Unreleased Songs

The Meat Puppets Unreleased Songs Lyrics
1.Backwater

And when I wake up in the morning
To feel the daybreak on my face.
There's a blood that's flowing through the feeling
Witha knife to open up the sky's veins.

(Chorus)
Some things will never change
They just stand there looking backwards
Half-unconsious from the pain.
They may seem rearranged.
In the backwater swirling
There is something that'll never change.


And when I shoulda been gone a long time
It laughs, and says I find ways.
Just when they're sheltered under paper
The rockets come at us sideways.

(Chorus)


(Bridge)
Hey, I'm blind.
Good Fine.
Roll the time
On whose dime.


And when I wake up in the morning
To feel the daybreak on my face.
There's a blood that's flowing through the feeling
Witha knife to open up the sky's veins.


(Chorus 2x)


2.Damn Thing

Lyricist:Curtis Mathew Kirkwood

Here's a question, which one is right, now?
Now replyin', chicken equals cow
And cows don't mean a thing
Here's the righteous spring

Got a big head and it only keeps growin'
And the wind in my thought, it keeps blowing
And I don't know a damn thing anyway

And I'ma put my ass on the line in this song
And you can kiss this if you think that I'm wrong
And I don't know a damn thing anyway

Here's the answer, nothing goes unsung
Now replyin', cross it off your tongue
Words don't mean a thing
One more noise will sing

Got a big head and it only keeps growin'
But the wind in my thought, it keeps blowing
And I don't know a damn thing anyway

I'ma put my ass on the line in this song
And you can kiss this if you think that I'm wrong
And I don't know a damn thing anyway

Got a big head and it only keeps growin'
But the wind in my thought, it keeps blowing
I don't know a damn thing anyway

I'ma put my ass on the line in this song
And you can kiss this if you think that I'm wrong
And I don't know a damn thing anyway

Got a big head and it only keeps growin'
And the wind in my thought, it keeps blowing
I don't know a damn thing anyway

And I've been knocked into a hole and I'm standing
Turn into a troll and I'm remanding
And I don't know a damn thing anyway


3.Amazing

Lyricist:Curtis Mathew Kirkwood

Insanity is our saving grace
Like cannonballs, exploding in space
And everyone is lying in bed
Happily, they're swallowing feathers

Amazing, just a taste of blood
I tried to slap the face of an alien
Amazing, everyone's requiring a taste of blood
I'd like to say you're amazing

Suddenly I'm feeling quite well
Lovely, the sickening smell
And everyone is lying in bed
Happily, they're swallowing feathers

Amazing, just the taste of blood
I tried to slap the face of a changeling
Amazing, everyone's requiring a taste of blood
I'd like to say you're amazing

Suddenly I'm feeling quite well
Lovely, the sickening smell
And everyone is lying in bed
Quietly, they're swallowing feathers

Amazing, just the taste of blood
I tried to slap the face of an alien
Amazing, everyone's requiring a taste of blood
I'd like to say you're amazing

Goddamn the human ape
Everyone's requiring a taste of blood

Amazing, just the taste of blood
I tried to slap the face of an alien
Amazing, everyone's requiring a taste of blood
I'd like to say you're amazing


4.Incomplete

Lyricist:Curtis Mathew Kirkwood

Moonlight flickers, blue and gold
No one listens, the stories sold
And hey, it's gonna fracture time
Hey, it's gonna fracture time

Hard as a sun who rides in the western wind
My hands in fire but I can't feel the heat
Torn from the wind
Torn from the very breath I am made of
And incomplete

The screw is turning beneath the crown
The porch lamps burning and no one's home
And hey, it's gonna fracture time
Hey, it's gonna fracture time

Hard as a sun who rides in the western wind
My hands in the fire but I can't feel the heat
Torn from the wind
Torn from the very breath I am made of
And incomplete

Hard as the sun
Hard as the sun
Hard as the sun
Hard as the sun

Hard as the sun that rides in the western wind
My hands in the fire but I can't feel the heat
Torn from the wind
Born of the very breath I am made of
And incomplete

Hard as the sun that rides in the western wind
My hands in the fire but I can't feel the heat
Torn from the wind
Born of the very breath I am made of
And incomplete

Hard as the sun that rides in the western wind
Hard as the sun that rides in the western wind
Hard as the sun that rides in the western wind


