THE SOUND OF URCHIN BLACK CASTLE LYRICS SIDE 1 1) FOLLOW THE HOLLOW There's a place to get away from all the bangings on the brain There's a place to get some time from all the things that hurt your mind I know you can't believe it's true I know you won't believe it's true I think it's time to shed some light and lift you up out of the night It's rather dark inside your mind follow the hollow and crawl out of sight 2) WE'RE GONNA BUILD THIS HOUSE I'll play my led zeppelin for you, baby come with me and I'll light your cigarette, now baby ya haven't done a shot since the Yalta Conference, ya haven't done a shot since Yalta… baby First we dig it up, then we lay it down one by one we'll get it done we're gonna build this house 3) THANK YOU FOR ALL THE FLOWERS Self-righteous starving actor, you went to India and brought back a mantra I can't believe that I listened to that mantra I couldn't touch you, no one can touch you Cause you are blessed and the rest of us are messed Oh thank you for all the flowers you mean the world to me and to my expectations you're just too kind for all this adulation all for my work, my love and dedication Self-righteous indie-musician, you changed your name to sound like you've been living I can't believe that I sat right there and listened we couldn't touch you, no one can touch you Cause you are blessed and the rest of us are messed 4) DON'T MAKE A SOUND Have you seen the vicious, the hungry and delicious? Alright! Who grant you all your wishes and make you feel malicious? Alright! And do you trust the liar, the keeper of the fire, who make you pay the price? You know you can't inspire the cheap to be the buyer, not unless you ask them twice, alright! Now are you feeling better, bound in your favorite sweater? Alright! Your face is getting redder and your hands are getting wetter, alright! And do you ever tire of the same old coiled wire that can grip just like a vice? The mountains getting higher, and there's clothes left in the drier, and the hold's as cold as ice, alright! Don't make a sound, your head is spinning round Stare in the clouds and don't ever look back down 5) DRANK TOO MUCH OF THE POTION My boring days are about to end Every nerve is standing on its end The witch doctor should apologize, for the phoenix who had no choice but rise ‘Cause I drank too much of the potion drank too much of the potion, and I'm sad Full of strength, confidence, and time My sights are clear, but my judgment’s blind take a dive, take a dive my friend that little voice can save you now and then Please build me up to be a stronger man I can handle rollin' with your plan just a story reveals to me every day I never would've dreamt it went this way 6) I SAW IT WRONG You gotta run to the edge then jump in the water and hold your breath 'til you can't anymore… then pick up the pieces of your past that you smashed Just forget about the time, forget about the fable forget about the dinner getting cold on the table… then go outside and find your mind It can't be done, it can't be done I know today that I saw it wrong I saw it wrong, I saw it wrong but it's the same for everyone yeah, it's the same for everyone SIDE 2 7) FUCKING DISAPPOINTMENT Oh to feel like "someone", I am not the dumb one you, my friend, are crossing lines drawn out by something you know, you got to be in it to grow Oh you know, you're a fucking disappointment I'm making my appointment, sir, for 10am I guess I'll see you then, I'll see you then Oh to feel entitled, must be so delightful knowing that you're privileged, not freezing or frigid, or cold you know you're looking rather old Oh you know, you're a fucking disappointment I'm making my appointment, sir, for 10am I guess I'll see you then, I'll see you then 8) THE FOREST DARK AND DEEP When your thoughts are asleep the forest dark and deep the wind begins to speak you're far from home Faces blank seem to stare then vanish right into the air were they ever even there? you're far from home The past, the dream, is dark and deep it's fading into far away and dissolving into dust Afraid of what is unknown no place to hide in this home can't look above or below you're far from home Is there some kind of light? that can help see through the fight? I thought it was already in sight far from home where is the innocence, the inner sense, the innocence? Panic and fear and distrust taking over all of us something must give in if it must we're far from home What was clean is un-pure what was known is unsure nothing seems right anymore we're far from home 9) DREAM OF SEAVER Tell me did you dream, tell me did you dream of seaver Tell me did you dream, and cry away the night You don't like women, you say you don't like hanging out You don't like women, so let's see you twist and shout 10) PET CEMETERY Open up the moment and look into the sky, on a starry night Open up the moment and look into the sky, you'll see me flying by Oh, I'm so high Don't walk through the park too much longer after dark Don't listen to the wind, all the spirits whistling You think that you are ready, But you're never ever ready to face the other side of life 11) CLIMBING UP THAT MOUNTAIN Am I the only one that hasn't moved on? Am I the only one that's running in place? Am I the only one that hasn't moved on? Am I the only one that hasn't changed his face? Am I the only one that's not grown up yet? Am I the only one not following suit? Please, tell me, 'cause I want to know Is there something I should do to change me? Maybe I will, or maybe I won't, but right now I'm feeling so alone Everyone is climbing up that mountain getting old Am I the only still with a dream? Or are dreams just things that