Punch Drunk on Black Mold

by Absofacto

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I had a completely different song all ready to release a couple weeks ago, but at the last second it got earmarked for inclusion as the b-side on a 7", which left me with no song for you. So I whipped out the ol' acoustic guitar and amazingly, 45 minutes later I had a song. I haven't been able to write that fast in a long time, but I made my way pretty easily from line to line. It felt pretty good!

I wanted to record this one in free time, not to a click, since I was going for a looser old pop feel. That way I could be a little more impulsive and speed up a tiny bit if I got excited about something going on, which I sometimes did.

I was going to limit myself to 8 tracks all on my tape machine to keep me from going off the deep end like I always do, but once I dove in it became clear I was going to need a lot more tracks for layering up the backup vocals, so I bent the rule and let myself have some extras on the computer.

The music itself sounds like a sad song about lost love, but to me it's actually a happy song about escaping from a psycho killer. But it can also be about lost love if you like!

lyrics

I am sitting in the back with a jar of fire ants
picking my teeth with a razor blade
I know you'll be back any day

Waiting around, I found a couple of crazy sounds
but then they up and walked away
that's how I know it's finally safe to say
that you are never ever coming back
I know you're never ever coming back

Punch drunk on black mold
I broke a finger cause I'm getting too old
and though it wasn't mine to begin with
it looked enough like mine that I felt it

It's too cool to be a school, it's too dark to be a park
I'm not quite sure where I am
but to be honest I don't give a damn
because I know now that you are never coming back
I don't care about anything else cause you're never coming back
I don't know what to do now that you're never coming back

And I saw one little ray of light sneak under the door
like hope in a movie
or an angel in a dusty book
oh page eleventeen, spirit me away from here

I am sitting in the back with an empty jar, aah!

Cutting the ropes with the razor blade
sawing the bars with a thing I made
breaking the locks and iron braids
run in a straight line for days and days and days

Cause I know you aren't coming back
I can't believe it's true, are you really never coming back?
I don't know what to do now that you are never ever coming back
I don't care about anything else cause you're never ever coming back