2.4467 : 7/26/17 : Dox

Behold I am become

the heterodox

thus composed

half man, half bat, half clocks

dare not ask how or

why or whether

while I storm down upon you

hell bent for leather

how could any respect?

for none understand

I am the tender plant shoot

reared under the stark hand

so stern so loving

and skillful

a lesser being would despair

to wind up with one so willful

bring me the headwind

of old John Tsunami

bring me the scion

of the family Umami

Deliver me from evil

from boredom and from haste

render to me Caesar's surplus

in the halls of my special taste

what

2.4217 : 11/18/16 : Stone Age

Knocked back to my

stone ages

power failure

no point in rages

call it a vacation

from the damn tubes

wringing hands

over the wrath of the rubes

worry over Caeser

and the devil's due

the pitiable failure

of my weak kung fu

but at least maybe

I'll make up some rest

since it just keeps coming harder

and I haven't been my best

what

2.4118 : 8/11/16 : Buy a Little Time

Bigger lists

bigger columns of figures

oh how that footman

shuffles and sniggers

been trying to get

organized

since I was 19

still halfway there

if you know what I mean

If You reached Your

internal pocket

pulled out the lint

You could dust shower me

and no linger skint

indebted, indentured

I might buy

a little time

but You're elsewhere

and I'm still on Caesar's dime

what

2.3995 : 4/10/16 : Caesar Squad

Another gutting

from the Caesar Squad

how long will you forget me

Oh great God

Don't even tell me

of the refugee

you screwed him too

like it does shit for me

what

2.3404 : 8/28/14 : Uncouth (Endless Axis 137/500)

Wait in the silence

listen very hard

for a sound of soft calling

or a turning of a card

believe the pain has purpose

the package is complete

a little more rest

then an hour of planning

then I'm back on my feet

I cast the die

like Caesar in the breach

cast off the fear that

maybe I can neither do nor teach

there in the silence

I'll ask only what truth is

turn my own card once more

get on with this uncouth biz

what

2.2904 : 04/15/13 : How Can I Forget

How can I forget
about Caesar, lucre
How can I forget
about the grind
not the nice grind
the slow malign grind
It's not all in my mind
Why do we insist
On such a hard world
Why do we prop it up all day
Every work day
You may not play day
Why do we believe so much
We have to pay

what

2.2287 : 08/07/11 : Perpetual Engine

It was good to swear an oath
to not giving up or quitting
to getting off the pot
or, failing that, shitting
but that rubicon's crossed
and it's time for the next
so may I offer the perpetual engine's context
this is a plutocratic oligarchy
no sane person can deny
so if you're seeing real change
in your mind's secret eye
you better know all we've tried
has come to far too little
You better know soon
there'll be no room left in the middle
the engine that won't stop is
imagination and heart
A silly kid's cliché I know
but it's the place I have to start
the means are devious
and prone to warp the soul
so it has to start on solid ground
to navigate that monstrous hole

what

2.1239 : 9/23/08 : Span

I think my expectations

are all out of proportion

of what a day can render

of Caesar’s dear portion

In a day just a day

Such an arbitrary span

the happenstance of revolution

overshadows every plan

I’m feeling hard done by

and it’s all my own fault

but I don’t see you had to

compound injury with insult

what

2.1229 : 9/13/08 : Render

Render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s

So I’m so sorry

but I cannot stay

For there are miles

and miles and miles

and I’ve dug well

into this day

what

2.1183 : 7/29/08 : System

I want a system

I want I want so bad to beat the house

no more scurrying inside the walls

scrounging crumbs just like a little mouse

I’ve behaved like such a little fish

snapping every baited hook

all unconscious swimming with the school

oh those bastards read me like a book

I’m nobody’s genius

one in a thousand ain’t good enough

maybe I don’t have a system in me

maybe I’ll never have the right stuff

I know that it’s not Christian

wanting to pile up some stacks of cash

wanting power and influence

storing up the rot and trash

but then again it’s said pay Caesar

I’m into that asshole for quite a chunk

and there’s no sitting still in this race

if I don’t want to get buried in bunk

what

2.983 : 1/11/08 : Exhaustion

Whisper succumb to this exhaustion one more time

too much news too much economy

religion sex drugs and crime

they call it a society

I call it a God damn shame

if you’ll forgive my impiety

I’m well past halfway

on this so called axis

a downward slide seems as certain

as death and taxes

tomorrow seems as certain

as a tired cliché

but I’ll lay that rough brick

down again anyway

I just want to lie down

let it all wash over me

there’s a hell of a lot of Caesar

between God and me

And it seems like I’m just

going to have to pay
Every penny I pledged

every exhausted day

what

2.831 : 8/12/07 : Wednesday

dies Mercurii

3,022 : 5 ?



