Mentally challenged

But I always come out on top

Because I let music take over my life

Over my love for you

And now I'm a superstar

Pile the powder high on top of my plate

Open up the window sky and show me to my chair

Where I can sit and look down at my enormous feet

And drool thick rain on the non-believers

The inexperienced, who lack the mental grip holds

To climb to the furthest gaseous globule

Floating inside of their mind

It took an eye drop of his celestial lake

And a year in bed to find beauty

A carpenter can show you his shed

But I have a higher duty

When you come back, we'll hold hands in a fountain

Our pores sharing what our mouths can't explain

Love is simple, love is harmful

If you don't learn to do it correctly

And hate is a nest of gnats

Getting in yr eyes where truth hides

It's a battle just to look in a mirror

Look out, what's coming up behind you

Biography

"In and out of mental institutions"

I think will be used

To describe the 2nd half of my life

He did this, he did that

He did this, he did that

He did this, he did that

He did this, he did that

Oblivion

Carrie can't cringe

I haven't a syringe

To stick to my original plans

I'll tell you where it stands

Won't you have a seat?

In her hair

Ends the search

In her eyes

But nothing will keep me

From dying the way I choose

Slowly, seductively

In a void of bad choice

In avoidance of extreme real

My thoughts dance with her's

At the tip of her hairs

At the ends of red strands

In oblivion, and lost for good

Secrets can't race at exact same speeds

Blood doesn't rush if you stay off yr feet

And a person can't grow if you ask him why?

A person can't grow if you ask him why?

Skeletal lattice work to my head

Yr climbing like a spider

Spectral golden fruit in yr arms

You supply the nectar

And time can't space me out

Out with the introspective

In with the speculative

Gritty reality pushes in

Drying out my worn skin

Reptile eyes in the daylight

Reddens my skies

Grasshopper

When will grasshopper die?

When will grasshopper die?

Snatch the pebble from my hand

When will grasshopper fry?

Under my microscope

I'm scoping you out, girl

Don't you hop away

When will grasshopper die?

When will grasshopper die?

John Frusciante Blues

I've got a ghost in the corner of my mind

I'm trying to read his thoughts

But he's just one of mine

I tried to get away, but he just brought in more

A million ghosts are now in, rotting at my core

And it's the lie

That binds them, I

Supply the lie

I'm crying, but I don't think that will drown them out

I'd like to scream, but against a million voices I can't shout

It's getting bleak, I know the way out of this room

My hero's out in space and I will meet him soon

And you ask why

Am I alive?

I don't know why

I can't learn to drive

You need to drive in California to survive

I ride a bicycle and I take trips inside

It's sometimes hard to pedal slowly up that hill

Easier to coast on down, just take another pill

And you will see

Him and me

Out of our tree

Quite naturally

Out of our tree

Come play with me

Out of your tree

Come sing with me

Out of our tree

Out of our tree

Out of our tree

Out of our tree

Out of our tree

Voices God

(Lyrics unavailabe)

Dismantle (For Skip Spence)

I'll dismantle you with my axe of truth

With my beard of stars

Into tiny shards

I'll dismantle you with my acts of youth

With yr common clothes

Into tattered yarn

I'll dismantle you without regard

For your life and limb

Into many parts

I'll dismantle you

I'll dismantle you

I'll dismantle you

I'll dismantle you

I'll place yr eyes on my mantlepiece

So you can spy for eternity

At my inner peace and serenity

At my calm ocean

At my steadied heart

That beats softly since

I dismantled you

That beats softly since

I dismantled you

That beats softly since

I dismantled you...

