86 : 7/5/98 : Bright Stars

When I look up
At the bright stars
It seems that they should be enough
to satisfy my heart

I look up at the bright stars
They make me think of unimaginable
Distances the light speeding
The sheer physics makes me reel and tumble

I don’t need any more evidence
I am convinced of the divine
I’m a believer now
The stars drove me right out of my mind

Look up look up at
the bright stars shining
Is it enough to be part of it
Is that the path I’m finding

So they say even stars die
So they say my body is made
of their light their essences
It kinda makes me glad I stayed

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85 : 7/4/98 : Declaration

That’s it we sunk that ship
Well I guess that’s all for the declaration trip
Seems I’m still battling the independence tip

But all my brothers down on the strip
They got no questions as to who’s holdin’ the whip
Well I aint Buddha but I’m nothin’ if not hip

You pull heat down if you dish too much lip
Well on the big board you’re just a little blip
The man squeezed hard; I shot out like an orange pip

Well they believe they’ll make me flip
Wave a little money watch me lose my grip
They’ll find out it’s not so easy to make my morals slip

I just roll along at a steady clip
I got anger on tap, a constant drip
I keep my strength up with the occasional nip

I lay low and wait for the fabric to rip
I ain’t got no answer but still I quip
I oughta fit my mouth out with a zip

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84 : 7/3/98 : And Testament (Will series 6 of 6)

This must be the last of it
it always starts that way
this is it this is it
The same old sad old rhymes
Yesterday, today
The same old sad old rhymes
Yesterday today

Such a sad sad testament
A will that won’t live up but will not stop
Just leave me wandering on the firmament
Just wait; sooner or later
it’ll pop
Just wait: sooner or later
it will pop

Call that an act of will Lepton Kid?
I call it one last testament
Hard to tell if it mattered what I did
I left one last
will and testament
I left one last
will and testament

You can read an explanation of the origin of these lyrics here

83 : 7/2/98 : Of God (Will series 5 of 6)

Am I gonna make it out
Am I gonna come out on top
Will the rescue party hear me shout
Will I keep my bobbing head above the slop

If it’s the will of God my son
If it’s the will of God my son
My son, my son

Am I gonna be a star
Party with the creamy crowd
Will I get a brand new car
Will I do my family proud

Will I do the rehab bit
Clean up for the comeback tour
Will I be a happy healthy little shit
Will I become the pig de jour

If it’s the will of God my son
If it’s the will of God my son
Rise, fall, fall, rise
If it’s the will of God
My son
My son
My son

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82 : 7/1/98 : Power (Will series 4 of 6)

Like a mighty fist
Clenched with a cocked wrist
Cocked back eyes hard
Aimed down on all you blackguards

More power
More more power
My will, my will
Will of power, power of will

That’s not much of an answer
You’re not much of a chancer
Are you? It’s true
I guess I can’t blame you

I just need more power
Some good clean power source
Will power, will power
Raise, raise this flower

You can read an explanation of the origin of these lyrics here

81 : 6/30/98 : Thought & Deed (Will series 3 of 6)

Between the thought and the deed
Lies an ocean of grey
It’s always been that way
Simple fact we paid so little heed

Between the will and the way
Act of will and acts of God
In the face of failure on I plod
I rise to each new rising day

Between the deed and the thought
A canker gnaws at the mind
regret serves penance in kind
Ride on a raft of a word called ought

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80 : 6/29/98 : Act (Will series 2 of 6)

Well I’m a hired desperado
one smooth running gun
From the cool of the morning
to the setting sun

And if the song I’m singing
seems a bit extemporaneous
Call it an act of will
I’m nothing if not spontaneous

Well I’m a dog in the evening
And a tomcat at night
I’m an ox most days
I pull my plow under hot summer light

I get it together
pulled around one act of will
Me and my bootstraps
and this bitter pill

You can read an explanation of the origin of these lyrics here

79 : 6/28/98 : Force (Will series 1 of 6)

Where will the action occur
how will the power be supplied
where will inertia be fought
where will the force be applied
to bend this bent column straight
to push this wheel from its rut
to claim a finer destiny
to see the ties that bind us cut
what sort of dynamo
will energize our industry
what force of nature
will power our grand symmetry
the collective agency of our will
is the only resource they can’t steal
the collective agency of our will
is all we have to turn this wheel

You can read an explanation of the origin of these lyrics here

78: 6/27/98 : Dynamo

Power chord;
structured word
well afford
a fifth or third
Press of bodies
flashing light
La-di-la-dies
endless night
You pay
we play
like a dynamo
We’ve promises to keep
and miles to go
before we sleep
and miles to go
and miles to go
and miles to go

You can read an explanation of the origin of these lyrics here

77: 6/26/98 : Nevertheless

Nevertheless
I suppose
I did my best
or something close
But still it seems a shame
Left standing here
own nothing but my name
that much is clear
Still I maintain
make another pass
And what remains
I guess I gotta make it last
It's what I chose
It's what I thought was best
And that's enough, I suppose,
nevertheless

You can read an explanation of the origin of these lyrics here

76 : 6/25/98 : I’m Not the Man for the Job

Fuck you anyway
I didn’t want it anyway
I’m not the man for
the job
I’m not the one
I’m not anyone
Anymore
I am not
the man for the job

You can read an explanation of the origin of these lyrics here

75 : 6/24/98 : Second

This day...
This very moment...
This second now...

