After a long period of dormancy, I have finally been working on updates to the lyric section. Just added the lyrics to Cocked And Loaded (http://www.prongs.org/ministry/cocked_and_loaded). You know, only behind by 4 years or so.
This was after my first pass, so there are a ton of corrections needed. And if anyone feels like figuring out the verses to Devil Cock, be my guest.
Some of the lyrics on Cocked And Loaded aren’t too bad.
Some of them, not so good.
1000000 Ways to Die - it’s “Afghani smack” (heroin overdose being one of the ways to die, I guess). And it’s probably “Marshall stack”.
Prunetang - “She’s old and rich”
Thanks man! Some of that was a struggle to get through, so I admittedly didn’t try too hard on some of them.
Ok, added 70’s Rock Must Die as well. Needs some major work, but at least it’s there. Also added a few other things here and there, so if you look around the section, you’ll probably see some other additions/corrections.
Ok, added 70’s Rock Must Die as well. Needs some major work, but at least it’s there. Also added a few other things here and there, so if you look around the section, you’ll probably see some other additions/corrections.
excellent! The lyrics section has always been my favorite section at prongs. Glad it’s getting some much over due attention.
Late,
grmpysmrf
And now I added Flowering Blight. Though you’ll have to get to it from the main sideprojects lyric page, since I don’t think there was ever a page created for it. http://www.prongs.org/ministry/side_lyrics
Oh, and unlike “Cocked”, this one was a pleasure. Pure gold.
And I went ahead and added Heroine’s Habit as well. It’s under the “other” under Flowering Blight. For any still hoping for a Ministry reconciliation, one guess as to who that song’s about.
maybe we can get the other lyrics updated??
Useless
Tell me what I want what I need for all my {sweating}…
Take my cues {from} the crippled many…
{A sickly view}, corrupt, without pity…
The {smokers reek of} greed, lust and power
These fucking {lips}, form {Nameless} hands…
GAMESHOW
Another statue {with a heart of stone}
Another compromising {shame}
Eureka Pile
I seem to find myself each time I {row} away
{Won’t catch me livin’ in some yester bodies sellin’ haze}
My veins are bursting with a thirst {I} cannot ignore
{but} my Eureka Pile is now my savior, or my whore
{There’s not a day goes by} when things aren’t what they seem
I always wake up maybe 'cause I always wake up {mean}
Step
…Are we even here {I always thought I was} alone like another lost Indian looking for a tribe or {his telephone.} {might as well find something new, got time, got space, got time, to anesthetize
{STEEEEEP} (yelled)
We gotta kill distributions of this pill I take
{So I am so relieved that there’s a COD
and its cause just for a house can I stay
Makes me wanna vomit just so I can show
What kind of poison we’ve been feeding our soul}
{Well I’m living in the toilet and I’m down on my knees
Well I’m living in the toilet and I’m totally clean
I gotta gift on life and why can’t you, so can you, so can you, So can you, cause, I’m okay, you’re okay, I’m okay you’re okay,
why me, why not me? Turn the page and sing that}
Kaif
{Remembering} things I never said
Vex & Siolence
Full of rage {at was spoken}
The sex {demands}
What violent {offer} could there be?
After breathing in{they begin there}
What violent {offer} could there be?
Late,
grmpysmrf
Thanks man! Added all of those, though there were a couple that I made a few changes to. Props on figuring out those verses in Step. Some of those were pretty tough.
thanks, [:)]
Late,
grmpysmrf
Well you made quite a few changes some are great some are still not good
“and it’s comfortable now how can I say”-although I think it’s “stay” but the “comfortable” is perfect and makes much more sense!!
other changes you made are arguable either way but certainly better than what it was (are we following alone) certainly arguable that it’s “I always thought I was alone” but I don’t think it changes the song )
Although, I still think
VEX AND SIOLENCE
After breathing in their vacant? air = after breathing in, they begin there…
I see it like the cops shows, you know when they got the perp in the holding room and they take a deep breath… then they start talking or beating on the perp…
and USELESS
These fucking [dense(?)], form aimless hands= the fuckin lips form nameless hands reaching for my throat
It makes sense especially since he’s singing about a chick that screwed him over. Every time she was kissing his neck it was like she was really strangling him with little hands.
Also, I think Nursing Home the lyric for, “got the lean fin= Got a gasoline Fin”
But I got no other lyrics for that song as it is so bizarre to begin with.