Sunny Day On The Farm

It's a sunny day out here on the farm

It's a sunny day, no cause for alarm

It's a sunny day out here on the farm

It's a sunny day, no cause for alarm

A man is lying in the field

His face is being eaten by the dark

It's a sunny day out here on the farm

It's a sunny day, no cause for alarm

It's a sunny day out here on the farm

It's a sunny day, no cause for alarm

Daughters playing in the stream

Meat hanging from the trees

It's another day on the farm

On a Southern hostile farm

Nobody's here on the farm

Nobody's here, there's nothing to do

Nobody's here on the farm

Nobody's here, I'm alone with you

Let's go out to the shade

Let's go play in the shack

Hacksaws, hammers and vices

We can play with the mices

I got a scarecrow friend

I can make him talk

We could go for a walk

We could come back and stay

In the hay

When it's a sunny day out here on the farm

But now I got a reason to harm (now I got a reason, now I got a reason)

It was sunny, now it's dark

Better run now aaah aaah aaah haah

Run away from me

Go behind that tree

I will find you, Hah! See, Ahh Ahh Haah Hah!

Run on back to the farm

I will follow you

The rest of us will be home soon

And will take care of you

George, Time To Put Your Toys Away

There's a war on

It's a war with myself all the time

I can't get to the front line

I shove myself

I push and pull

It comes to blows

There's no lull

'Til I obliterate my conscience with unintelligible bombs

Like what your idea of freedom is

Your idea of democracy

And don't get me started about your love

Your love bulldozes bodies overseas

Destroys thousands, because you love me

Hides facts to keep me unaware and "free"

I say: Let me see the bad

Let me see the bad, let me see the bad

Your drving yourself mad, let me see the bad

We can handle the truth, you'll see

If you let the world shed some light

You'll be able to sleep at night

We want you to sleep at night

Cellophane Man

Wrap him up, preserve him, he's a cellophane man

Keep him in a cool, dry place, the cellophane man

He's not made of foil, he's a cellophane man

He will never spoil, if you follow this plan

Wrap him in yr arms and hold his hand

Take care of the fragile cellophane man

While yr busy with yr normal friends

He will last until the end

Unwrap him and kiss him goodbye

He'll be around long after you die

With me, 'cause I'm a cellophane woman

And I've been looking for a cellophane man

A handsome little crinkly shiny cellophane man

Pretty soon we'll have a little cellophane clan

Maybe even start a little cellophane band

Singing: Wee-a-la-la-la

Wee-a-la-la-la

Cellophane Is

Cellofun

(repeat annoyingly to fade)

I Have No Weapons Of Mass Destruction

You don't have to fear me

I am your new friend

My name is Satan

I am in your head

You don't have to run

Evil is not my function

My name is Sadam

I have no weapons of mass destruction

You don't have to worry

Superman will come

In the form of your choice for best actor

To rescue everyone

You don't have to be conscious

Of every soundbite on the news

So turn off the TV

Go buy yourself some new shoes

Walk to my apartment

And see if you can tell me

Just where my heart went

When I stopped caring about this country

DON'T CRY WHEN I DON'T

I Have No Weapons Of Mass Destruction Part 2

I like the curtains in my home, how they keep the sun out

I like the doors to my home, how they keep you out

I like the block in my brain, how it keeps the pain out

And I'm always rebuilding that wall to keep yr love out

Because I have no weapons of mass destruction

If I did, you'd all be dead

I live in a world of my own construction

The walls of my home are splattered in red

I need the permanence of my expressionless face

I need the music loud to drown out the voices

I need the emptiness between myself and the human race

I need the influence of holy spirits to make my choices

Because I have no weapons of mass destruction

If I did, I'd aim them at your heart

I live, and so do you, for now

You're lucky that we've drifted apart

I like feeling nothing

Whether it's hot or cold

I hardly ever notice

The changes that tell me I'm growing old

Ignoring time is easy when you're young

But brushing yr teeth each day, you're gonna notice the signs

Of age, laughter and sorrow

That mark yr face with lines

So throw away yr weapons of mass destruction

We'll all be dead soon enough

Stop worrying about yr function

School, work, eating, sleeping and love

Instead, follow me in to self-destruction

There is no Heaven above

Throw away yr weapons of mass destruction

Try to build a world of yr own construction

(repeat)

