What songs throughout your experience have had, to you guys, the weirdest/creepiest, most unsettling lyrics?
For whatever reason - maybe you were most put off by Blink 182's ode to canine sodomy, or maybe you are deeply religious and Imagine by John Lennon was a bit frightening to you - what freaked you out?
Me? I don't know for sure, but I can say that David Bowie's Five Years had a pretty scary, unsettling plot. And that song could have been quite meaningful to some people with the whole 2012 fear thing last year.
I'll just put down "The entire discography of Cannibal Corpse and Murderdolls" then knock off for lunch.
And Porcupine Tree's Nine Cats.
The butterfly sailed on the breeze Past a field of barbed wire trees Where golden dragons chased around Pampered puppies on the ground Two silver trout sat way on high And watched a royal samurai Plant two black orchids in a box And strap it to a laughing fox A minstrel bought a crooked spoon He gave it to a blue baboon Who filled it full of virgin snow And watched it in the afterglow Fat toad stood in his ballet shoes Teaching sixteen kangaroos How to skip across a lake They found it hard to stay awake A Pharaoh played a merry tune And watched nine cats dance on the moon I didn't know what all this meant I didn't know why I'd been sent. I threw 5 clocks down on my bed The chimes danced out on golden threads And turned to footprints on my wall Sequined tears began to fall
Half of whatever Frank Zappa or Butthole Surfers sing is out there in the boonies. Not creepy, but definitely on left field.
Now for creepy? How about:
Country Death Song / Violent Femmes:
I had me a wife, I had me some daughters. I tried so hard, I never knew still waters. Nothing to eat and nothing to drink. Nothing for a man to do but sit around and think. Nothing for a man to do but sit around and think.
Well, I'm a thinkin' and thinkin', 'till there's nothin I ain't thunk. Breathing in the stink, till finally I stunk. It was at that time, I swear I lost my mind. I started making plans to kill my own kind. I started making plans to kill my own kind.
Come little daughter, I said to the youngest one, Put your coat on, well have some fun. Well go out to mountains, the one to explore. Her face then lit up, I was standing by the door. Her face then lit up, I was standing by the door.
Come little daughter, I will carry the lanterns. Well go out tonight, well go to the caverns. Well go out tonight, well go to the caves. Kiss your mother goodnight and remember that God saves. Kiss your mother goodnight and remember that God saves.
A led her to a hole, a deep black well. I said make a wish, make sure and not tell and Close your eyes dear, and count to seven. You know your papa loves you, good children go to heaven. You know your papa loves you, good children go to heaven.
I gave her a push, I gave her a shove. I pushed with all my might, I pushed with all my love. I threw my child into a bottomless pit. She was screaming as she fell, but I never heard her hit. She was screaming as she fell, but I never heard her hit.
Gather round boys to this tale that I tell. You wanna know how to take a short trip to hell? Its guaranteed to get your own place in hell. Just take your lovely daughter and push her in the well. Take your lovely daughter and throw her in the well.
Don't speak to me of lovers, with a broken heart. You wanna know what can really tear you apart? I'm going out to the barn, will I never stop in pain? I'm going out to the barn, to hang myself in shame.
Although necrophilia's got to be up there among the freakishly creepy.
xitel: Well, there's the song Detachable Penis... enough said about that one.
I've heard that.
One of my friends brought over a CD once that had two songs on them. They were strange and I don't remember what they were, but they were very repetitive. The disturbing one went:
I wish the milkman would deliver my milk, in the morning. I wish the milkman would deliver my milk, in the morning. I would like some milk from the milkman's wife's titties. I would like some milk from the milkman's wife's tits.
Every breath you take Every move you make Every bond you break Every step you take Ill be watching you
Every single day Every word you say Every game you play Every night you stay Ill be watching you
Oh, cant you see You belong to me How my poor heart aches With every step you take
Every move you make Every vow you break Every smile you fake Every claim you stake Ill be watching you
Since youve gone I been lost without a trace I dream at night I can only see your face I look around but its you I cant replace I feel so cold and I long for your embrace I keep crying baby, baby, please...
Oh, cant you see You belong to me How my poor heart aches With every breath you take
Every move you make Every vow you break Every smile you fake Every claim you stake Ill be watching you
Every move you make Every step you take Ill be watching you
Ill be watching you Ill be watching you Ill be watching you Ill be watching you..
I don't care if you think Sting is fucking hot he has sung the creepiest song I have ever heard.
I play doctor for 5 minutes flat Before I cut my heart open...and let the air out Three bugs, a pound of dust some wind spilled before me In the stRangest manner that had broke away my tear spout
AS I LIE THERE WITH MY TONGUE SPREAD WIDE OPEN A BLACK WIDOW OFFERED ME A SWEETHEART TUBE AS I INJECTED THE CANDIED HEART THE I SELECTED she said don't hesitate JUST DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO
Remember when you ran away and I got on my knees and begged you not to leave because I'd go berserk?? Well... You left me anyhow and then the days got worse and worse and now you see I've gone completely out of my mind.. And..
