Axilla
I should label this section "Axilla: Part's One and Two," because that is what it is, a two part piece that is once again inspired by the Gamehange saga. In this song, the "Gamehenge character," has his "loins dissolved," (as the lyrics describe). The original piece was written by Tom Marshall, but it was later revised by the band for its release on Hoist. In fact, the piece was intended to be played for Rift, but it was lifted because it supposedly "didn't fit the theme of the album."
To continue the story, the second part of the Axilla section continues with having the character's loins dissolved by the witch, and then there is a lament for the travesty. This song was played 56 times as of the "Big Break," and was first played on November 19, 1992 in Colchester, Vermont. That was just the first section. The second piece came out on March 16, 1994, which was in my home town, Amherst, Massachusetts. Trey was the lead singer for both sections, as you can hear on the two albums that they come out on.
These albums are the Hampton Comes Alive, and Hoist. The first album has Axilla I, and the other has Axilla II.
AXILLA I
I dropped the buzzard in the sand
and trudged off slowly toward the town,
I needed dinner and a place
where I could throw my weight around,
I detected faint Axilla scent
that put me off my appetite,
But mouflon warring where I went
renewed in me a need to fight,
Then reveling in mirror mask
I soon was lost in foggy ditch,
Without a feather gray or white
to tickle that piano witch,
Fearing that I must expose
my worm to holographic haze,
My Clinometer error rose
and spawned in her new mawkish ways
I woke the witch with reverence
reserved for serpents, snails, and slugs,
and turned to face the furry thugs,
The sheep they smiled with teeth agleam,
The weapons in their hooves revolved
I detected a prostatic ream,
I gulped and felt my loins dissolve!
AXILLA II
Summer sitting out by the pool
A ray of sunshine getting in my way
Close your eyes and wish that it were cool
Everyday
And I wish it could be back the other way
But what's dissolved ain't coming back today
Close your eyes and wish that it were
Close your eyes and wish that it were
Axilla axilla axilla axilla
I never understood what my body was for
That's why I always leave it layin out on the floor
The shape a curiosity
Where different faces fit before
And tracing my image in the sand
To pass the time from slip to fall
The line I trace begins to weave
A tangled web from wall to wall