I would run the music through various equalizers when trying to find lyrics concentrating on the vocal boosters. You can hear the useless and Vex and Siolence lyrics through the itunes equalizer.
Good changes though.
Late,
grmpysmrf
Nursing Home
I think the last Verse is off
a bit still ( I think Mine is Dead on)
{Taking on Water like to get me a boat-very sure}
{He need to get that gravy or wake up flat broke} (VERY SURE this is the lyric But who knows “pot roast” lyrics are as good a lyric as any)
Got a fire inside
It’s gonna burn him alive
Talking {in circles-very sure} till the roof is blown
Got a bed and three squares in a nursing home
Gonna say bye-bye
He’s gonna walk on by
2nd Verse
Sleeping and {walking-Very sure} and an old man
Come just to {PROP UP-very sure of this lyric there is no “F” sound for it to be “profit”} my feet with a broken old {HORSE-very sure of this lyric} (I’m sure it’s heroin reference)
Stop riding those rails (Rails are thick white lines of speed or coke)
Stop setting those sails (Don’t know what drug reference this line is-Maybe taking “trips”?)
He likes {brown cook}
He’s got an old trombone
While he’s {tapping out} the fires with a {broken beef bone}
Got a troubled soul
{Burnin’ on that cold-very sure of this, either cold or coal sometimes I hear a “D” sound sometimes I don’t}
I don’t think that whole first “boogie” line is right (Mine or yours) but I don’t know what else it could be. I hear “cook/book” instead of “boogie”
I also have no idea what the chorus is after “bureau” (stove maybe?)
The reason I didn’t post Nursing Home Lyrics before is because I’m not sure of all of them (except where I posted “Very sure”). The other songs I’m 99% sure of… But there is just too much of Nursing Home that I don’t know.
Late,
grmpysmrf
Lyrics for Slow & Low? sonofabitch! someone’s got a copy of this floating around and i missed it?
I put this in the wrong thread… told ya I was tired!
This is what I got Off Youtube I’ll take my disc with my to work tomorrow and look into the others.
Dead end streets
Just a reminder that no one cares
{starin’} into space like nobody’s there
{Lies/lives}and faceless and {and a lot of bad dreams}
Revcolution medley
I can {pray here} don’t know why
Purple head covered {Brown}
Caliente Dark Entries
And walking through {our} city’s neon lights
Discussing (Something about {women}) sequential lines
Too tired to do the rest (Meaning I couldn’t get the rest in any reasonable amount of time.) I’ll have more tomorrow. 2:30am here going to bed! YAWN
Late,
grmpysmrf
In case anyone (other than myself) gives a shit, here are the lyrics to So-So Life. I deciphered these from the July 84 mp3 and the Minneapolis vid (did a bit of lip reading).
Following the second hand
I still can’t tell the time
Watching all the days go by
The calander’s no friend of mine
Sillouhettes are dancing
From the shadows of the falling rain
I’m so bored, mighty low
I fully realize I’m insane
So-So x 2
I’ll put down the knitting needles
I can’t find me any silk
Digging through the ashtrays
Cause they’ve only lived there for a week
Try to find a word to say
I’ll save it for some other day
I’ll put down the paper towels
It looks like I am here to stay
So-So life’s getting away
From me every day
So-So life’s getting away
So-So life’s getting away
From me every day
So-So life’s getting away
So-So x 4
I don’t want no sympathy
I know just what is wrong with me
Bored with everything I’ve done
There’s no place left for me to run
I’ll just sit here in my room
Just hope that things will change real soon
Parking meter in my mind
Requires yet another dime
So-So life’s getting away
From me every day
So-So life’s getting away
So-So life’s getting away
From me every day
So-So life’s getting away
So-So x 4
Following the second hand
I still can’t find me any time
Watching all the months go by
The calander’s no friend of mine
Sillouhettes are dancing
From the shadows of the falling rain
I’m so bored, mighty low
I fully realize I’m insane
So-So life’s getting away
From me every day
So-So life’s getting away
So-So life’s getting away
From me every day
So-So life’s getting away
So-So life’s getting away
From me every day
So-So life’s getting away
So-So life’s getting away
From me every day
So-So life’s getting away
So-So!
