Everything I Say is a Lie Green is the color Of the other Side of fence-split groves. Yellow is the smell of Every petal That there on which grows. (O muse) I don't know what I'm saying All these words are meaningless And every song I sing Is just a string of noises. Dreams in 3D They come to me I love them so. I think of them But only when I forget how they go. (someone) Asked me what my words meant I said "Your guess is as good as mine." They're merely carnage from disasters That have struck my mind. Back to Top

Birdbrainl There are so many people That look like other people Sometimes I see a person I think he's another person There are so many names I can't remember them all So I trip and I fall I might as well not at all There are so many faces That look like other faces And the faces have names But the names have been replaced And there are so many ways You can get to a place But a straight line in space Will go forever if you don't Mind me asking why You got to steal my, My name, it's my name I cannot compromise We can't split it or share it it belongs to me As it was given by my folks When I could barely see. Well I imagine that there's someone Who looks just like me And maybe one day we'll meet And we can pretend to be Each other for a day And he would sing all my songs Sing them all day long But he would sing them all wrong! Back to Top

The South Pole Hi! My name is Cellophane and I would like you To meet my best friend his name is Gasoline we Met inside a limousine on the road to Antarctica! We flew a plane to Antarctica! We drove a bus to Antarctica! Not Africa but (The South Pole) Hi! My name is Mary Sue I think that you know what to do My house is filled with kangaroos Cherry Cupcake: Kiss me and I'll cut your tongue out, Lick me and I'll make you shout but, My advice is never doubt it, Heaven help me. Hi! My name is Integral I think you've met me Once inside a snail shell but then you left me Stranded all alone until I rand off to Antarctica! We submarined to Antarctica! We airshipped down to Antarctica! La La La La Rocks in space cause aftertastes, and I'm not hungry anymore, I want out. I want out. I got cancer from the sun, And now I hide from everyone, I ran away, ran away, ran away. I ran away, ran away, ran away, ran away, ran away, ran away, ran away, ran away, ran away, ran away, ran away, ran away, ran away, ran away, ran away, ran away, ran away, ran away, ran away, I ran off to Antarctica! I captained boats to Antarctica! I hitched a ride to Antarctica! I visited you in a dream in Antarctica! Back to Top

Monsters in this House My shoes are in a box in the basement I don't know how they got there but I bought some replacements They're covered in teeth marks, strange hairs and foul-smelling substances of dubious origin, telling A story I know from a childhood sleeping In these dark rooms, hidden, not that you believed me, But now I have proof! It's undeniable truth! Your reassuring words won't soothe me now that I found Monsters in the house. Monsters in the closets. Monsters in the hallways. Monsters in this house. Looking back on myself twelve years ago today A frightened young me hoped that you'd make them go away But you said "Hush, don't worry- they're really not there." And I said I felt better, BUT I WAS STILL SCARED. And you LIED to me! (lied to me!) Looked me in the EYE told me I was safe, your explanation was an OVERACTIVE IMAGINATION Well make no mistake, they're as real as you're fake, And I bet you'd be sorry if I was eaten by the Monsters in this house. Monsters in the attic. Monsters in the basement. Monsters in this house. Sharp teeth. Red eyes. Sharp claws. Hearts made of FLIES. Bat wings, Long faces Howling In dark places Over your shoulder The room's feeling colder And under your sheets they can feel your heart beats as they crawl they surround you They'll burn you, They'll drown you! They eat little children Who don't do as they're told The ones who spill juice The ones that can't be controlled! They'll rip out your organs and they'll chomp on your neck and when you beg them for mercy, THEY'LL DRAG YOU TO HECK Back to Top

Alligators in the Sewer Do you think there are alligators in the New York Sewers. Flushed down the toilets when they get big enough that rich tourists realize they can't control them. Eating rats and sewage, turning white from lack of Vitamin D. Their eyes are big and full of cateracts. Maintenance spots them, slithering through brackish water, And they are all albinos. Do you believe in alligators in the sewer. Lyrics to Alligators in the Sewer by Travis Demello. Back to Top

Paper Plane I built myself a paper plane It crashed into the water I built myself a paper friend I led her to the slaughter I built myself a paper house It blew away one summer night When I built myself a paper storm I hope it landed safe, alright. I built myself a paper life It's better than not having one And as for all my paper songs, I burned each one. Back to Top

The Internet Generation To the flowers; To the green grass, too: I suck the sour ones, And the sweet ones, too. It was a story That wasn't finished yet An allegory For all my regrets I used to know all the answers But I'm smarter now I know I'm dumb Thoughts the bruises I staid would surely fade There was nothing couldn't be undone I made my bed then; I ate my supper, too. I told so many lies, That I forgot the truth And still it haunts me; A tiny ghost, I know. A tiny fear that Will never let me go The Internet Generation Was the name of my first band But the songs we made were badly played And nothing ever went as planned If I could go back and fix it Knowing now what I knew then Well, I'd give anything I could To be sixteen again. Back to Top

