Baboon
Lyrics
The sun came up above the strange white plain
Blood red flowers all wet with rain
And the spirit wasn't really willing anymore, but the flesh was very, very strong
And I've got very little money left and I've got no sense
But I'll have none of your goddamned impudence
The sun came up above the new white fields
Everything was new again
Pure power stripped of meaning
Sky burning, spring cleaning
Daisies on the hillside like cancer on the skin
Pretty little yellow eyes that flutter in the wind
I'd be grateful my children aren't here here to see this
If you'd ever seen fit to give me children
And my defenses may be working with a skeleton crew
But I'll be skinned alive before I'll take this from you
The sun came up above the ocean out west
All the colors of the rainbow
Stand up straight, you can see the house leaning
Day breaking, spring cleaning
Banter
- It’s about a couple of people and they live in the same house. They might be married, it’s hard to say. You couldn’t tell it by the way they treat each other. (2001-08-03)
- So. Let's imagine a situation. In which, you're in a house. You live there. So does somebody you love. It's...you have to share the house. But, you can't just partition the house, you can't build a brick wall in the middle of it. That's stupid, and you don't know how to build brick walls, its hard to do. So there you are, with no bricks. And a house. And someone who once loved you fiercely. And now feels quite differently. And that's exactly how you feel too. Nobody wants to admit anything. Something's gonna break down somewhere along the line. That is what this goddamn song is about. (2002-11-08)
- This is a song... I say... that I want you to have in your heart when the day comes, that you see a person, whose lips, when they first met yours, fill you with a joy that you had not known before that day. When the day comes that those same lips, fill you, with the sense of revulsion you would save for an open grave. I want you to know that song. You may not want to sing it, you may not want to remember it, but I have sadistic tendencies, and I want you to remember me on that day, 'cause I'll be right down there with ya. (2004)
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