I see the flames rising
I see their advertising
I see them pricing
every minute of my day
I see the oceans boiling
I see the serfs a’toiling
I feel my wraith is spoiling
for a battle come what may
We sense a strange storm forming
this thing we’re all performing
The day may come we’ll all be warming
our hands over the coals
the coals of what’s left of us
when we bring the fire down from above us
We’ll find out if he still loves us
We’ll all end up holding up
Our beggars bowls

You can read an explanation of the origin of these lyrics here

74 : 6/23/98 : Wrath

Dies irae, dies illa
solvet saeclum en favilla
days of wrath the things’ll kill ya
you won’t look so smart then will ya

Pax vobiscum, peace among us
years ago the hard truths stung us
looked at what our work had won us
wondered why the angels shun us

Days of wrath and feckless wonder
all that’s over, all that’s under
in the storm the hail the thunder
all our hoarded dark souls’ plunder

You can read an explanation of the origin of these lyrics here

73 : 6/22/98 : Sacred Blood

And my anger anger anger
Rises in me like a flood
When I think about this bad old world
And all the sacred blood

That is spilled for no
goddamn reason at all
it could be you friend
up against the wall

You can read an explanation of the origin of these lyrics here

72 : 6/21/98 : Legion

If I had a mighty army
and a mighty war machine
I might make this sad world over
in a way you’ve never seen

I’m not sure I’d do it properly
I’m sure I’d make mistakes
but if fate cast that chance before me
its a chance I’d have to take

And I saw a mighty army
on a million mighty screens
I saw a fiery legion
in the hot white phosphor gleam

Watch the fire my legion
we are all just I and I
watch the screen kids and remember
what you get is just exactly what you buy

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71 : 6/20/98 : Shell Game

Watch the prize my friend it’s easy
beat the dealer, go home rich
nothing like some structured commerce
nothing like the age old pitch

If God thought up something finer
must have kept it for his own
keep on following my hand friend
pick a number; find the stone

Look it's all the old shell game
we’ll take your money with a smile
lead you on with dreams of riches
led astray another mile

If we fall for this shell game
only got ourselves to blame
not as if they’ve changed their tactics
that con’s older than its name

Something for nothing kid
hard to fathom: it still works
hard to feel bad for the suckers
harder still to justify the jerks

You can read an explanation of the origin of these lyrics here

70 : 6/19/98 : Mention

Did I forget to mention
All the hidden costs
The car the helicopter and
The key that opens any lock

Did they recall to mention
All the benefits of cooperation
Nothing’s too good for
The servants of the corporation

Was a figure mentioned
We’ll supply however little you’ll take
Of course there’s a matter of tenure
You’ve no idea do you what’s at stake

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69 : 6/18/98 : Extension

I wish that I could step
aside into another room
some other place some
other type of time

Just somewhere I could breathe a little
some nice glass topped tomb
I will spend so long underground
couldn’t I grab just a little of that time

Time time time I need it
(step into that other plane)
Quick please now I need it
(Just close your eyes and step aside)

What am I trying to prove
Why can’t I just give up and save face
I don’t seem to be suited for this world
I got no secret place to hide

Is it about time?
Is it about space?
Am I neglecting something?
Do I have it all inside?
All that I need inside?
All that I seek inside?

What do you do now when your
number’s up?
What you gonna do when you
finally have no choice
but to stop
Guess I’ll stop

You can read an explanation of the origin of these lyrics here

68 : 6/17/98 : Babel

HAYALLAH ACTS ETAY HALLAH ETAYAH MAYTA ELAT ILT ARTES SHETEK NAM MALEN KEMNOR HET MES NAM NOR HET KAYUM ASHUM VALUM FE ZOAR FITHAR NARM KALECT HAR NARM ITI KAS BEL NOT HELET FARESTIT PELAM FETIT MILEM NON VELANT TEM SAN KEN ETAY ITAYMENUM FETAY NOLMON KET UMWAY YAW MUTEK NOM LON YATEF MUNE MYATI YATEN EKNAS METT NALEV NONMELIM TITEF MALEP TITSE RAF TELEH TON LEB SAK ITIM RAN RAHT CELAKM RANRAH TIF ROAZ EF MULAV MUHSA MUYAK TEH RON MANSEM TEH RON MEK NELAM MAN KETEHS SET RAT LITALE ATYAM HAYATE HALLAH YATEST CAHALLAYAH

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67 : 6/16/98 : The Engines of Failure

Where will you be
when the engines of failure
start screaming in the sky?

What will you do
when the Grand Inquisitor
starts to divvy up the pie

Will the engine suck you in?
Will your life be worth a nickel?

No man may resist the engines of failure
Fate is nothing if not fickle

where will you run
when the engines of failure
touch down and start to shudder

Will you run then
will you stand bemused
what last epithet will you stutter

You can read an explanation of the origin of these lyrics here