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| Hideous Creatures was recorded at Griffin Audio Media in Grayslake, IL. Engineered by John Griffin, mixed by Frankenpony, and Kyle Johnson was again master of his domain. |
| John Griffin wrote hood, showing, and immersing. Rick wrote the rest, although it was John's idea to write apologizing. Rick also wrote the string quartet part in hood. As usual, arrangement credit goes to the whole band. |
| Organ donation on come down by Rick Cinquemani. Effected Swissy speak on nature vs. nurture by Ginger Hobi-Ragaz (because that's mandatory on a Frankenpony CD). Screams on immersing by Emily Bergadon, Cory Flynn, Katie Niebur, Jon Griffin (that's Jon, not John!), and Andrea Leigh Merriot. |
| Tara Griffin took the spooky plastic baby photo featured on the cover. Johnny Flamini went back in time to take the dinosaur photo featured on the back, and he coordinated the art and replication process. Kate Campbell expertly created the graphics. |
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What the hell do we know?
trashhe's married, but he still likes datingand she's left her small kids home alone so she can go out to play and so they both are searching for someone new to squeeze without regard for STDs white trash, you trash, one trash, two trash you trash me like on reality TV trash it's so hard to see the carnage when you're buried in the garbage hey-hey-hey, you-you-you, mister-mister-mister he's mr. hockey dad, and he can't stop screaming the veins in his neck are bulging and thick his venom is streaming and so the coach, the referee, and his son are in his aim of those he's threatening to maim this song is not about mobile homes, mullets, or money though from a certain view, life can look tragically funny but we can't let the trash pile up forever isn't it time that we all got our shit together? white trash, you trash, one trash, two trash old trash, new trash, red trash, blue trash poor trash, rich trash, mean ol' bitch trash violent guy trash, piling high trash it's so hard to see the carnage when you're buried in the garbage evolutionhas evolution brought us now to here?sitting on this worn out couch drinking cheap domestic luke-warm beer yes our thumbs they are opposable and our beer cans are disposable the modern brain can make stupid decisions we can choose to hate someone based upon their race and/or religion comparatively was the caveman oh so dumb with his protruding occipital bun? it's the progress of the species plodding through the feces standing way more upright feeling way more uptight should i laugh or maybe should i cry? are we still the fittest to survive? has evolution brought us to this place? got to see a plastic surgeon get my perfect body and/or face look me over and i'm sure you'll find evolution hasn't treated me so kind hoodlook around my throat theresee the blisters form where tightly he had a little piece of me you see my hands are tied up i couldn't lie and stand up forcefully he would take control of me you walk the earth like we do that's not fair amigo you deserve the lion's share humiliation people stare we cart around these feelings i guess it just must be i am sorry if i'm out of line here not too often do i act so crass pardon me but your hood is showing i'd like to shove that hood up your ass you think you caught me laughing that is right you saw me wishing things, terrible things on you i think my mind is made up take a hint and fade out naturally just go away please don't waste another day nature vs. nurtureif nature is the issue then let me imagineyour great grand-daddy drowned puppies just to have fun your grandma on the other side had many-a-special trait she often stole money from the church collection plate and now you are who you are it was nothing less than your fate was it nature? was it nurture? could you evolve in the future? if nurture is the issue then i'll fill in the rest your mama didn't love you she said you were just a pest your daddy taught you fighting just stay undetectable and when he isn't looking kick him in the testicles and that is how it went a product of your environment showingi don't want to show what i am hiding just you wait and seei just need to see what you are hiding quite naturally you go first and then i'll make my decision - unilaterally because the next time you see me i'll be turning red it sheds a terrible light on me i think its time to see what i am missing i'll be waiting here i'm not feeling reciprocation aimed at me dear take a shot it'll last a little longer - obviously because the next time you see me i'll be hanging out literally and metaphorically show me yours i'll show you mine right now show me yours i'll show you how right now show me yours i'll show you mine right now now i've gone and said it and i can't take it back forget it and i'll never have that recipe again apologizingwe're sorry about that last songwe realize that we were wrong we know that we were idiots you shouldn't have to show your tickets to those double features we're not hideous creatures we just thought we should get to know each other so much better i don't know this probably isn't helping... obsessingyou didn't call me back...i'm obsessing again you didn't say you love me... i'm obsessing again this song is much too repetitive... i'm obsessing again i'm obsessing again 'cause i can't have you you don't love me how could you not love me? i'm so lovable i'm obsessing again 'cause i can't have you you don't want me how could you not want me? i'm so want-able medicatingi am off my medicationswith severe hallucinations interpreting the Book of Revelation let me tell you what i see capitalists, robber barons in our midst chocolate frogs and Lincoln logs are crushed beneath their giant fists sitting on the can worried about the