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| FEBRUARY 2002 |
| OKLAHOMA SATCHELS (MUSCUTT) You�ve been through that you�ve experienced that you don�t see the point now You�ve been there and you�ve done that You�ve got the shirt you�ve spent your money you�ve had it up to here and now you want to get out and leave In Oklahoma you�ve seen all there is to see you�ve achieved all you ever want to be In Oklahoma there�s no end to what you can see there�s no end to what you could have been You�ve seen everything yeah you know everyone who lives there and now You�ve reached the top now there�s nowhere left to go You�ve done the time you did the crime and now you�re out on the street with some money And your conscience intact so far In Oklahoma you�ve seen all there is to see you�ve achieved all you ever want to be In Oklahoma there�s no end to what you can see there�s no end to what you could have been You�ve called everyone you�ve crawled to everyone and now you�re down on your knees Staring up at the falling leaves You�ve hated everything that you ever done you�ve hated everyone who calls your friends Who don�t live there anymore In Oklahoma you�ve seen all there is to see you�ve achieved all you ever want to be In Oklahoma there�s no end to what you can see there�s no end to what you could have been This song is about moving on, for instance living your life the same way for a really long time and then thinking �it�s time for a change�. The reason for it being set in Oklahoma is incidental, it could be about anywhere, I guess. COFFINS (MUSCUTT) Containers for the dead wooden tombs for the breathing You think there�s nothing wrong with being buried underground But think again because for every one there�s another one burning in the furnace in the church You�re trapped inside coffins trying to get out thinking about the days gone by You�re moving but you�re sinking deeper by the second hoping someone hears you call They say it�s ashes to ashes whenever someone dies but think about the meanings and they become nothing Inflatable soul infallible in the afterlife hear the earth rain down and think about the darkness that going to come You�re trapped inside a prison resigned to remain thinking about getting away from it all You breathe a sigh of relief as you move through the underground floating away, away from it all Basically this is about being buried alive and then slowly dying. Mmm, nice. I always wondered what it would be like, not like I want to try it or anything, it�d be a terrible way to go, but�it must be uncomfortable, mustn�t it? MANTEQUILLA (MUSCUTT) Mantequilla sunrise taking its toll walking through the desert sand hot beneath your feet Mantequilla drum beat smoking allowed appear in desert burn slow baby burn And this is a little something I tossed off in the Carribean� THE LAND OF THE LIVING (MUSCUTT) Oh you�re all so happy you make out like you believe that this is the life for you that this is your dream Oh you all pretend that you love it so much that you�re happy here and underneath you�re so� This is the land of the living baby and it�s not what you thought Yeah you have your routines for living well they�re all useless now You think you�ve got it all and you are it all but in the end it comes to nothing So stop pretending please you don�t seem real you just seem fake You think you make good decisions when you sign and take But this is the land of the living something you�ll never complete I fucking hate people who pretend they are enjoying themselves when really they�re not. I think a lot of people who go to university don�t really like it, perhaps more than you�d think. I certainly don�t, and because I hate fake people, I make no bones about showing my true feelings � even if that makes me a miserable bastard when I�m at university. Most of last year was spent in a kind of depressed state, I�d crossed the barrier of hating the place and had gone from living to just existing, so or it seemed. COGS AND MACHINES/I AM EMPEROR, I AM KING (MUSCUTT) Mutual destruction a pre-emptive strike take what you covet yeah take what you like Because I don�t feel anything towards you or your friends you give me pressure yeah you give me the bends I don�t care I don�t care if you�re emperor I don�t care I don�t care if you�re king You can sing all you like it�ll never be right you can sing all night - but nobody cares You can lead us all you want it�ll never change our feelings or alter anything Associated overkill attack without warning take what you can yeah take it and run Because you know I feel nothing about the things that we see it fills me with wasted everything I don�t care I don�t care if you�re emperor I don�t care I don�t care if you�re king You can sing all you like it�ll never be right you can sing all night - but nobody cares You can lead us all you want it�ll never change our feelings or alter anything The cogs and machines turn over day and night but just because you�re leader doesn�t make everything alright I don�t care I don�t care if you�re emperor I don�t care I don�t care if you�re king You can sing all you like it�ll never be right you can sing all night - but nobody cares You can lead us all you want it�ll never change our feelings or alter anything This song is about leadership and how it�s not always the best leaders that are chosen to show us the way forward. Especially going into war when it�s not the best option. MR AND MRS (MUSCUTT) When he proposed to her she was over the moon she wants to sort her head out he wants it over soon They went ahead that summer the day went so well she had her doubts underneath but she never did tell Mr and Mrs living together a married home in the English weather They�re Mr and Mrs dreaming of something they lost that feeling and now there�s nothing So now they live together though they sleep apart daydreaming in ideal homes lamenting from the start He�s down the pub all night she wished she�d never said yes It would have saved the bother saved cleaning up his mess Mr and Mrs living together a married home in the English weather They�re Mr and Mrs dreaming of something they lost that feeling and now there�s nothing One day it came to a head it would always end in tears She�s been feeling down for months it�s its been going on for years Adds him to her shit list as he comes in drunk again she�s had enough of emptiness and now she laps into a friend Mr and Mrs living together a married home in the English weather They�re Mr and Mrs dreaming of something they lost that feeling and now there�s nothing Hmm, a light-hearted (totally) account of a marriage breaking down, and the first evidence that my songs are getting influenced (only a hint at the moment) by Black Box Recorder. |
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