406 : 5/21/99 : Minimal Architecture

Given only the minimal architecture
of conformity
Of ignorance prejudice selfishness
and always anonymity
Look what you’ve made
me do now
Look what you’ve gone and
made me do now
It doesn’t take much to
rock this boat
And your complacent platitudes
stick in my throat
Look, see what we’ve
done now
See what we had to go
and do now

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

405 : 5/20/99 : Country Living

1,450 : 1 ?


I can’t wait until my ship comes in
I can’t wait for the day that I am free
to move out of this city
And get me to a place where I can just be
Country Living, oh boy! That’s the life for me
Oh Country Living it’s the only place I wanna be
Oh you can take the boy from the country
You can put him down in any bad old town
You can show him all the glitter and the flashing lights
but you just can’t keep the country down
Country Living, oh boy! That’s the life for me
Oh Country Living it’s the only place I wanna be
I seen enough of this city life
And all the fine people in their diamonds and pearls
I seen plenty of money for one lifetime
I don’t want nothing with these city girls
Country living that’s the only life for you and me
You’ll be my country girl the day I get free

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

404 : 5/19/99 : Pentagon Files (Day of Inception)

After all the stones we laid down
are torn asunder
long after every one of us
is buried deep down under
they will mine what's left of our files
and wonder
at the foolish lives we used to lead
They won't care about our spreadsheets
or the way the market fared
They will only wonder how so few
stories and songs were spared
Won't it be a sad
commentary on the lives we shared
huddled in the shadow of the
Pentagon Files

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403 : 5/18/99 : Salvia Divinorum

Salvia divinorum
Why must I strain the bounds of decorum
Always seeking higher wisdom
following my dim light
The tricks of the ancient sages sure
That’s very funny but the page is a blur
as tears of recognition
once again blind my insight
Will you show me
the bastards that control me
or guardians to lead me
to the surer path
Will I see the paradox
wrapped in an enigma box
will I lose it all again
like always in the aftermath

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

402 : 5/17/99 : Nothin’ Quite So Funny as a Fork in the Road (The Inertia Machine 36/36)

Ain’t nothin’ quite so funny as a
fork in the road baby
Look at the decisions we made so far
Sometimes it’s hard to see
I know that, maybe
You’d see a little better if you got out of the car
It’s not a suggestion
It’s exactly what it sounds like
This is not a dagger in my hand
Get out of the car
Get on the fuckin’ bike
Pedal your poor ass across this sorry land
Download from the truth machine
reveals that what the magazine
You read in Doctor Deathwatch’s office said
is true
We’re driving ourselves to death
Every mile is one less breath
I guess it’s up to you asshole
to figure out what to do

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401 : 5/16/99 : The Nothing Box (The Inertia Machine 35/36)

Being implies nonbeing implied
all the usual philosophy tricks were applied
as usual
A vessel was created out of
wasted time to contain the order
that disperses without reason
or rhyme transcausal
The ancients of days long gone
spoke of it in image and song It
had been gone a long long time
so they say
But all who are illuminated
agree that the nothing box
was created agree and have stated
It will be found and opened
some unlucky day

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

400 : 5/15/99 : Seventh Highway (The Inertia Machine 34/36)

1,443 : 3 ?


When will I ride on the seventh highway
the one that stretches on and on, eternal
When will the high road appear before me
What will the I write on the last page of the journal
Are you listening way up on high
are you watching as I write through the pain
We need some maps down here the road we seek is missing
when will I find my way home again
Highway 61, Stanyan Street and Mullholland
Babylon and Ting and the Moonlight Mile
I’ve known so many roads and heard of more
The highway is our destiny our testament and trial
Lord won’t you take the wheel from me
And steer me to the proper exit ramp
steer me onto the seventh highway
Or maybe just leave me a lighted lamp
And I won’t hide it underneath my bed
I won’t let the Devil snuff it out
Otherwise I’ll search the highways in the dark
otherwise I guess I’ll have to tough it out

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399 : 5/14/99 : Angel (The Inertia Machine 33/36)

1,436 : 1 ?


When my skull is splitting trying to wrap my head
around the math
I like to talk to my friend Dan about the Buddha path
A different sort of wisdom from the kind I got at home
New perplexing riddles from a different dusty tome
Daniel help me figure out the thoughts that paralyze
Is my kitty going to go to heaven when he dies?
I know it seems a small thing in a world of world-class doubt
But angel kitties are the only thing I think about
Is my kitty sentient does my kitty have a plan
Is he how I think of him a furry little man
Does he have a conscience are there thoughts behind his golden eyes
Daniel is my kitty going to heaven when he dies?

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398 : 5/13/99 : Inauspicious (The Inertia Machine 32/36)

Does it seem to you my friend
we have chosen an inauspicious
moment to arrive? We have a hard
time communicating with such
a badly organized beehive.
Even so we’re here to stay
this unlucky day marks our
disembarking. We have to say we
like it here okay, your technology
is harmless and your solar system
has easy parking. Well it’s never
much of a day the losers say
for colonization. You’ve got
little cause to complain you’ve used
the same argument, we think you
need more civilization

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