Unusual Song Lyrics

What song lyrics do you think are weird? I think those to the song Pictures of Matchstick Men by Status Quo are odd!

http://www.statusquo.com/lyrics/inmychair.htm

[Rushjunkie2112]

Well I guess Porcupine Tree has their share of off the wall lyrics too.


Porcupine Tree Hatesong lyrics
[Lyrics - Wilson, music - Edwin, Wilson]

This is a hate song just meant for you
I thought that I'd write it down while I still could
I hope when you hear this you'll want to sue

Oh it's a lonely life in my empty bed
And it's a quiet life that leaks from my head
These are the last rites
The line is dead

Yes, I'm hearing voices too
And I'm more cut up than you

[Hat-Kun]

I can think of numerous things that Franz Ferdinand have sung.  But the thing I'm going tro post is:

Ich heisse Super Fantastische
Ich trinke champers mit Lachsfisch
Ich heisse Super Fantastische

Translated by Babelfish, I get:

I am called super Fantasti
I drink champers with salmon fish
I am called super Fantasti

 

[Gril]

A song lyric that I don't expect to hear repeated in a song anytime soon is from BNL's "What a Good Boy":

This name is the hairshirt I wear
and this hairshirt is woven from
your brown hair

I had no clue what that meant, but then someone informed me that a hairshirt is a mideival torture device.  It's a shirt woven out of hair and the person was forced to wear it for indefinite periods of time.  I guess they were really itchy/painful/uncomfortable.

All the cradle of filth lyrics... but i like unusual  '>

[HockeyRaven]

Any They Might Be Giants lyrics, but as an example, "Shoehorn With Teeth."

Lyrics Here.

[AussieRoo]

I think Super Furry Animals takes the cake in the wierdness buffet.  It's first in line for the strange lyrics sale, number one champion of odd words, but it's also how they sing it that makes it wierd.
Those crazy Welsh people...

[Birthright]

Two songs, or two parts of songs. One is from Dope Hat by Marilyn Manson:

The rabbit's just a monkey in disguise...

And from This Is The Place by the Red Hot Chili Peppers:

On the day my best friend died I could not get my carpet clean...

After downloading this, I felt I had to bring this topic back up. It's "Scream Thy Last Scream (Old Woman with a casket)" By Syd Barrett (with Pink Floyd)

Scream thy last scream old woman with a casket
Blam blam your pointers point your pointers
Waddle with apples to grouchy Mrs. Stores
She’ll be scrubbing bubbles on all fours
Scream thy last scream old woman with a casket
Fling your arms madly old lady with a daughter
Flat top top houses, mouses, houses
Victim a victim of sitting fat flat
Watching the telly til all hours, silly child
Fling your arms madly old lady with a daughter

Scream thy last scream old woman with a casket
Blam blam your pointers point your pointers
Waddle with apples to grouchy Mrs. Stores
She’ll be scrubbing bubbles on all fours
Scream thy last scream old women with a casket

Edit: If you think the Lyrics are odd, you should hear the actual SONG. And don't expect to understand a bit of it unless you've dropped acid several thousand times!  '>

[Ag.]

I've always wondered about that one line in 'Hey Jude' which goes, 'The movement you need is on your shoulder.' Although any Tom Lehrer song would fit into this thread too.
Actually, this song would too, I can't remember who it's by but it goes...
'Lean sideways on the wind and if it bears your weight,
You are a duaghter of the dawn.
If not, pick up your carcass, dry your tears,]
Brush down your dress for that sweet elfin horn
You thought you heard was from no fairy land
Rather it flooded through the kitchen floor
Form where your Uncle Eustace and his band of flaustists
Turn my cellar more and more
Into a place of hollow and decay
That is my theory, darling, anyway.

put the pointed pencil in the pepper-pot
and take a little sniff of the things below
bring it to a boil and simmer low
put the noodle on the griddle as it climbs the Grobe

SUNNY FISH MELON JELLY BALL IN THE JACK AT THE MEAT WAGON

Frank, give me a pork roll, egg and cheese if you please with some gravy fries
sank into a greasy mega-weedge then i sneezed and it blew my mind

Now you're the only one here who can tell me if it's true
That you love me and I love me

among soo much more.

[Rushjunkie2112]

Well here's a little demented ditty from out of left field since this thread has been reserected
 
Porcupine Pie
Words and Music by Neil Diamond

Porcupine pie, porcupine pie, porcupine pie,
Vanilla soup, a double scoop please.
No, maybe I want, maybe I won't, maybe I will.
The titti fruit, with fruity blue cheese.

Ah, but porcupine pie, porcupine pie, porcupine pie,
Don't let it get on your jeans, I know it sounds a little strange,
but you got to eat it with gloves--or your hands will turn green.