5.Baby Don't

Lyricist:Curtis Mathew Kirkwood

Baby don't blink, lightening speed
Anything is alright with me
Chase that rabbit, up the tree
Anything is alright with me

Honey dripping, plastic flowers
Timeless spaces between the hours
Disappearing down the stream
Water dance itself into the sea

Baby don't move, even breathe
Anything is alright with me
Run in circles till you get free
Anything is alright with me

Red light mansions, toothpick towers
Action figures, special powers
Fancy footwork, shoes for snakes
'Causes I'm so you cannot use the breaks

Baby don't blink, lightening speed
Anything is alright with me
Nail your shadow to a tree
Anything is alright with me

Up the country, down the street
Everybody never meet
Love to see it, stand in line
Hear I'm sorry but not some other time

Baby don't blink, lightening speed
Anything is alright with me
Chase that rabbit up the tree
Anything is alright with me

Lock the door, swallow the key
Anything is alright with me
Run in circles till you get free
Anything is alright with me

Anything is alright with me
Anything is alright with me


6.Way That It Are

Lyricist:Kyle Richard Ellison, Curtis Mathew Kirkwood

These peaches taste alright
My favorite every night
I'm seasick
I'm seasick

You don't know
It's part of the way they are
You don't feel
It's part of the way they are

This dog food tastes alright
I'm wasted every night
I'm wasted
And wasted

You don't know
It's part of the way they are
You don't feel
It's part of the way they are

This dog food tastes alright
It's wasted every night
I'm seasick
I'm seasick

You don't know
It's part of the way they are
You don't feel
It's part of the way they are

You don't know
It's part of the way they are
You don't feel
It's part of the way they are


7.Hour Of The Idiot

Lyricist:Curtis Mathew Kirkwood

Everything starts to multiply
Then it's burning bright
Here aboard this tiny craft
That fact that changes fished in last

This is the hour of the idiot
Wonderful time, we're declined to take command
This is the mirth of human brilliance
A wonderful hour of the idiots at hand

Everything never feels
Pretty sure I screamed grief
This has to be my lucky day
A second help is on its way

This is the hour of the idiot
Wonderful time, we're declined to take command
This is the mirth of human brilliance
A wonderful hour of the idiots at hand

Engines start to multiply
Everything fills my heart
Here aboard this tiny craft
That fact that changed this switched in last

This is the hour of the idiot
Now is the time we've come to take command
This is the mirth of human brilliance
A wonderful hour of the idiots at hand

This is the hour of the idiot
That was a time when the crime could take command
This is the mirth of human brilliance
A wonderful hour of the idiots at hand


8.Vile

Lyricist:Curtis Mathew Kirkwood

Little dirty distraction
Little lovey low
Little monkey attraction
Just about to explode

Lights go up, lights go down
Thoughts start to corrode
An unpopular faction
Keep the voices low

Had a reaction to the video
Vile, vile
Just one deep breath and it's a way to go
Vile, vile, vile, vile, vile

Time to put on the blinders
Bread's covered with mold
Check's in the garbage
Movie's getting old

Lights go up, lights go down
Thoughts start to corrode
Unpopular faction
Keep your voices low

Had a reaction to the video
Vile, vile
Just one deep breath and it's a way to go
Vile, vile, vile, vile, vile

Vile
Vile

Medieval contraption
Prehistoric spell
Some reptilian action
It's invaders from hell

Lights go up, lights go down
Thoughts start to corrode
An unpopular faction
Keep the voices low

Had a reaction to the video
Vile, vile
Just one deep breath and it's a way to go
Vile, vile, vile, vile, vile

Had a reaction to the video
Vile, vile
Just one deep breath and it's a way to go
Vile, vile, vile, vile, vile
Vile, vile, vile


9.Lantern

Lyricist:Curtis Mathew Kirkwood

The moon won't rise
It turns to dust in my eyes
Dust in my eyes, dust in my eyes
Dust in my eyes, dust in my eyes

In the Canyon, getting hard to see the light
Bring the lantern, setting fire to the night

The water's still dry
I can't get the mud from my eyes
Mud from my eyes, mud from my eyes
Dust in my eyes, dust in my eye

In the Canyon, getting hard to see the light
Bring a lantern, setting a fire to the night
In the Canyon, getting hard to see the light
Bring a lantern, setting fire to the night

The cold dark bites
The pair of things in my sight
Dust in my eyes, dust in my eyes
Dust in my eyes, things in my sight

