It's cold again, it looks like rain.
A procession of humanity, strikingly simian,
Saunters by, I can't explain
Why it's troubling to see them so.
Better than who we are with mania
And yearning for and learning from,
Better than holiness and candy aisles
Of loneliness and sweet revenge.
A cigarette, a memory,
All connections to the permanent are burning.
The pedestal gets in the way
And cannot withstand our honest scrutiny.
Better than who we are with mania
Or standing for or dead against,
Better than holiness and candy aisles
Of loneliness and sweet revenge.
Do you feel the chill of December
In the rioting of Spring?
And are we made of something better than clay?
A leap, a fight, a secret rite,
The lonely quest for meaning and the universe is dreaming.
Better than who we are with mania
And yearning for and learning from,
Better than holiness and candy aisles
Of loneliness and sweet revenge.
Oh, sweet revenge...
Version | Length | Release | Catalog ID | Country | Format | Year |
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3:01 | Punk-O-Rama 8 | 86673-2 | United States | CD | 2003 | |
3:01 | Punk-O-Rama 8 | 66673-2 | Europe | CD | 2003 | |
3:01 | Punk-O-Rama 8 | 2663-8 | Brazil | CD | 2003 |
Chainofslowdecay
Hippy Killer
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Yes, this song seems to be lamenting our failure to evolve from our base instincts. Similar to the themes in Graffin's "Victory" but with Mr. Brett's more poetic, tragic/romantic take on it. I think it also speaks for those who see the big picture too clearly and ask the hard (sometimes impossible) questions. Life can be a lonely and sometimes depressing road for overthinkers and intellectuals.
02/01/2020 at 17:26
Yes, this song seems to be lamenting our failure to evolve from our base instincts. Similar to the themes in Graffin's "Victory" but with Mr. Brett's more poetic, tragic/romantic take on it. I think it also speaks for those who see the big picture too clearly and ask the hard (sometimes impossible) questions. Life can be a lonely and sometimes depressing road for overthinkers and intellectuals.
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VicW
Incomplete
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There's a lot about this song that I have no clue how to interpret but I think the writer is asking a simple question of whether or not we as humans are more than just animals. "are we made of something better than clay?" the writer is asking whether we really are what we all make ourselves out to be (holy or of a higher purpose) or just simply meaningless mutated monkeys
04/24/2009 at 12:32
There's a lot about this song that I have no clue how to interpret but I think the writer is asking a simple question of whether or not we as humans are more than just animals. "are we made of something better than clay?" the writer is asking whether we really are what we all make ourselves out to be (holy or of a higher purpose) or just simply meaningless mutated monkeys
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