Viva La Persistence Lyrics - Kimya Dawson

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I dreamed I thanked Scott Ian for persistence of time
Back when Steve and Eva died that album changed my life
Ut was a package of pure darkness tied up with a silver string
Delivered by a fast train rearranging how I think

He said "i can't believe you even know that I exist,
I've got all of your albums and I think you are the best"
He started to cry and I started to laugh
I gave him a hug and he gave me his autograph

Reeling in my disbelief
I know that it was just a dream
All the covers that I see
Are different from the books I read

Everything is crumbling around me
Why does everything cost so much money?
Could somebody please help out my family?
My mom needs hearing aids, new shoulders, and new legs
My dad needs a break, he works all day every day
My brother needs a place and a job where he can make
Enough money to take care of his baby

Here's a simple dissertation on a complex situation
Money and intimidation and mass graves make strong foundations
For the giant corporations, that own all the TV stations
Telling us to take vacations to their big theme park plantations
Rather than to hearts of nations

Where we might meet people on the street
Who say "I don't want my MTV
Cause it brought Viva to its knees"
And Mom and Pop are begging "Please
Globalization's killing me"
While we think that they think they need
All of the things we think we need
Like Martha Stewart, shams and sheets
And sugar free powdered iced tea
Vanilla Coke, Lemon Pepsi
Friends episodes on DVD

I went to see the doctor of psychiatry
Weapons of mass instruction finally broke me
He said "act your age, don't be afraid, take two of these
Now listen real hard, put down that guitar
Don't be a retard, be all that you can be"

The things he said I could be
Were laid out right in front of me
Would I choose deep fried apathy,
McNuggets where my balls should be
Or super sized conformity?
I walked away and I'm still me
Free to go xxxxxxx crazy
Free to know why I'm angry
One and one and one is three
And you and me is all I need

Singing songs, drawing cocks
Picking locks to locked doors
Find deflated hearts
And pump them up

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