Barbelith Underground > Conversation > New for 2003: LYRICS O' YR LIFE v 3.0

Hey there. Today I busted out an old mix tape—from the summer of ’97! Back then it’d be in my Walkman quite often, and I’d be skatin’ around town with the volume jacked. It was relevant to my life then, and it still is, so here’s some quotes and snippets (pretty much every song is heavy, noisy, progressive &/v loud rock and roll):

Music You Can See: Side 1.

“Don’t tell me about the value of the spirits. I’ve been around.”
Tar—Building Taj Mahal.

“All around us people explain what they want. By the sound I can tell they care if I don’t.”
Polvo—Can I Ride.

“No one would tell and no fool would ever know.”
Arcwelder—Letdown.

“And everything that you hate you pile it higher on your plate.”
Drive Like Jehu—If it Kills You.

“Lackluster hero go back to zero.”
Jawbox—Empire of One.

“Laughing as the sea disappears.”
Polvo—Tilebreaker.

“Why waste time and money when we know it’s the truth?”
Arcwelder—Harmonic Instrumental.

“Don’t decide. Don’t choose. Just pick one.”
Tar—Pick One.

“Remember the city in the summertime? The streets are alive with the sound of the hive.”
Polvo—Street Knowledge.

“When it comes to keep it real I keep it really wrong.”
Beastie Boys—The Negotiation Limerick File.

“And I would be your deepest nightmare if I only could.”
Chokebore—Brittle and Depressing.

“It’s all business—all the things that you said.”
Tar—Dean Martin.

Sounds in Space: Side 2.

“We had to grease the cattle with a turgid residue.”
Alice Donut—The Chicken Door.

“47440042304420303004700740…”
Tar—Gag Reflex.

“Got my gun and it’s loaded. I got in my car and I drove off. You think I’m crazy anyway.”
Mog Stunt Team—UFO’s Calling.

“Lick lack luck reveals all tricks.”
Jawbox—ff = 66.

“When I walk out the door it’ll be a sunny day with a breeze floatin’ by blowing the worries away from my mind.”
Arcwelder—Pound.

“Wouldn’t be wrong—be so sure. It wouldn’t be wrong t’call me lucky.
Tar—Quieter Fellow.

“I got to tell you I am drowning. I got to say that I have drown.”
Chokebore—Cursor.

“Feedback. 1816. Stay fluorine.”
Love 666—MDMA.

“Well maybe I’ve been cloned—to let that man inside your home. It wasn’t me that phoned.”
Drive Like Jehu—Super Unison.

“And after awhile I start to smile until I’m sore.”
Polvo—Tread On Me.

“New way to see what’s so plain in front of me. Nothing better than a look at what I shouldn’t see.”
Jawbox—Motorist.

“Believe the unbelievable and feel what it’s like. I’m thinking the unthinkable to feel what is life. I’m doin’ the impossible—remember to forget. Deny the undeniable: I can’t remember yet!”
Arcwelder—Remember to Forget.

“Well it’s fifty cups of coffee and you know it’s on!”
Beastie Boys—Super Disco Breakin’.