Strange ways coming today
I put a dollar in my pocket
And I threw it away
Been a long time
Since a federal dime
Made a jukebox sound
Like a mirror in my mind
Control my worries
Fix my thoughts
Throw my hopes
Like a juggernaut walks
Now let-down souls
Can't feel no rhythm
Sorry entertainers
Like aerobics victims
Hybrid people
Light a wooded matchstick
Toxic fumes and the
Burning plastic
Beats are broken
Bones are spastic
Boombox talkin'
With a southern accent
Voodoo curses
Bible tongues
Voices comin'
From the mangled lungs
Give me some grits
Some get-down shit
Don't need a good reason
To let anything rip

Radio's cold
Solar suspected
(One by one, I'll knock you out)
God is alone
Hardware defective
(One by one, I'll knock you out)

Mr. Microphone making
All the damage felt
Like a laser manifesto
Make a mannequin melt
There's people phonin' in
Like it's unlimited minutes
Going through the motions
Just to savor they did it
Treadmill's running
Underneath their feet
So they feel like they're going somewhere
But they're not
So let's put boots
On the warehouse floor
Comin' to you
Like a rope on a chainstore
Throwing equipment
From a moving van
Grab a microphone
Like a utility man
Now fix the beat
Now break the rest
Make a kick drum sound
Like an S.O.S.
Get a tow-truck
Cause it's after dark
And the dance floor's full
But everybody's double-parked

Cell phone's dead
Lost in the desert
(One by one, I'll knock you out)
Eye of the sun
Is out of its socket
(One by one, I'll knock you out)
One by one

This jam is real... that's right

Eye of the sun
Eye of the sun
Eye of the sun
Eye of the sun


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  • +4
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    I just noticed the main synthesizer (or synthesized bass or whatever it is) in this song is very similar to the morse code message for SOS: short short short / long long long / short short short.

    Instead the song goes OOSOOSOOSOOS.

    Its close. I just thought about it because of the line:

    "Now fix the beat Now break the rest Make a kick drum sound Like an S.O.S."

    shmortisborgon January 08, 2008   Link
  • +3
    General Comment

    This jam is real... that's right

    ach105on October 05, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    Best song of the album.

    "Voodoo curses Bible tongues Voices comin' From the mangled lungs " Awesome

    nanoboton October 02, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    rrrr this song's ace!!

    bloc_party15on October 10, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    aww i really do love beck he's finally got away from Odelay!

    freakystyleyon October 11, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    I think Daniel Johnston had a song called "Sorry Entertainer". It kind of would make sense as a reference because Beck's covered a few of his songs in acoustic sets.

    destroyalltacoson October 14, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    This song grew on me pretty quickly... though it reminds me A LOT of Gorillaz, especially near the end with the cello.

    Purifiedxon October 17, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    my fav off the new album. i love how it switches between rap and then craziness... can't even describe it. eeeeee! this jam is real!

    subterranean_summeron October 24, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    "One by one I'll knock ya out"

    sounds like a little black kid talking about basketball

    hey_chickenon October 31, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    maybe a dis to rap artists? and people acting on it in real life?

    underground_jubon December 01, 2006   Link

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