hand that could pull me down from far below to some place i know i don't want to go elephants wearing ties with floral prints accumulate, accumulate and wallow in their crapulence makes no sense the future spoken in past tense calling me from a brave new year feeding me new things to fear i'm back on my medications it never was hallucinations only acid reflux and frustration side effects may include headache and flatulation ask your doctor if it might be right for you rottingin the winter of my discombobulationi smelled just a hint of decay and stink mutation to find the source would be the start of my investigation i searched, i searched, i searched but much to my chagrin it seemed to follow me like it was on my skin i finally realized the stink was coming from within i am rotting from the inside-out it's pretty slow and yet i haven't got a doubt as sure as the shine on my bald head i'll end up dead just the facts i've got about 50-60 years MAX my body is a wonderland crazy hairs grow from my ears, my back, and in my nose but what you have to understand we are all just bananas, and i am getting riper i suppose if the stink had only come from the trash or lavatory i don't think that would have been much of a good story hate to leave you without metaphors if not allegory immersingdrop those bombs making sure you hit the middledon't walk that line unless you know who you cripple complete your mission just forget about the people someone get a clue point him in the right direction withstand the plan you hope we're all behind you with hand in hand we'll walk right with you wake up take a look can't you see the writing on the wall, off the wall, he believes he is mighty you tell me 'bout his triumph you don't mind if i'm not biting replace him or let's trace him on the concrete where he's lying take a minute for the average man while immersing in yourself what would it take for a change to be made? stop immersing in yourself i hate to drag you from the mirror again stop immersing in yourself, in yourself come downi know that you're down and i feel your paini know that you're partly if not mostly insane but i'm not here to judge you i've been there like you way out on the edge that's metaphorically speaking i've never literally been out on the ledge but this isn't about me why don't you come down, come down from the ledge things will look much better you will find come down, come down from the ledge think of all the things you'd leave behind like cookies and pizza things that you love the mostest and all the cream filling in those products from Hostess or maybe you like Little Debbie? and what about sex, both with and without a partner? and what about your velvet Elvis and other fine art, sir? and what about guitar leads? and just one more thing at the top of the list, too please think of us, cause we would miss you the importance of eating breakfastviolence begets violenceand violins beget cellos power leads to tyrants, and horses lead to jello an orgasm is something i can't fake which leads me to the point i'm trying to make it's the importance of eating breakfast you haven't eaten since before your long rest and you will find you feel your best and you will then feel truly blessed and you'll be having so much fun and you will stay forever young pay attention this will be on the test it's all about the importance of eating breakfast i think i'll wear a dress today, just like J. Edgar Hoover if we keep declaring war, i'm moving to Vancouver useless tragedy i just can't take which leads me to the point i'm trying to make i'll be sleeping in today wake me up for lunch ketchup vs. catsupketchupcatsup? how ya doin'? what's up? i'm trying to choose the words that you'll best understand trying to choose the words so that you'll like me better and you can tell me all about your distant and exotic land of Idaho nuclear nuc-u-ler? realtor real-a-tor i'm trying to say the words so you'll best understand trying to say the words so that you'll like me better and you can tell me all about your distant and exotic land of Idaho kitty corner, catty corner, wash or warsh the clothes scoop the snow or shovel snow or neither one of those day-ta, data, neither, nye-ther howdy-ho there, hey there, hi there how do they come and go in Idaho? bag of chipson a journey for the wordsearching for the meaning a message not yet heard the message i was needing the man atop the hill great knowledge in his head with such poetic skill this is what he said a bargain bag of chips is not a bargain bag of chips if the chip tastes like shit then no one will eat it and then all that's left is a bargain bag of shit the message was all too much i was blind but now i see and feeling so in touch 'twas my epiphany now i am awake more than i've ever been truer words never spake so i'll tell you all again a bargain bag of chips is not a bargain bag of chips if the chip tastes like shit then no one will eat it and then all that's left is a bargain bag of all that's left is a bargain bag of... all that's left is a bargain bag of...poo lookingwalking down the streeti met a woman, she was sugar-coated sweet she asked if i'd found Jesus but i didn't know that he was missing i suggested maybe he'd gone fishing she looked at me confused i said i hope you find him soon walking down the street i saw an old friend, it was years since i had seen he asked if i was busy he had some business to talk with me a golden opportunity i said i hope your pyramid scheme goes real well but i'm looking for something else she was looking for salvation he was looking to get rich i was mostly looking for a sandwich nothing fancy maybe turkey? sliced tomato hold the mayo she was looking for salvation he was looking to get rich i was mostly looking for a sandwich roasted chicken finger lickin' sliced tomato hold the mayo |