Ah, but porcupine pie, porcupine pie, porcupine pie,
It weaves its way through my dreams,
And I do believe I'm gonna have one and leave enough room for dessert,
chicken ripple ice cream.

[Pillowmint]

Oh man, where to start??? Pretty much anything by The Sugarcubes has the most bizarre lyrics imagineable. Here's some from the song Regina:

Hex and b*tch and,
Deserves lobster and fame,
Oh, Johnny,
Teeth and gums,
In my life,
Moon and sun,
In my life,
Lobster and shrimp,
In my life,
I don't really like lobster!

It sounds really awesome to listen to it in Icelandic though. '>

Also, has anyone else heard anything by Cibo Matto?

I'm kinda suprised no one put "I am the Walrus" here yet..

[Rikimaru]

you do not know wierd until you listen to The Mars Volta.

i got their new record today and it is amazing, these lyrics are from their debut record, which was still amazing and incredibly confusing and buy it now!!!!!

"Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of)"

Transient jet lag ecto mimed bison
This is the haunt of roulette dares
Ruse of metacarpi
Caveat emptor....to all that enter here
Open wrist talks back again
In the wounds of its skin
They'll pinprick the witness
In ritual contrition
The am trinity fell upon asphyxia-derailed
In the rattles of...
Made its way through the tracks
Of a snail slouching whisper
A half mass comute through umbilical blisters
Spector will lurk
Radar has gathered
Midnight neuces from boxcar cadavears
Exoskeletal junction at the railroad delayed
Exoskeletal junction at the railroad delayed
It's because this is
Cranial bleeding
Leaches train the living
Cursed are they who speak its name
Ruse of metacarpi
Caveat emptor to all that enter here
Exoskeletal junction at the railroad delayed
Exoskeletal junction at the railroad delayed
It's because this is
Ratteling the laughter
Hinges splintering inside
Bludgeoned to a saddle
Rang the cloister bell inside
inside
inside
exoskeletal junction at the railroad delayed
exoskeletal junction at the railroad delayed
it's because this is



i told you it was wierd

[Mika Feldy]

Dragostea Din Tei. It's a Romanian song, I found an English translation for it, and it is weird.


Miya-hee
Miya-hoo
Miya-ho
Miya-haha
[These are just sounds.]

Hello [on a cellphone], greetings, it's me, an outlaw,
I ask you, my love, to accept happiness.
Hello, hello, it's me, Picasso,
I sent you a beep [cellphone signal], and I'm brave [or strong],
But you should know that I'm not asking for anything from you.

You want to leave but you don't want don't want to take me, don't want don't want to take me, don't want don't want don't want to take me.
Your face and the love from the linden trees,
And I remember your eyes.

I call you [over the phone], to tell you what I feel right now,
Hello, my love, it's me, your happiness.
Hello, hello, it's me again, Picasso,
I sent you a beep [cellphone signal] and I'm brave [or strong],
But you should know that I'm not asking for anything from you.

[Arbutus]

Whee, I actually collect songs with weird lyrics! Now is probably the first and the last time this will ever come in useful.... =; )

Yeah, anything They Might Be Giants is generally pretty weird, hehe. Fellow furs might be amused by their song Mammal:
Glass of milk, standing in between extinction in the cold
and explosive radiating growth
So the warm blood flows through the large four-chambered heart
Maintaining the very high metabolism rate they have
Mammal, mammal
Their names are called, they raise a paw
The bat, the cat
Dolphin and dog
Koala bear and hog

Dr. Worm is even weirder:
They call me Dr. Worm
Good morning, how are you, I'm Dr. Worm
I'm interested in things
I'm not a real doctor but
I am a real worm, I am an actual worm
I live like a worm

Hey, it's kind of furry! =; )

Let's see... anything TMBG, anything Stephen Lynch, anything Da Vinci's Notebook... oh, Jonathan Coulton! All of his songs manage to be bizarre, dorky, and very, very funny all at the same time. From Skullcrusher Mountain, a love serenade sung by an evil mastermind in his secret lair:
I made this half-pony half-monkey monster to please you
But I get the feeling that you don't like it
What's with all the screaming?
You like monkeys, you like ponies
Maybe you don't like monsters so much
Maybe I used too many monkeys
Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you?

I could keep going for days, haha, but here's another pleasingly weird furry song to finish us off: Canis Lupus by the Aquabats.
The scene is Egypt, long ago
Homeboy draws a dog with a pointy nose
Here's something you need to know:
Dogs need food and water or they will not grow!
In your pool they swim fine
That's incredible! Amazing canine!
If you're nice to a dog it will hang around
You can pick one up at the local pound!

Hehe, ok, done.