McGregor's Garden Peter Rabbit lived beneath a tree He refused to gather blackberries Oh no Oh no Peter Rabbit was mischeiveious A heretic just like the rest of us Oh no And in the garden there are carrots galore Enough to never hunger anymore Radishes and Parsley, all delicious things We live like peasants but we'll feast like kings Oh no Peter Rabbit, he was getting ill Too many good things almost surely will Disagree He was alone inside a paradise He took a risk and nearly payed the price Nothing's free He found McGregor on his hands and knees The growing vegetables swayed in the breeze Oh no And as he desperately tried to hide He felt a terrible regret inside Himself And he remembered the words of warning his mother gave to him that morning DON'T GO IN MCGREGORS GARDEN DON'T GO IN MCGREGORS GARDEN DON'T GO IN MCGREGORS GARDEN DON'T GO IN MCGREGORS GARDEN (stop theif!) We lost our shoes among the cabbages Chasing the very greatest prize there is Oh no Peter Rabbit was not very wise Listen to mother and you'll stay alive Rest assured The rules run contrary to our condition Written, knowing of our disposition. We reach for fire and we feel the burn But it's the only way we'll ever learn DON'T GO IN MCGREGORS GARDEN DON'T GO IN MCGREGORS GARDEN DON'T GO IN MCGREGORS GARDEN DON'T GO IN MCGREGORS GARDEN Back to Top

Technophobe Technophobe Won't dance if there's a light that strobes He's scared to death of telescopes What a joke That technophobe. Back to Top

Paper and Plastic I used to have a minotaur I kept him in a maze But I forgot to keep on feeding him and then he ran aways He caused a ruckus in the city, they called animal control And then my parents sold him to a farm, or that's what I am told I used to have a golden calf I raised him in my home and I took him with us went we went vacationing in rome Now he stands in colliseums drawing crowds and licking heads And they use his fur to make the softest golden threads Your gods are paper and plastic My gods are ivory Your gods are quaint and monastic My gods hold no decree Your gods are paper and plastic My gods are ebony. Your gods are sown elastic My gods will set me free I used to date a siren with the most exquisite eyes And passion ran like fire when I looked into her eyes Till she sang to me a lullaby one warm september night And the last thing I recall is being unable to fight I have a couple of medusas, they are living in a cage. And every day I change their litterbox while wearing mirrow shades I have a bonzai tree of knowledge in my rock garden of eden Growing for ten million years In my yard. Your gods are paper and plastic My gods are figurines Your gods are quaint and monastic My gods hold no decree Your gods are paper and plastic My gods are mahogany. Your gods are so inelastic My gods will set me free Back to Top

Should've Payed More Attention I don't know the work done in lifting the lower end of a 10-foot pole that weighs 25 pounds and hangs from the ceiling So that it's level with the upper end. Guess I should have payed more attention In calculus. Back to Top

Zigguratus! Lookit all the squishy fishes at the bottom of the bowl. Lookit all the tiny slimies out there turning into coal. Lookit all the big and littles standing on each other's heads. Lookit all the sunny bunnies making rainbows in their beds. Lookit all the scary faries they are dying in a hole. Let me eat the tiny slimies before they all start getting cold. WE WILL EAT ALL THE FISHES. Back to Top

Thoughts Alone The distances between Yourself and me It is the line between Waking life and dreams I think that you will find That monsters in your mind Are something you can feel Are something very real There's so many monsters in my head. I still believe in monsters in my head. I'm still afraid of monsters in my head. Back to Top

Hey, Carmen Hey Carmen They're looking for you elsewhere A teenage girl with braces on the rail You're staring at the water And muttering a prayer behind you there are horns and rising sails Why are you so down? Where's Susie? She's late and she's the one who knows how to play this wretched violin I wish that I was like her But I'm not that creative And she's so pretty, How'd she get so thin? She's beautiful as sin The lights and the fumes And the shadows in rooms Are a face in the dark On this quiet little ark The quartet is playing And the girls are misbehaving And you're watching the moonlight dance upon the waves Tonight Hey Allie We're all having a party I wondered if you're coming to the deck We're laying in the dancehall, We're playing spin the bottle, We're listening to Sonic Youth and Beck Well what do you say? It's warm out A lovely night for sinking And thinking of the land so far away And I can tell you're homesick Or maybe you're just seasick either way, tomorrows another day So come on down and play Back to Top