Lyrics:
Trip along dusty road
Care denounce no overload
In as much as what’s become
A sterile cracked up iceberg tomb
Mist on ash on murky shore
Now begin don’t let it show
Answers even without feeling
No fulfilling close the door

Last call
Open bar
Never closing
Go beyond
Last call
Shallow pond
Slow descending
So slow to drown

Match the perfect DNA
Switch pretend at last to see
Consolations is a fee
Respectfully to never be
Symbolized simile
Put in words so simply
Ask direction
No correction
Map the course to end of way
Hypocrisy

Last call
Open bar
Slow deceiving
So reach beyond
Last call
A shallow pond
Slow descending
So slow to drown

<vocal manipulation>
You make believe

Last call
Open bar
Never closing
Reach beyond
Last call
Shallow pond
Slow descending
So slow to drown

Cast a wishful air
Walk among do seem to care
On the surface righteous air
Deliver on the right to share
Mesh the fine nucleic bond
Crawl between the chromosome
On the top of what’s begun
A truthful generation burn

<vocal manipulation>

Last call
Open bar
Slow deceiving
Reach beyond
Last call
A shallow pond
Slow deceiving
So slow to drown

Transcribed by Corey based (at some points heavily) on original transcription by unknown

Appeared On:

• Bites in original version as "Last Call" (5:54)
• Brap in live in-studio version from Sept. 29, 1986 at the CBC as "Last Call" (6:05)

Total Versions: 2

Live Performances:
Bites tour
Mind:TPI tour
some dates on the Cleanse, Fold and Manipulate tour

Notes:

• The Brap version is the only officially released portion of Skinny Puppy's 25 minute appearance on CBC's Brave New Waves program. The rest of the show circulates among tape traders.

• The Brap version is a slightly edited version of the original performance. A few seconds (largely representing an appearance of the "...not to mention a gamut of sexual goodies" sample which appears in another track on the same disc) cut.

This page last updated on Wednesday, January 09, 2002
by Corey Goldberg