[u]10 million way to die[/u]
Marshall=Marshalaylay
All passengers with universal {gravity} passes should transmit on frequency alpha
[u]Caliente Dark Entries[/u]
To let myself freak out
Freak out
{Hello There Fella}
Jesus
Discussing {our whopping sick} Sequential lines
If only for the old times {good} times
(Chorus 2)
We leapt in bed degrading even lice
{with a little pain}
My shielded pride
the commie ex-patriot art dealer slash {crook}
[u]Fire Engine[/u]
burning {out the bottom} of my animal desire
Fire engine {Come Out} drive me insane
Pushin’ {Kids Off} the ceiling, it’s in my brain
Dead End Sreets
{Starin’} into space {That} nobody’s there
{Lies, the} faceless, and {A lot of Bad Dreams}
[u]Pole Grinder[/u]
She’s a he in disguise
{cause you could always lie}
Tucking it up to {Go Outside}(pronounced Owside)
(Also sounds like {tucking it up to go size})
[u]Jack In THe Crack[/u]
Terminate
Terminate
Masturbate
{You Saw} fate
Pefect tits
Smells like a {mess}
{… … … Your Precious liiiiiiiife} (gonna have to give this one more of a listen!)
[u]Devil Cock[/u]
THe chanting sounds like it’s being ran backwards… Don’t have a program off had to reverse it.
DOn’t have time to do the rest of this song I’ll hit it up again tonight. The second ? starts {Satan loves me}
Late,
grmpysmrf
Well you made quite a few changes some are great some are still not good
Thanks man. No disrespect if I went with anything else on some of them. Some I’m pretty sure about, but there are quite a few that are far from clear, so it’s really anyone’s guess.
“and it’s comfortable now how can I say”-although I think it’s “stay” but the “comfortable” is perfect and makes much more sense!!
Based on the context of the song, I’d say that “stay” makes more sense, and it sounds a bit more like it, so - changed.
After breathing in their vacant? air = after breathing in, they begin there…
I see it like the cops shows, you know when they got the perp in the holding room and they take a deep breath… then they start talking or beating on the perp…
I listened to that one about 20 times trying to nail it. It’s definitely “their” (or they’re or there), as there’s a clear r sound at the end, but the other words are reallytough to make out. The line is in the second part of the song - from the killer’s point of view before the kill. Could be “begin there”, but that doesn’t really make sense. I went with “air” at the end, since the line mentions breathing in. You realy could make an argument for several different thngs here.
and USELESS
These fucking [dense(?)], form aimless hands= the fuckin lips form nameless hands reaching for my throat
It makes sense especially since he’s singing about a chick that screwed him over. Every time she was kissing his neck it was like she was really strangling him with little hands.
Actually that one’s about Al. It’s pretty similar in themes to later songs that were pretty overtly about their relationship (Lover’s Leap, Holy Sugarwater). Remember that Paul al but left (and according to some accounts, did leave) the band around this time. There was a lot of hate in the camp at that time. Whatever that word is, it starts with a hard consonant (d, t, p, etc) and ends in nce or something similar. “dense” makes no sense. It’s got to be a noun.
Actually that one’s about Al. It’s pretty similar in themes to later songs that were pretty overtly about their relationship (Lover’s Leap, Holy Sugarwater). Remember that Paul al but left (and according to some accounts, did leave) the band around this time. There was a lot of hate in the camp at that time. Whatever that word is, it starts with a hard consonant (d, t, p, etc) and ends in nce or something similar. “dense” makes no sense. It’s got to be a noun.
First off, I say back to you, (with no sarcasm) no disrespect anywhere in this post. Don’t want to come off angry, 'cause I’m not.
Re: USELESS
If that’s true, why are some of the lyrics about a cheating spouse?
{A callous whore, a cheating wife}
{The failing marriage slowly grinding into nothing
A bleeding union only left with trying offspring}
“Lips forming nameless” hands could also be metaphor for all of the shit that was talked. “Your strangling me with all of your spoken shit talk!”
Plus, I hear {Lips} very clearly. Do you play with an equalizer to boost the vocals when you’re deciphering?
So what do you think of my Cocked and Loaded fill-ins? and the Nursing Home translations?
Late,
grmpysmrf
Not to air out dirty laundry, but Patty did cheat on Al. With a pretty close associate, I might add. But, who knows, maybe Al did too…
Useless is all Paul, or at least lyrically. As far as I know, it’s all metaphor.