Story Behind The Song

I wrote this song in response to an interview that i watched on t.v. They were interviewing an author named "Gabor Mate'", who had just wrote a book entitled "When the Body Says No - The Cost of Hidden Stress". It was a very insinghtfull, interesting, i

Lyrics

Tend the Dead

body and mind are not connected
because "connection" implies we are not as one
(not as one, not, not as one)
when i die i'll leave you burdened
by all the mental stress, constant illness
that we could not, we could not overcome

have another drink i think you need it
then tow the party line of how
"we work so hard, we owe it to ourselves"

body and mind are not connected
but i'm still tethered to the memories of one
see we're not dead we're just neglected
by all the mental stress, chronic illness
that we could not, we could not overcome

covert all that's insincere
advertise your way out of a paper bag
"we work so hard, we owe it to ourselves"

there's no bliss in this mess (well i digress)
sin's foiled in excess, distress called without an explanation
mistress fucked or on vacation
spelt the same but no relation
fixated on faux fixation
the devil's in the details, baby
the proof is in the sin

but yet again
i'm calling off all bets that this stays this way forever
we are connected, bound by bonds in which we sever
like an open sore that we keep picking ever floating upstream
in a boat without an oar

so here we are

sell me back my soul at profit
maximize the fucking margins (fucking margins)
sell me back my soul
"we work so hard, we owe it to ourselves"

© 2006 Keep It Secret