Skammentary: Lead vocalist Dicky Barrett has referred to his own lyrics as "word salad," meaning his lyrics are verbose rather than concise. As my bandmates from Murky Transport Disaster & Real Can of Yams can attest, my own lyrics emulate Barrett's word salads.
"He slammed a deck of cards on the table wicked hardEat, Pray, Love,
And said, 'Feel free to count them, if you want.'
I had better things to do, and knew there'd be fifty-two,
I said, 'I'm good thanks,' acting nonchalant.
He went on from there, he waved them in the air,
'A normal deck of playing cards,' he said.
'Pick one,' he barked at me, but do not let me see it.
I didn't pick a card, I left instead.
"Just a little bit closer to nowhere,
A little more somewhere, somehow,
As close as can be, without actually being nowhere right now.
A little bit closer to nowhere.
A little more somewhere. somehow.
As close as can be, without actually being nowhere right now.
"She had a god's eye up on the beautiful bonsai,
She hung the rosary beads around the Buddha's neck,
A dreamcatcher fell and rang a sacred bell
Near the Hindu tapestry that was a wreck.
I heard the bell toll when I struck the singing bowl
With a crystal that I found behind the chimes.
Flipped through a copy of
I didn't judge her, no, I don't sometimes…"
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