you can't achieve? THE CRYPT E.P. LYRICS (Bonus Black Castle Era EP) 1) SPRITZER California, California on my mind California, you know I’m feeling good about myself Spritzer, feeling good about my mind Spritzer, California, ocean on my mind And I’m learnin’, learnin’ about myself I can learn from the ocean And the Spritzer Spritzer, feeling good about myself Bubbles, spritzer Feelin’, feelin’ Learning, learning’ about myself The spritzer And my spritzer Got a lot of things on my mind California, thinking ‘bout the things I’ve left behind California, California Right here in California With the ocean on m mind Spritzer Got the bubbles on my mind 2) FERRIS WHEEL Flash, flash, your livin' in the past you keep on clouding things with this and that Round goes the ferris wheel, no time to stop to think or feel one ride from what is real, your running out of chances Tense, tense, you can't forget your friends well I'd like to think that I am a good friend Hence, hence, you're making some amends well I'd like to think that they'd be there 'til the end Oh I wish you could hear these words but I know that they'll go unheard yeah I wish you could hear these words but I know that they'll go unheard yeah I know Spent, spent, your life is not done yet well I know, but I don't know how to get it set Sent, sent, you act like you've been spent well I know, but I don't know how to make the sense 3) AUGUST THE 17th Summertime, spend some time Share a line on 2nd and 9th Street Come with me, walking's free, way downtown Over night, packaged right Noah's down the alley on Avenue D Out of his mind, hopin' to find it, way downtown How could I forget, August the 17th Layin' on the mattress, lookin' at the ceiling How could I forget, August the 17th Nothin' but future in front of me How could I forget, with nothing to regret... yet Summertime, unending night took me eight days to come back to life nothing's left, a shell of myself, and I don't care Don't bother knockin', no one's home I checked out four hours ago Breeze is blowing, I am goin’ way downtown 4) LEAVE THE DAY Can you take the weight? Can you take the strain? Can you take it all away and leave the day? Can you take the rain? Can you take the pain? Can you take it all away and leave the day? Everything has come to pass Now it's time to break the glass Yesterday is in the past At last is coming fast 5) ISN'T IT NICE TO KNOW YOUR NAME I can't sit still, I think I need my fill I can't stand up, I think I better stop good things come in batches and holes are made for patches, so can you stitch me up cause I'm shit out of luck Got people in the city, someone out in Jersey someone better hurry cause the winter's comin' early I think I feel a packet in my leather jacket the smartest people say "isn't it nice to know your name" So burn, burn, burn as the tables will turn and ride, ride, ride as the cars will collide and burn, burn, burn as the pages will turn away, away Today is looking great and tomorrow's just a day, and yesterday is gone, but I'm happy it's away got dollars in my pocket and ready for the rocket my bags are all packed up, tell the man to beam me up I don't know what I'm going after, I try to go slow, but I only get faster everyone thinks that they know everything... admit you know nothing, please just let me think ooh la la la, ooh la la la 6) WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF SOMEBODY CALLED YOU A NAME? What would you do if somebody called you a name? Would you stand up to him or would you run back in shame? Because you know the reason he’s doing that is because he’s insecure And you know that he needs to get help, man And that fact is for sure What would do if someone tried to sell you some drugs? Would you smoke a doobie or would you call him a thug? Because you know, narcotics are problems, plaguing the streets of today And you better believe me when I tell you We’ve gotta get them out of our way 7) RED OCTOPUS>PASTEL TWEED>RED OCTOPUS RED OCTOPUS Red Octopus PASTEL TWEED La la la la la la, la la la la la la Baby let me tell you, baby let me smell you low tide wigglin' squigglin' all around you Makin' up a muddy brown stew It's my newest, it's my caraway seed and even if you're Jewish, in pastel tweed in pastel tweed Baby what a stretchy workout colonic coffee gets the murk out doesn't matter baby if you're sixty eyes are buggin out like a fuckin' pixie Well all the coke burned outcha now, the bitches smoke and I don't know where you gone you take the grains of sand out of my hand now I seen you on the surf I stick my nose inside your turf and I've killed another man now I killed him again, he was my friend I killed him again, and then I made love to this man In pastel tweed I love you, man. RED OCTOPUS Red octopus Take your base, son 8) DID U TAKE THE BLACK CAR Well, well, I didn't hit her Well, well, I just pushed her, her What happened the moon go? What happend the moon, well, well, I didn't hit her Well, well, I want food Well, well, I want peach food, peach food Well I don't want to have it, I don't need to want it I don't want to need it anymore General scratches his belly and thinks... Did you take the black car? Did you take the train? Did you take the black car? Did you take the train? Shelter for you and not for me, Didn't wanna, didn't wanna to hit her, well, well I just pushed her Didn't wanna, didn't wanna to hit her, well, well I just pushed her We all want food We all want peach food Well I want to, I don't want it, I don't wanna need it Take the black car, take the black car did you take the train? Take the black car, take the black car did you take the train? General scratches his belly and thinks