Spirit Valve
from An Unforgettable Luncheon by Pea Green Boat
lyrics
It's not that I'm not listening
Disinterested or bored by your company
No, I don't think I've ever needed you more
But that's just me, anxiety and cortisol
A cannonball that's threatening to ruin the moment
Ensuring destruction of all that I know
Tunnel vision, my admission of guilt
I haven't been paying attention
Asking you all the wrong questions
All of my life, I was snow in the globe
I am present for now
Too soon the blood will flow faster
I'm giving all the wrong answers
Living my life like a fish in a bowl
With a head full of styrofoam
Packaging nuts, bolts
And all that pressurised noise
I'm ready to blow, so open my spirit valve
I just want to love
With all that I possibly have
If I'm drifting you'll know where to find me
Out in the tundra where blizzards run free
Surely you see that it's written all over my face
The internet has ravaged me
Transparently a means of escaping what I can't control
And the feeling of knowing I can't be alone
But that's just me, the voice behind the astronaut
And Mr. Dinosaur
The telling stories of implausible heroes
All just to share with you what I cannot say
With a head full of styrofoam
Packaging nuts, bolts
And all that pressurised noise
I'm ready to blow, so open my spirit valve
I just want to love
With all that I possibly have
When Skinner said: "I hope you're prepared
For an unforgettable luncheon"
The superintendent would never have guessed
The lengths that someone would go to just for acceptance
My core is stress
The key to success
Is trusting your family to be there
And to be there in return
Then the horrors we go through
Might fade into essence
Tell me I'm doing alright and I'll try to believe you
Say you'll forgive if you feel I'm not meeting your eye
In our personal winters, we'll keep each other steady
This too will melt all in time
This is what family means to me
Disinterested or bored by your company
No, I don't think I've ever needed you more
But that's just me, anxiety and cortisol
A cannonball that's threatening to ruin the moment
Ensuring destruction of all that I know
Tunnel vision, my admission of guilt
I haven't been paying attention
Asking you all the wrong questions
All of my life, I was snow in the globe
I am present for now
Too soon the blood will flow faster
I'm giving all the wrong answers
Living my life like a fish in a bowl
With a head full of styrofoam
Packaging nuts, bolts
And all that pressurised noise
I'm ready to blow, so open my spirit valve
I just want to love
With all that I possibly have
If I'm drifting you'll know where to find me
Out in the tundra where blizzards run free
Surely you see that it's written all over my face
The internet has ravaged me
Transparently a means of escaping what I can't control
And the feeling of knowing I can't be alone
But that's just me, the voice behind the astronaut
And Mr. Dinosaur
The telling stories of implausible heroes
All just to share with you what I cannot say
With a head full of styrofoam
Packaging nuts, bolts
And all that pressurised noise
I'm ready to blow, so open my spirit valve
I just want to love
With all that I possibly have
When Skinner said: "I hope you're prepared
For an unforgettable luncheon"
The superintendent would never have guessed
The lengths that someone would go to just for acceptance
My core is stress
The key to success
Is trusting your family to be there
And to be there in return
Then the horrors we go through
Might fade into essence
Tell me I'm doing alright and I'll try to believe you
Say you'll forgive if you feel I'm not meeting your eye
In our personal winters, we'll keep each other steady
This too will melt all in time
This is what family means to me
credits
from An Unforgettable Luncheon,
released February 7, 2020
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Pea Green Boat Cornwall, UK
Pea Green Boat is an experimental rock duo.
Joe O'Neill (vocals) and Roger
Heathers (multi-instrumentalist) produce DIY 70s influenced rock, pop, doo-wop and electronic music.
Influences include Frank Zappa, The Beatles, Mike Patton, 10cc, Kate Bush, Carpenters, King Crimson & Ween
... more
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