It's Monday morning. Code awaits
A task devoid of thanks
My heart is tanked
My spirit sank
My mind and screen both blank
I draw the cup towards my lips
In just a moment's time
With xanthine
All crystalline
Im feeling fit and fine
Now bursting with the energy of twelve supercolliders
My fingers flying freely like a pair of wired spiders
And all through my veins this peculiar feeling
A spinal chord chorus of synapses squealing
A car chase in my bloodstream forever free-wheeling
If anyone needs me, I'll be on the ceiling
Cafe diem! My fingertips
This working day will seize
With careless ease
And expertise
On battered number keys
But if I don't come down again
I'll end up unemployed
And paranoid
My soul destroyed
By perky alkaloid
A-shaking on the couch alone, defeated and deflated
And sweating mocha latte till I'm all decaffeinated
And all through my veins this peculiar feeling
A spinal chord chorus of synapses squealing
A car chase in my bloodstream forever free-wheeling
If anyone needs me, I'll be on the ceiling
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I dig my nails into the tiles and watch the world beneath
A baby with a turning head and yellow-stained milk teeth
And all through my veins this peculiar feeling
A spinal chord chorus of synapses squealing
A car chase in my bloodstream forever free-wheeling
If anyone needs me, I'll be on the ceiling
The peal of this choir's no longer appealing
A curse on this cafe and all their drug-dealing!
I swear by tomorrow, I'll switch to darjeeling
If anyone needs me, I'll be on the ceiling
credits
from Mantichorean,
released September 3, 2013
Lyrics by Stephen Wort.
Composition and music by Das Binky (www.dasbinky.com)
Vocals by Charlie Cheney.
Though he was uncredited, Steve Albini was behind the boards on this noise rock classic from the forever feral Jesus Lizard. Bandcamp New & Notable May 8, 2024
Alex Henry Foster again collaborates with Canadian-Japanese artist Momoka, who also translates the lyrics from English to Japanese. Bandcamp New & Notable May 7, 2024