They're coming to take me away, ha-haaa!! They're coming to take me away, ho-ho, hee-hee, ha-haaa To the funny farm. Where life is beautiful all the time and I'll be happy to see those nice young men in their clean white coats and they're coming to take me away, ha-haaa!!!!!
You thought it was a joke and so you laughed, you laughed when I had said that loosing you would make me flip my lid.. RIGHT??? I know you laughed, I heard you laugh, you laughed you laughed and laughed and then you left, but now you know I'm utterly mad... And..
They're coming to take me away, ha-haaa, They're coming to take me away, ho-ho, hee-hee, ha-haaa. To the happy home. With trees and flowers and chirping birds and basket weavers who sit and smile and twiddle their thumbs and toes and they're coming to take me away, ha-haaa!!!
I cooked your food, I cleaned your house, and this is how you pay me back for all my kind unselfish loving deeds.. Huh?? Well you just wait, they'll find you yet and when they do they'll put you in the ASPCA, you mangy mutt!!! And...
They're coming to take me away, ha-haaa. They're coming to take me away, ho-ho, hee-hee, ha-haaa. To the funny farm, where life is beautiful all the time and I'll be happy to see those nice young men in their clean white coats and they're coming to take me away, ha-haaa!!! To the happy home, with trees and flowers and chirping birds and basket weavers who sit and smile and twiddle their thumbs and toes and they're coming to take me away, ha-haa!!! To the funny farm, where life is beautiful all the time... (fade out)
Do you mean "Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream...?" For weird lyrics, anything by Frank Zappa. "My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Momma" and "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow" being personal favorites and sound advice.
[spoken] [KG:] Dude, we gotta fuckin' write something new. C'mon. [strums] [JB:] I don't like that. So far ba--, off to a bad start. [strums again] [JB:] Better, closer, warmer. [strums again] [JB:] That's it. Okay.
[sung] I love ya baby but all I can think about is Kielbasa sausage, your butt cheeks is warm. I check my dipstick, you need lubrication honey, My kielbasa sausage has just got to perform. Now get it on!
I see you walkin', but all I can think about is Dianetics, your butt cheeks is warm. I check my dipstick, you need lubrication honey, My kielbasa sausage has just got to perform. Now I've been set loose-ah, I'm shooting my juice-ah, Right in your caboose. Now fuckin' get it on! Now get it on. Get it on!
Dianetics cure ya much better than Krishna, Dianetics cure ya much better indeed, And all you people here you're tremendous, (Except the people in the middle), And you're smokin' up a big-ass bowl of weed With me, me and KG. All right! Oh yeah, All right! Oh my God! All the ladies in the house say yeah (yeah), C'mon, you muthafucka say a prayer (prayer), When ya fight, ya gotsta fight fair, You muthafucka, ho, you muthafucka, You know what time it is? Tenacious D time, you muthafucka, go! Fuck yeah! Yeah, yeah!
I would have to say one song Styx did a while back, all they sing the entire song (6:12) Is "Genki Desu Ka". Its kind of creepy if you ask me.
Sylocat: My dad loves this verse from "Don't Let's Start," by They Might Be Giants:
"No one in the world ever gets what they want, and that is beautiful. Everybody dies frustrated and sad, and that is beautiful."
The rest of the song is pretty awesome (in that vein) too.
I like the one where they sing about how they turned into a bag of groceries. That's pretty hilarious. Or "Build a little Bird House in your Soul" Is also a good one.
Heh. Pretty When You Cry by VAST is either the bitterest or the most psychopathic love song I've run across, at least as far as the relatively normal section of my library is concerned:
you're made of my rib or baby you're made of my sin and i can't tell where your lust ends and where your love begins
i didn't want to hurt you baby i didn't want to hurt you i didn't want to hurt you but you're pretty when you cry
and the moon gives me permission and i enter through her eyes she's losing her virginity and all her will to compromise
i didn't want to hurt you baby i didn't want to hurt you i didn't want to hurt you but you're pretty when you cry
i didn't want to fuck you baby i didn't want to fuck you i didn't want to fuck you but you're pretty when you're mine
i didn't really love you baby i didn't really love you i didn't really love you but I'm pretty when i lie
you hurt me baby i hurt you baby
if you knew how much i love you you would run away but when i treat you bad it always makes you want to stay
i didn't want to hurt you baby i didn't want to hurt you baby i didn't want to hurt you baby i didn't want to hurt you baby
Iron Maiden's song 'Hooks In You'. Apparently, they were looking for a new house at the time, and came to one that belonged to a pair of sadomasochists. This couple had installed hooks on chains that dangled from the ceiling, and so Iron Maiden wrote a song about it.
Hooks in you, hooks in me, Hanging from the ceiling for that well-hung feeling...
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What songs throughout your experience have had, to you guys, the weirdest/creepiest, most unsettling lyrics?
For whatever reason - maybe you were most put off by Blink 182's ode to canine sodomy, or maybe you are deeply religious and Imagine by John Lennon was a bit frightening to you - what freaked you out?
Me? I don't know for sure, but I can say that David Bowie's Five Years had a pretty scary, unsettling plot. And that song could have been quite meaningful to some people with the whole 2012 fear thing last year.