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Living On Soul
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Guitar Tab: http://www.frankblack.net/tabs/song.asp?song=bside-nc-livingonsoul
Lyrics:
Though he might be a sloth
He got heart and he do mighty works
He`s got a new loin cloth
Lucky sevens and his grandmother's curse
But your person will be bursting
Like you're Bikini Atoll
Bursting ever bursting
Yeah, you'll be living on soul
They're gonna atomize you
You can`t get off your stop
Like old Charlie on the MTA
Though you were so chop-chop
You're solely sorry that you cannot pay
But your person will be bursting
Like you're Bikini Atoll
Bursting ever bursting
Yeah, you'll be living on soul
They're gonna atomize you
Heaven sent you fine, but
You don`t know what to do
And ever since you want me
You don`t know what to do
You elevate your mind, but
Can`t stand the view
I elevate my mind, but
I couldn't stand the view
Hallucinate my mind, but
I couldn't stand you
I`m drinking antiknock
I do a mantra and I know PL/1
I do the ragnarok
I`m not a monster just a proto human
But your person
Will be bursting
Like you're Bikini Atoll
Bursting ever bursting
Yeah you'll be living on soul (repeat)
They're gonna atomize you
Notes:
Recording Notes on the Christmass version:
Guitar - Martin -> Countryman DI -> Universal Audio 2-610 tube preamp.
Vocals - Neumann U87ai (with a Stedman metal pop filter) -> Groove Tubes Vipre Tube Preamp -> DBX 160SL compressor -> Digidesign 192 A/D converter (96k/24-bit)
Recorded live by Myles Mangino on September 10, 2006 in Bellingham, WA at the Night Light Lounge.
Definitions and References:
MTA - Metropolitan Transportation Authority
PL/1 - A computer language introduced in 1964 which was designed to combine the best of two prevalent languages, Fortran and Cobol, and eventually supplant them. This never happened.
Bikini Atoll
A group of islands in the South Pacific where nuclear testing was carried out.
Ragnarok
In Scandinavian mythology, Ragnarok is the battle between the gods and giants/monsters that leads to the end of the world. The battle leads not only to the destruction of gods, giants, and monsters, but to the end of the universe as we know it.
Like old Charlie on the MTA
A well-known Kingston Trio song, "The Man Who Never Returned", is about a man named Charlie who gets on the MTA but doesn't have the right change to get off at his stop. He ends up riding forever. Today, the Boston transit pass is called a Charlie card. More at Wikipedia.
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