Slow West Vultures
Lyrics
Breaking the signal
So it's totally unreadable
Drinking the dregs
Eating the utterly inedible
We do what we do
All for you
All dressed up
Black hat and white cane
Slowly circling the drain
Ready for the future
Ready for the world about to come
Shooting the sequel before the treatment's even finished
Sanding numbers off the monojects
As our slight returns diminish
We are what we are
Get in the goddamn car
Smiling faces flawlessly rehearsed
We are sleek and beautiful
We are cursed
Ready for the future
Ready for the world about to come
Banter
- OK now admittedly my experience is not everyone's, and you can't really generalize from your own experience, that's the disease that infects our culture, but that's another question. There's these spaces in the audience. And in my experience, shows are a lot more fun when everybody's pressed up against everybody else. So y'all move forward, alright? To me, when I was 16 and saw Nick Cave, right, the best thing about it was the people just crushing me against the front of the stage. I was having to fight tooth and nail for my position there, but there was no way in hell that I was gonna give up my position in the front row of the first ever Nick Cave solo tour. No, fuck that, hairy skinhead guy with the big old burly arms trying to push past me. No, fuck that guy. I elbowed him and I stomped on his feet, and when Nick Cave lost his balance, he righted himself on my skull. And I knew that he was passing the torch to me because he would soon be old but I was yet young and had all kinds of piss and vinegar yet in me to pass on to you. In this song. (2004-10-15 The Social)
Live Performances
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