In the Canyon, getting hard to see the light
Bring a lantern, setting a fire to the night
In the Canyon, getting hard to see the light
Bring a lantern, setting a fire to the night

In the Canyon, getting hard to see the light
Bring a lantern, setting a fire to the night
In the Canyon, getting hard to see the light
Bring a lantern, setting a fire to the night

In the Canyon, getting hard to see the light
Bring a lantern, setting a fire to the night
In the Canyon, getting hard to see the light
Bring a lantern, setting a fire to the night


10.Town

Lyricist:Curtis Mathew Kirkwood

Nowhere an hour is the speed that I fly
Greeted by vapors when I do arrive
Don't mind my story
It'll only drag you down

In a one trick town
One sick clown
Instincts on a high wire
The rain flying around
In a one trick town

The sun is a spark from the axe that I grind
The bright night of wishes, a wish to unwind
The river in winter has froze to the ground

To the one trick town
One sick clown
Instincts on a high wire
The rain flying around
In a one trick town

Nowhere an hour is the speed that I fly
Greeted by vapors when I do arrive
Don't mind the memories
They will only drag you down

In a one trick town
One sick clown
Instincts on a high wire
The rain flying around
In a one trick town

One trick town
Don't mind the memories
They will only drag you down

In a one trick town
Don't mind the memories
They will only drag you down

In a one trick town


11.Orange

Lyricist:Curtis Mathew Kirkwood

Well, that iceberg
Well, wanna dewdrop
Well, at the sidewalk
Well, it's just a backdrop

Slow down, slow down
Do you feel like running?
Take a look around
Slow down

Well, got a history
Well, got a force field
Well, want a future
Well, got a mystery

Slow down, slow down
Do you feel like running?
Take a look around
Slow down

Well, revolution
Well, all the big wheel
Well, wanna fire fight
Well, wanna boogie

Slow down, slow down
Do you feel like running?
Take a look around
Slow down

Slow down, slow down
Do you feel like running?
Take a look around
Slow down

Well, well, well, well


12.The Spider & The Spaceship

Lyricist:Curtis Mathew Kirkwood

I don't think too clearly on matters sincerely
And matters sincerely seem cloudy at best
There's debate about the mascot for a building in the
neighborhood
And minolean chickens are growing out west

Which one is larger, the spider or the spaceship?
It's the question of the hour, if you know what I mean
Which one is more powerful, the spider or the astronaut?
In the score left unsettled, it remains to be seen

Let's ponder this question, why did I eat peanuts?
Though pretty to look at, it tartened the sea
That beautiful peanuts are there to be eaten
May somehow not fit into nature's great scheme

Which one is larger, the spider or the spaceship?
It's the question of the hour, if you know what I mean
Which one is more powerful, the spider or the astronaut?
In the score left unsettled, it remains to be seen

Mr. Saturday Night is a cowboy in a motorcar
With a head full of answers to criminal schemes
His daddy's in prison and his friends are all fuckers
The car drinks petroleum, Mr. S runs on beans

Which one is larger, the spider or the spaceship?
It's the question of the hour, if you know what I mean
Which one is more powerful, the spider or the astronaut?
In the score left unsettled, it remains to be seen

And which one is larger, the spider or the spaceship?
It's the question of the hour, if you know what I mean
Which one is more powerful, the spider or the astronaut?
In the score left unsettled, it remains to be seen


13.Shave It

Lyricist:Curtis Mathew Kirkwood

I, drawin' of a sunshine, I
I, an X ray of a dream, I
And a boat that's out on water
Up the river made of sand

I, drawin' every mountain, I
I, postcard in my hand, I
And a boat that's out on water
Up the river made of sand

Move the picture from the wall to the shelf
And the picture said 'I love myself'
Swearin' at the rain as it felt
And the rain said back 'I'm not myself'

I, come to the desert, I
I, monkey on my back, I
And a boat that's out on water
Up the river made of sand

Move the picture from the wall to the shelf
And the picture said 'I love myself'
Swearin' at the rain as it felt
And the rain said back 'I'm not myself'

Move the picture from the wall to the shelf
And the picture said 'I love myself'
Swearin' at the rain as it felt
And the rain said back, 'I'm not myself'

Move the picture from the wall to the shelf
And the picture said, 'I love myself'
Swearin' at the rain as it felt
And the rain said back, 'I'm not myself'