WE SMOKE AND WE DRINK FOR TWO HOURS
SITTING NOT FAR FROM YOUR HOUSE
OH CHEMICAL JOY I’M A GOD AND HERE
HEAVEN IS NEAR THIS TIME I GUESS
BUT SUDDENLY THE SCENERY APPEARS
SO STILL TO ME SO NEAT AND COLD AND CLEAR
SLOWLY I BECOME A PART OF IT
IT’S DONE I CAN FEEL IT
AND NOW
THE ROAD IS RED
AND TIME IS OUT
AND I’M IN A CAR
BUT MY BELLY ACHES A LOT
I SWEAR THE DRINKS AND FOOD WERE EXCELLENT
HOW I KNOW THEY WERE
IT’S HARD TO SEE WHAT THE STORY MUST BE
MY STAYS IN STARS ARE SADDENNING ME
I CRAVE FOR CALM OR INNOCENCE
I COULD HAVE SEEN
THE HORSE IN ME
RUNNING FREE
IN XTC
BUT MY BELLY ACHES A LOT
I SWEAR THE DRINKS AND FOOD WERE EXCELLENT
HOW I KNOW THEY WERE
CAN YOU SEE THE END OF ALL
THE DYING LAND IN BLOOD
THE LOSS OF LIVES AND LOVES
THE LONELINESS IN US
WE’LL SEE MAYBE I’M WRONG AND DESPERATE
YOU’LL SAY MAYBE IT’S A PRETEXT TO DISAPPEAR
SEE I FLEE IN ME
LIKE A BEE
FLYING FREE
BUT MY BELLY ACHES A LOT
I SWEAR THE DRINKS AND FOOD WERE EXCELLENT
HOW I KNOW THEY WERE
OH SEMINAL JOY I REACT
credits
from The Inside Laws,
track released March 1, 2009
Words by Gregory Peltier
Music by Gregory Peltier and Olivier Stula
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