@ALBUM: "The Day Everything Became Nothing" by NoMeansNo @SONG: THE DAY EVERYTHING BECAME NOTHING ================================= The day everything became nothing, I was standing underneath a streetlight, wishing I had a cigarette. I can't recall anything unusual about it. If there was something in the air, if the skies had clouded over, I wasn't aware, I was too bored to care. No thunder roared. No lightning cracked. No missiles rained from the sky. This was no sneak attack. There was just suddenly this awful lack. Things had changed, that's for sure. The day everything became nothing, you couldn't put your finger on what had gone wrong. The alleys were still dirty; the garbage still smelled; there was no panic in the streets; just a lot of grief--in people's faces, in their eyes--a mixture of horror and total surprise. This was no apocalypse. No one heard a voice from the sky, there were no miracles at the 7-Eleven, no one screamed, no one even asked why. It was just like everything had somehow, quietly died. So let it die! I can't recall much of what happened next. I was on my way to visit this woman I knew. All we had in common was good sex, and now I couldn't even remember her address. A group of us, just strangers, got together and we formed a committee to discuss the problem. We talked about things like assured mutual destruction and emotional responsibility. I couldn't remember my name, so I called myself Bob. It's weird being a Bob, but I'll get used to it. I have to. @SONG: DEAD SOULS ========== Dead souls, dead souls They're coming, I know (2 times) Dead souls, dead souls They want my soul (2 times) Dead souls, dead souls They'll find me, I know (2 times) Dead souls, dead souls They need to feed (2 times) Dead souls, dead souls They'll find me, I know (2 times) I know I know Dead souls, dead souls Dead souls, dead souls @SONG: FORGET YOUR LIFE ================ Now if You Feel Like nothing Nothing and nobody And if You See Nothing Nothing and nobody Forget your life It's nothing Now if You Cringe and shrink inside But say nothing Nothing to nobody And if You Cry But say nothing Nothing to nobody Forget your life It's nothing You're hiding Why are you hiding That's nothing You're scared What are you scared of That's nothing Forget your life It's nothing Forget it @SONG: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST ==================== Beauty lies in the eyes Behold the eyes where it lies If beauty lies in the eyes Behold the eyes the beast You, you're beautiful You, you're beautiful Beauty talks but beauty lies Beauty wakes the beast inside A feast of eyes where beauty walks Behold the eyes the beast You, you're beautiful You, you're beautiful Beauty struts and beauty flaunts 'cause this is what the eyeball wants Beauty doesn't stand a chance Behold the eyes of the beast Those hungry eyes on beauty's parts Those burning eyes on beauty's parts Those burning eyes so dark and hot Dark and hot dark and hot dark and hot Behold the eyes @SONG: BROTHER RAT =========== Let's go out and see what we see Let's go out and see what we see Just you and me just you and me And there will be no other brother Brother We'll knock back a few and talk about life We'll knock back a few and talk about life And what is right and what is right We'll talk about life and what is right And there will be no other Brother, buddy, pal, comrade, friend Buddy, pal, comrade, friend Until the end A shake of the hand, a pat on the back A shake of the hand, a pat on the back A knife in the back, a knife in the back I'll buy you a beer, a knife in the back And there will be no other Brother We're one in the same, you and me We're one in the same, you and me We're brothers, brothers in arms We're friends until the end We're brothers, brothers in arms Until the end Your end Brother rat @SONG: WHAT SLAYDE SAYS ================ Slayde is my buddy, my pal, he is my brother I am one, he is the other When the sun shines, he is my shadow And when the moon is high, it's at his feet I lie But I'll never listen to what Slayde says I'll never listen to what Slayde says Slayde's always talking, and it's rarely nice He's always whispering his poisonous advice He is secretive, ruthless and cold He mentions just enough and leaves the rest untold He said, "Don't ever risk an open attack, just smile Into their faces and then stab them in the back" But Slayde, I said, what about the weak, The helpless and the small? He just sneered and said, "Fuck 'em all, fuck 'em all" He said I am a murderer, although I've killed no one You talk in puzzles Slayde, I said, what have you really done? "I've cut the twining cord, I've shot the turtle dove, I've shut out that precious light that shines from above" Slayde, you are a poet, I said But what are you truly speaking of? He smiled and whispered, "I murdered love" He smiled and whispered, "I murdered love" I guess I hate him, no, that's not really true He's not completely bad, sometimes he'll crack a joke or two I guess I've grown accustomed to his funny ways It's not his fault that he was made that way I hear him in my sleep, I see him in my dreams I see him crouched before some terrible machine And then I face a mirror and he steps in between Can you tell me, what does this mean? Can you tell me, what does this mean? Now I lay me down to sleep And pray to God my soul to keep If I should die before I wake You'll know I've made my escape But there is one step I'll never take I'll never listen to what a Slayde says... (all songs written by NoMeansNo, 1988)