Hail Odin father of war
to this day no one knows
though
what that sacrifice was for
One eye to the well
What did the answer say?
disbelief will
strip you bare by
Wednesday
give me a fortnight
and I’ll get to naught
work equals spin
you know that’s all I’ve got
Would not have guessed
I’d have so much to pay
I’ll gladly pay off Caesar
by next Wednesday

what

2.791 : 7/3/07 : Dependence

Dependence upon the chaos bell
addicted to its nearness
and it’s a mixed-up tale to tell
loathe to lose the strange
security of falling behind
it must be some bad level
of the juices in my mind
on fire to ditch dependence
and leap on this gospel train
get with the holy spirit
flush this habit down the drain
I racked up quite a debt
to Caesar gambling on that chase
but look up from that table
I’ve got on a different face

what

2.784 : 6/26/07 : Host

Am I the host or the parasite?
am I leaning toward the dark side
or seeing the light?
Am I spamming the server
or spreading enlightenment
is the whole thing greed
fueled by a sense of entitlement?
is a fad no better
than religious delusion?
did the Pokemon descend
with satanic collusion
While Rome gets good and burning
will I tie one on?
start another little enterprise?
Write another song?
I only wanted to pay Caesar’s due
Put a little by
and run away with you
forgive me if I’ve fallen
to the mindset of thieves
this den is thick as
hell with them
and I’m fighting
dry heaves

what

2.561 : 11/15/06 : Lucre Lucre

Lucre lucre
lascivious lust
treasuring the food of moth
the fodder of rust
I can’t help that Caesar’s
into me for so much
I can’t help the world I’m born to
coveting
the midas touch
what do you do when
you know better
but still feel the same
what do you do when
no matter what you do
you find
that you’re still in the
Game
Lucre, lucre set me free
of your hold
And grasping after
everything
that I can never hold
 
what

2.547 : 11/1/06 : Efficiency

With the efficiency of
a cyanide shower
none of the evil
all of the power
I’ll slash slash through
the evidence of my disaster
stumble through the trials
like an august die-caster
It’s never really mattered
if it’s good or bad
when the yahoos figure that one out
they’ll know they been had
but when that shoe falls
I’ll be long gone
barefoot, hungry
still going strong
So don’t bother asking
what it’s for
I’ll just whip you up another
and tomorrow one more
maybe it's genius
or deficiency
but none can question
my efficiency

what

2.486 : 9/1/06 : The Future of 3 Part 1

From a flashpoint of sudden sullen anger
checked the spark he saw the danger
from that moment all evolved
first thought: best thought: problem solved

This is the piece for you my love
this is the innovation
this is the resolution of a better way
this is the visionary revelation

It sounded better on paper true
but the sincerity ran through and through
the deal was sealed with sweetness and a smile
Watch this space don’t touch that dial

All I ever wanted was to have a place
Never gave much thought to getting rich
Or saving face
All I really needed was to give Caesar’s Due
So I could get back to reality, me, he, you

The future of three in this moment
Awakening the dynamo that long was dormant
Simply was awaiting the final piece
puzzle no more now I shall be released

what

27 : 5/7/98 : Ease

That rock you push
that stone you roll
Is what you choose
Your path your toll

And so I choose
To take my ease
Relax my hold
Do as I please

(Easy money
Now
No More
workin' Jive Jobs
For chump change
It's all easy money now)

The roles I've chased
And parts I've played
I've held my corner
I have obeyed

To Caesar, Caesar's due
My shoulder to the plow
I've met my obligation
It's all easy money now

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