Scrambled/Kill Me

I'm scrambled every night (Kill me Kill me)

What a life (Please Kill me Kill me)

Scrambled every night (Kill me Kill me)

Insecticide and a knife (Please Kill me Kill me)

Got food in the oven, but

I wish it was me instead (Oh God, Kill me)

Maybe I could bloody that hammer

with my head (Yeah, that'll Kill me Kill me)

The heater runs on gas

Let's seal the windows (Now I'm gonna Kill me)

And while we wait

I'll smoke a few [Boom!]

Oh shit, that (Killed me, killed me, killed me)

I'm scrambled every night (Kill me, Kill me, Kill me, Kill me...)

I'm scrambled every night (Kill me, Kill me..........)

(repeat to fade)

My Secrets

I choked my guitar with calloused hands

I choked myself with a guitar string

And you almost choked when I told you my secrets

I sucked thought dirt up with a vacuum

I stored that vacuum at the back of my throat

And if I open my mouth, you'll get sucked in, too

Because I store secrets like mannequins collect dust

I was keeping them to myself

But now you wanna clean me up

I put so many dreams aside

There was never time enough

I thought as long as you were by my side

I could use you as a crutch

But the secrets I keep inside

Are crippling my mind

It's getting hard to hide

Why did you have to be so kind?

I'm not a man, why try to fool you?

I'm an unnoticed meteor shower

Falling to pieces through an atmosphere of truth

The blip on yr radar grows smaller by the hour

Intercept each secret with a missle

This will be the test, and I must pass

If you want to save me, I think a kiss'll

Work just fine, but make it last

My secrets need a new cave to hide

You've got a soft, warm place

Won't you let me put them inside

You're so good, you must have plenty of space

Lupin

These animals created a beast

Forced blood at their nightly feast

Forks and spoons may fool some

But I know the monster you've become

Keeping me awake with their howling

The wolves I was raised by are prowling

The child inside cowers at the screams

That permeate his adult dreams

Lions and tigers and bears won't frighten

The anomaly raised by wolves enlightened

Beyond Christianity or Cathlocism

Yet ignorant of their self-imposed prison

Keeping me awake with their howling

The wolves I was raised by are prowling

I may not be a hunter

But somebody fetch me my gun

Age has made these predators mad

Now they kill for fun

They destroyed enough lives already

Don't let them breed again

Put those dogs to sleep, children

Only then, you'll become men

Keeping me awake with their howling

The wolves I was raised by are prowling

Keeping me awake with their howling

The wolves I was raised by are prowling

Constantly ringing in my ears

Wake me up, and tell me I've

been in a coma for 28 years

Fertilizer

"You can't put yr arms around a memory"

The sky opened up and rained this on me

Then I heard, coming from the sun

"You might as well forget you used to love someone"

