It’s been a long long long long long long time
Since the planet’s been pummeled by a meteor
For some reason viruses haven’t evolved
To the point where they could actually wipe us out
Although it’s sounding like it’s
Closer and closer to happening

I think we’re here because
The grand formula of design
The rules if you will
Have given us this opportunity
And that means every moment and every life
And every second and every life lived …

Every moment of every life, and every second of every life lived
Every moment of every life, and every second of every life lived
Every moment of every life, and every second of every life lived
Every moment of every life, and every second of every life lived

And every cell of every structure of the plants
And the concrete that we use for the barriers
As the bricks and the foundation of society
And every last particle, the cells and the neurons
And the electrical impulses and the energy required
For our brains to function like super computers
I mean, you have to be thankful that we’re even here at all

And so the fact that we even quibble over
All the little minuscule bullshit and—
Pffft, come on man … Come on
It’s like, you look in the fucking sky
And it’s nine o’ clock at night
It’s almost summer solstice
And the sky is baby blue
And the maples are lit up
And it’s just a gorgeous verde green
And the dying notion of the day …

Just look into the fucking sky
It’s nine o’ clock at night
It’s almost summer solstice
And the sky is baby blue
The maple trees are lit up
They’re just a brilliant verde green
And yeah, there’s this notion of the dying day
There’s this notion of the dying day
But tomorrow’s coming …
Tomorrow’s coming …

We’re just so fuckin’ lucky to be alive, oh!
We’re just so fuckin’ lucky to be alive, oh!
(Tomorrow’s coming)
We’re just so fuckin’ lucky to be alive, oh!
We’re just so fuckin’ lucky to be alive, oh!
(Tomorrow’s coming)