WAVED OUT LYRICS - Robert Pollard Solo LP
MAKE USE
A bold night for my new rock shirt
Expected a burn-hole
Expected the worst
Such shots in the dark I should not risk
I command you to speak to me
And be humble to our works
We have suffered the changes again
And guess what theyve been spreading
But were not forgetting
Pull up and lighten yr load
Make use of the bold proposition
Make use the vast fashions
The passion is soon to burn out
Make us of the boring young heroes
Their efforts not wasted
Reward them for what they turn out
Of this we are proud
In spurs of majestical will power
Impractical thinkers design the dream
These beast-like invincible machines
100 jags in the road
Do you casually second the exit?
Are you into the easy way out?
A simple gut reaction is not to be found here
So dont come around here
Have a look
Its a Freeway
VIBRATIONS IN THE WOODS
Excited words
Are drooling forth
We are headed north
We are headed north
Up to where its good
Vibrations in the woods
We are headed north
We are headed north
JUST SAY THE WORD
Recreate no perfect score
Imagine the table where Im waiting
When I go out there
Just say the word
The one you envision
The one I have heard
The vines and the fiery baboons
Are they not free from the trees?
When I go out there
Just say the word
The one you envision
The one I have heard
The breathing at pace
With running time
The running distance
The peeling sign
SUBSPACE BIOGRAPHIES
Has there been a break today,
Stoned comedian Ringo?
Should I put the plates away?
Captain, are you sure theyre coming in?
I am quail and quasar
I picked you up on radar
I do my job each day
Empties crushed and filed away
And there is nothing worse thn
An undetermined person
Can I abuse you please it
In my subspace biographies?
CAUGHT WAVES AGAIN
Metal man buzzing
Made it through customs
Into the void and over the goal post
Went up north
To where the city lights shine
Like strobes of aurora on bottles of wine
I think Im catching waves again
I think Im catching waves
Yeah, I know it
Went out west and spoke to the sky
Took unsolemn vows
That here shall I die
Yeah, I know it
Went back home
To swallow and tuck
Headed for the sick bay
Like a Runaway Truck
Yes, Im catching waves again
I think Im catching waves again
WAVED OUT
Corroded lime I chased
From my old window world
Seemingly like an ancient demon
Waking up and waved out
Class examples of an onioned diagram
Im here to follow footfalls
Of a wasted plan
Ive been waved out
And next there comes a positive post
The options arent so good
Plus once the intervention begins
Its painful
Forgive me, I must go
Ive been waved out
Ive been waved out
WHISKEY SHIPS
Should I offer you over?
Is it best not to pain?
We could ship out our shadow lives
So come lonely
Who knows when one of them should fall
You know without them I am small
Without them Id go through withdrawal
Id hear the talking through the wall
Without them Im not brave at all
When I offer you over
Come lonely
WRINKLED GHOST
There is wind in the trees
It ripples like a song and I ask you please
Are your lasers applied?
Is your contribution generous enough to go inside?
With good in everyone
For this we have been striving
This trip is a task to long
I insist you do the driving
Will you go where youre steered?
Do you call your boyfriend Little John?
Do you call his father weird?
Do you love him the most?
Does he iron out the nasty creases
From your wrinkled ghost?
Some guys have very sharp eyes
And some are simply hiding
And some might testify
To the best of worlds colliding
Ill set sail today
Without the gods to bless me
Youd like I should go away
But I shall refuse endlessly
ARTIFICIAL LIGHT
So the sign of coming events
Flickers with missing words
And the bright blue city where
My friend have played
Fades from the corner of an eye
Tell my foes Im captain tonight
Tell my folks Im dead
I dont wanna see them
Artificial light Im clinging
Artificial light
And praying it wont burn out
Artificial light
PEOPLE ARE LEAVING
People are leaving
In total frustration
The throw up their hands
People are leaving
As I stomp into spring
(that dont mean a thing)
So:
The angels are making circles
A gift to every naked fat baby
But everyones leaving
To look for a new place to dance
And drilling the heart with sparrows
Well try to get up from the ages
And re-write the book of the pharaohs
At least add a couple of pages
And dance
Before everyone leaves
The servants are making a promise
Well all rise above the depression
The angels are making new circles
A gift to every naked fat baby
STEEPLE OF KNIVES
Im tired of you
This occasion rattled me a lot
We build our island towers high
Will it fall on me?
A steeple of knives
Caught in core emotions rising
Now our eyes have seen the hurt
Premonition/relapse
Below
RUMBLING JOKER
Rumbling joker hides a lot
Rumbling joker lies a lot to you
Leads a calibrated life
Never does it rudely, foolishly
Cool inside
May we always cry
May we drink them dry
May we wake up small and pale
Asking very good questions
Justifying an existence
In the belly of the whale
Rum professor gathers wounds
Hidden in the frozen dunes by the highway
And a sour arrangement cries
Dead before the ink dries
Im not surprised
Bruised inside
SHOWBIZ OPERA WALRUS
Uncorking a fresh jug of Indian ripple
The road to excess is a time bomb
The kids in the back wipe snot on the tail
Of your silver tuxedo but still youll not fail
Youre the showbiz opera walrus
A double bassoon and a college full of christians
Expensive and horsey
Let go the balloon
The rope walking skeletons dance to the tune
Of the showbiz opera walrus
PICK SEEDS FROM MY SKULL
What more is this beyond evil cause?
I have no time alone
Believing and leave by any couple of doors
By the roadside
By the signpost
Is a phone freak
Picking seeds from my skull
I am alone forever
I am alone now
But always be calling me
SECOND STEP NEXT LANGUAGE
Second step next language
I selected it
Cant you see it in my eyes?
And Im a competent selector of lies
That will not help you
Second step next language
On a good day
Its a puzzle in the stars
And its the offspring crawling
From broken jars
I think its challenging
Second step next language
Im a pro at it
Direct from Humble Pie
Stroke your wooly memory
And cross your foolish eyes
Next language!