The grass reminded me where she's gone

Just beneath the surface of my lawn

I buried love, so let it decay

I couldn't think of any other way

She loved me, she loved me not

Never made up her mind, so let her rot

People walk by me, I hear their thinly disguised opinions

In a country I try to escape, run by a redneck and his minions

I'd like to fertilize my grass with their severed tongues

The words they spit at me are blackening my lungs

When you know yr gonna be alone forever

It's easy to decide on suicide

When you know yr as good as dead

You can do whatever you want

Death, murder, anger is what haunts

Constantly haunts my days and nights

When you bury love, you start to decay

I can't think of any other way

Nobody cares, no one wants what I've got

I'll give you the gun if you give me one shot

My whole world is hate and hurt

Soon I'll be ashes

Spread me over my love in the dirt

These songs will tell the tale of my many crashes

These songs will tell the tale of my many crashes

These words will be all that is left

Pages and pages, but none the wiser

Eventually, they'll, too, become fertilizer

I planted love, but nothing grew

What am I supposed to do to prove

That I existed here and now

I have to make these words survive somehow

Unpopular

I hate God

I hate America

To say my views are unpopular would not be extreme

I hate God

I hate America

Put me on the cover of yr magazines

I hate the millions of cold, indifferent eyes

Everywhere I go I'm followed by spies

If you want to know about me

Write a biography

If you want to see me

Put me on TV

I hate God

I hate America

Fast food, freeways, and rock 'n' roll

I hate God

I hate America

Overweight and sweaty, you'll pay the toll

When I finally snap and use my weapons

That's when you'll learn to love to hate me

Watch my laughing face on yr television screen

My laughter will mix nicely with yr screams

I hate God

I hate America

I hate Mom and I could do without apple pie

Thanksgiving, Christmas, Halloween and The 4th of July

Holidays are horror shows

Mention family and I feel a tightening around my throat

I hate God

I hate America

I hate you and I hate myself

I hate God and the devil, too

He holds a special place for me on his shelf

I'm sure I'll hate damnation for eternity

But at least I'll be away from the land

Of McDonalds and MTV

I hate God

I hate America

Won't somebody please make a movie about me?

I could get around God by not believing

But it's hard to ignore the smoke and debris

Falling from America's planes

"We just want to set you free"

Drop dropping drop and give me twenty (I hate God/I hate America)

Drop dropping drop and give me twenty (I hate God/I hate America)

[Actually I don't hate God. And I only hate what America has become)

One Man Band

You can't have Me

Because I'm taken by Myself

You can't have Me

Because I don't want anyone else but Me, because I know how to please Me

My mind entertains Me always

Plays hide and go seek and

He likes good music

He plays bass with Me

Myself on the drums and

I on guitar

I'm singing with Myself on guitar

Me on bass, and I on drums

There's a couple back-up singers

One is Me, one's I

And with Myself producing

You know He likes to stay lo-fi

You have to overdub when yr a one man band

Play the song over and over and again

And if it turns out bad, don't blame Me

Blame Myself

I'm sorry I messed up, Man, I'm just the hired help

Me, Myself and I

I want to fire all of them

I'm going solo

I can't seem to keep a friend

Not even with myself

This relationship has to end

I know Myself will break Me before I bend

I know Myself will break Me before I bend

This no-hit wonder, one man band is going nowhere fast

I have cancer, Myself has diabetes

Me, I'm not gonna last

I'm just signing both their treaties

'Cause I don't want to be at war with myself

But I, he's just an asshole

Not to say I'm perfect myself

Or Me is the king of his castle

But if we could all get along

My mind wouldn't be in a riot

What do you say, fellas, shall we try it?

Yes! No! Yes! No! Yes! No! Yes! No!

Take It Back

Give me an E

The note, not the drug

Give me a hand

Five fingers, not a fan of cards

Give me a break

A vacation, not a compound fracture

Chorus:Give me yr love

No, take it back

Give me yr love

No, I don't want to live like that

I'm sick of getting love just to give it back

Give me a sign

Wave, beckon, wink or jump on me

Give me the truth

The truth as I see it

Give me a reason

An excuse not to take that leap

Chorus

All this giving and receiving is making me weak

Am I winning? Am I losing?

I just want to be free

From the chains of love they try to wrap around me

They think that they're giving, but they're asking too much

If they want something returned, then that's not really love

If they want something returned, that's not really love

Everyone expects undying devotion

I've given all I can, I'm not a bottomless pit of emotion

Give me yr love

No, take it back

(repeat)

Took It From Me

She took the wrong route to the problem

Her words shot straight to the heart of the matter

He knows he has a lot of problems

But when you push him it makes him MADDER!

AHHHHHIII don't want to talk to you anymore!

I don't want to sing for you anymore

I don't want to tune my guitar anymore

I'm not gonna make any sense anymore

The Student Fight FIGHT!

The Student Fight FIGHT!

