This scream comes from a place
We forget how lucky we are
Of the things that matter the most.
CONQUEST OF THE PLANET OF THE SEE MONKEYS
From the Cradle to the grave
Labeled, packaged, standardized
Poster billboard generation
Monkey see, monkey see, monkey do
Monkey see, monkey see, monkey do
Monkey see, monkey see, monkey do like I do
Monkey see, monkey see, monkey do
Monkey see, monkey see, monkey do
Monkey see, monkey see, monkey do like me
Dancing with a lottery wife
Labeled, packaged, standardized
There was a time I was unaware
I’d lock my gaze on everything and glare
For no other reason than my will to be free
There was no power higher than the power in me
Or tell the truth when you look them in the eye
It’s our future, we have the tools
Might be there game but we make the rules.
In measured steps I’d play for time
In metered texts I’m looking for a rhyme
These riddles never made sense.
If I can’t break down walls, I’ll jump the fence
DISSATISFACTION GUARANTEED
Well this is a story about little boys
Degeneration built on structure and poise
On an island of broken toys
Dissatisfaction guaranteed
In this place of servants and kings
Climb up the ladder you get more things
Pull the puppets by broken strings
Dissatisfaction guaranteed
Kids play Zeus with crocodile smiles
Holding court; they hold it with style,
Top dogs spitting venom and bile.
I can play along with the helicopter moms,
The queen bees, the ding and the dong,
The wicked witches singinging along.
Dissatisfaction guaranteed
And I can play the king and play it with glee,
Rattle cages of lollipop thieves;
Sierra Madre don’t mean nothing to me.
Hear the Echo, yeah here we go,
In the village where no one knows
Who will follow and who will lead.
We built your dream house next to the sea
Buy today and we’ll wave the closing fee
Snaggletooth, tooth and nail-
Snaggletooth, tooth and nail-
Snaggletooth, tooth and nail-
Vermin attack from the dark
Setting loose dogs- no bite, all bark.
We came back with a roar,
When we came through the door.
It took a village to screw
To screw our lives to fuck
Treated us like we were a game
Try to play us like we were to blame
They’d best keep this in mind
This isn’t over until the end of time
Heed this warning as proof
You can’t hide from the truth
TIC-TAC AT THE ALLIGATOR TREE
There’s a place where trouble dwells
Between El Monte and Hell
Lots of vamps- lots of tramps
We can laugh, joke, and play
Dance the day and night away.
Got a swamp beat you can’t deny
Tonight’s the night to let it fly
Tic-Tac at the Alligator Tree.
I talk to spirits, I talk to trees,
I talk to Ritter, I talk to D,
I talk to Lux, to Jeffrey Lee
I’d talk to you but you don’t matter to me
We can laugh, joke, and play
Dance the day and night away.
Got a swamp beat you can’t deny
Tonight’s the night to let it fly
Tic-Tac at the Alligator Tree.
We’ll Tic-Tac at the Alligator Tree
We’ll Tic-Tac at the Alligator Tree
I wan’t excitement, I want more,
A reputation you can’t ignore
To make a statement like never before
And Tic-Tac at the Alligator Tree.
I wan’t excitement, I want more,
A reputation you can’t ignore
To make a statement like never before
And Tic-Tac at the Alligator Tree.
Push the button, then let it go.
Push the button, then let it go.
An explosion inside of me.
I am more than you can see
Retribution and broken bones
Push the button, then let it go.
Push the button, then let it go.
(Reflex/Mia Brandenburg/Soto)
Tell me why people call these eyes
Why I can’t read your eyes
To look away, just look away
Tell me why I’m not listening
Why I need to see your eyes
Tell me why I knew it all along
I sense the vice, the apathy
IN THIS TOWN EVERYTHING IS WONDERFUL
(Reflex/Mia Brandenburg/Soto)
In this town everything is wonderful
In this town everything is wonderful
In this town everything is wonderful
This town has everything you need.
There’s a church on every street
Birkenstocks for your feet-
This town has everything you need.
In this town everything is wonderful
In this town everything is wonderful
In this town everything is wonderful
They have pitchforks at the park
There’s a curfew when it’s dark-
This town has everything you need.
They have a school patrolled by rats
They won’t put up with this or that.
They stamp out little boys
When they make too much noise-
This town has everything you need.
In this town everything is wonderful
In this town everything is wonderful
In this town everything is wonderful
In this town everything is wonderful
In this town everything is wonderful
In this town everything is wonderful
On the outside looking in
A struggle you can’t win.
On the outside looking in
For the life that you live.
(Reflex/Mia Brandenburg/Soto)
To keep me off the street
For broken schemes and broken dreams
A man-child on the road of the damned.
Build them up and tear them down
I watched him fold into the night
Build them up and tear them down
He stopped, paused, and looked around
“If I could do it tonight,
Troy Brandenburg. (1964-2001)