[Firehazard]

Relient K occasionally will come up with some weird songs.  The unusual lyrics to "Chapstick, Chapped Lips and Things like Chemistry" can be found here.

But one of their songs, "Gibberish," I think pretty much tops the weirdness list:

arg wu sentafinticate nar dunderford
bida menti kosticated interserd
thorphilliate stinded yilla billa zay
wentora yate paravillintiniay

dorga orpha dorga billa
dorga orpha stifaleare
dorga orpha dorga billa
tonalation fonamere

Stop talking gibberish
Or just stop talking
Stop talking gibberish
Or just stop talking now

If I had one wish
Well I dont know what Id wish for
But if I had a million zillion wishes
Id use one to let you know that gibberish is
Not a nice way to talk to all your friends

Mork swax ippen reeby yufftabar
Higged quillip ernigrade du wekkinshar
Lirp crawn xyfa gourk jawinstarbay
Venaldo urp paravillintiniay

Of course you have to hear that one to believe it.  Aside from the nonsense lyrics it's actually a pretty catchy song.

[frosty-theaussie]

Jim Morrison of the Doors always wrote odd lyrics, example; The End, he includes a reference to the Oepedius poem where the son kills his father and marries his mother. Jim puts it in more vulgar terms however @_@

"Lost in Roman wilderness of pain
Where all the children have no name
All the children have no name
Waiting for the summer rain"

But The Doors weren't emo, no, they were acid rock, Morrison was a self-described poet so he always had some wierd lyrics, the rest of the band provided interesting influences, such as blues, jazz, rock and classical.

*whips out Gwar's "####ing An Animal"*

Ooooh...Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii...aaaaammm...####in' an animal!

####in' an animal
Holding on the horns
####in' an animal
I'm involved with porn
####in' an animal
Sure is nice and warm in here...

In my animal
Drinkin' fifty beers
####in' an animal
Blowin' fifty steers
####in' an animal
Oh, I'm a ####in' queer
####in' an animal

Didn't need to take her on a date
Just had to stand here on the crate
No talking, no torment, no long-term commitment
Just me my animal, Getting my #### bent...

Oh, animal
Lovely animal

Arrrrggggghh!

Animal!
Didn't have to say-ee please
####in' an animal
With Legionnaires disease
I'm ####in' an animal
Damn hard on the knees...
I'm ####in' an animal

ANIMAL!!!
Animal ####er on the loose
####in' an animal
I'll go from dog to goose
####in' an animal
One time I ####ed a moose
####in' an animal

Now the animal's in pain!
It's in pain, it's in pain, it's in pain (Terrible pain).
But now it starts to rain
But I'm still the same...

Meet my animal
Animal!!
Oh, animal
Oh, animal, animal, animal, animal

Animal!
Not proud of what I do...
I'm ####in' an animal
I had a great time at the zoo
I'm ####in' an animal
Cause you won't let me #### you...
Animal!

I'm not willing to spend any more time on that song...

This is captain beefheart, hes like, my fav....

here is the song Old Fart At Play. These are lyrics, not a seperate poem. The song aint too normal either:

Pappy with the Khaki sweatband
Bowed goat potbellied barnyard that only he noticed
The old fart was smart
The old gold cloth madonna
Dancin' t' the fiddle 'n saw
He ran down behind the knoll
'n slipped on his wooden fishhead
The mouth worked 'n snapped all the bees
Back t' the bungalow

Momma was flatten'n lard
With her red enamel rollin' pin
When the fishhead broke the window
Rubber eye erect 'n precisely detailed
Airholes from which breath should come
Is now closely fit
With the chatter of the old fart inside

An assortment of observations took place
Momma licked 'er lips like uh cat
Pecked the ground like uh rooster
Pivoted like uh duck
Her stockings down caught dust 'n doughballs
She cracked 'er mouth glaze caught one eyelash
Rubbed 'er hands on 'er gorgeous gingham
Her hand grasped sticky metal intricate latchwork
Open t' the room uh smell cold mixed with bologna
Rubber bands crumpled wax paper bonnets
Fat goose legs 'n special jellies
Ignited by the warmth of the room
The old fart smelled this thru his important breather holes
Cleverly he dialed from within from the outside we observed
That the nose of the wooden mask
Where the holes had just been uh moment ago
Was now smooth amazingly blended camouflaged in
With the very intricate rainbow trout replica

The old fart inside was now breathin' freely
From his perfume bottle atomizer air bulb invention

His excited eyes from within the dark interior glazed;
watered in appreciation of his thoughtful preparation.

[Nakadai Kyoshi]

Apparently if you play Stairway To Heaven (By Led Zepplin) backwards then it says something about Satan torturing people in his toolshed o.o!!

[Kattywampus]

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