Ricocheting bullets and stuttering light

The Sycamore scene, The Sycamore scene

The swollen eye nightmare childhood scream

She took it from me, He took it from me

They took it from me, You took it from me

AHHHHHIII don't want to talk to you anymore!

I don't want to sing for you anymore

I don't want to tune my guitar anymore

I'm not gonna make any sense anymore

She took it from me, He took it from me

They took it from me, You took it from me

September 5th

September 5th you left me

I felt pretty bad

A week later I was happy

Because at least I had

Someone like you

Before the world went up in flames

Nothing has really changed

But nothing will ever be the same

The world's become deranged

And I've grown stupid now

Without you here to tell me "Don't do that"

I've had to turn on, tune out, drop

whatever I could get my hands on

Because everyone's deranged

Nothing will ever be the same

Nothing has changed

The world's gone up in flames

I look the same

But my insides have been rearranged

September 5th you left me

You couldn't wait any longer

Observing armageddon alone

I hope you were stronger

Two thousand miles from ground zero

Could you still feel the collapse?!

Could you still feel the collapse?!

September 5th you left me

Could you still feel the collapse?!

September 5th you left me

Could you still feel the collapse?!

Einstein

I want to build a new machine

That obliterates all human beings

Human beings are flawed

Some still even believe in God

Baby, yr going to grow up wrong!

You won't live long enough to learn

who you really are

They'll teach you to walk, but you won't get far

When I push this button, yr traveling will cease

This will be the war to end all wars

You need a war like this for world peace

If even two survive, fighting will never end

If it's only one, don't let it be me

There's always war inside my head

The earth will die before the sun

The son will die with mother and father

The sky will cry when I open it up

Everyone will be an instant martyr

Your life will FLASH before yr eyes

And you'll realize I was right

A billion ghosts will walk confused for eternity

What happened? I was watching TV

What happened? I was driving to work

I was making love to my wife

What happened? Am I dead or alive?

What happened? Am I dead? Am I dreaming this?

Where am I? What day is this?

I can't concentrate, I'm so confused

Einstein couldn't tie his shoes

Einstein couldn't drive a car

Albert, you were the evilest by far

Spiders

I am many many things

Insane is just one of them

I have several personalities

Only one of them stole yr car

But don't blame me, 'cuz

Grandfather saw giant spiders on the 101

Grandfather saw giant spiders on the 101

I have many thoughts that disagree

With the other many thoughts inside of me

I'm sorry I told you I hate you

I'm sorry I told you I love you

But it's not my fault, 'cuz

I'm seeing things crawling across my living room

I'm seeing things crawling across my living room

I have many things to do

None that I plan to enjoy

Grandfather must've started out small

Now I see them crawling up my walls!

I'm seeing spiders and I don't want to blink

I'm sensing arachnid and I don't want to think

I'm not afraid of them

I'm afraid of myself

I'm not afraid of them

I'm afraid of myself

I'm sorry I told you I love you

I'm sorry I told you I hate you

I'm sorry I told you I love you

I'm sorry I told you I hate you

I am many many things

And I hate all of them

[That's a true story about my grandfather seeing giant spiders on the 101]

Are You Ixperienced?

The flowers spit poison in to my fourth eye

Was listening to Stevie Wonder the day that I died

The pillow suffocated my dreams

But it's not as bad as it all seems

I still got my guitar, right on

My shoeless feet are caked with mud

I'm getting used to the sight of drying blood

The ground is hard, my back is sore

I'm sleeping where you shut the door

But it's alright, I still got my guitar

I stole this song from a ghost in Seattle

We're all shaking the death rattle

So come on and, uh, play if u got some time

Or just sit still and listen, pour a glass of wine

And I'll continue to play bad guitar!

(Long, bad guitar solo)

The clouds are dark with pain

In my mind, it looks the same

When I lose the things I love

I blame the sky above

But I don't cry, I'm too busy...

Doing this!

(Obviously, more bad guitar masturbation)