The Mechanical Walking Robotboy

“Doomed” Lyrics

01. We're All Doomed

and now the story that should be told
how i found out when i got older
tried to live a life that’s swell
went for the water but fell into the
well to do don’t do too well at all
you don’t have to be on top to fall

so if you find that you’re sick of it
and you think that it’s full of shit
man i know that you’re ready to quit
well baby baby baby we’re all doomed

i had a friend who had a fit full life
didn’t get what he wanted out of it
he killed himself at seventeen
left his belongings but took my naivete’
i spent five years in his room
left with a smile when my life resumed
now i understand that life’s a tease
with no manufacturers warranty

-maybe someday you won’t mind the pain
maybe someday ride on the same train
-maybe someday couldn’t come too soon
cause baby baby baby we’re all doomed

i had a better day but i don’t know when
i’ve had a worse night but i don’t know when

02. It's Understood

hey i found out i’m gonna die today
yeah what a weight off my shoulders
no more fighting just to get ahead
so little time to spend and so i swear
that nothing can get me down

have you got the time
-my time is never my own
to spend with me
-i just get up in the morning
it’ll all be good
-if i could just get away
it’s understood

yeah put on the hollies hear it one more time
eating and drink for the flavor
yeah wearing nothing but my favorite clothes
i’ll call up everyone cause this is going to be the perfect end

(chorus)
if you’re feeling down
-it’s all i’ve felt for so long
remember you
-i think i’ve lost all my feeling
have so little time
-if i could leave it today
better use it now

03. Walkin Out

please don’t notice me
please just look the other way
i’m a coward and i just ran away

and i feel just like a turtle
who’s been flipped upon his shell
and i hope someone can turn me around

cause i’m walkin out on problems
and i’m walkin out on pain
and i’m walkin passed the corner to the end

please don’t see me now
please just act like i’m not here
i can’t deal with my problems or my fears

and i feel just like a turtle
who’s been flipped upon his shell
and i hope someone can turn me around

cause i’m walkin out on problems
and i’m walkin out on pain
and i’m walkin passed the corner where
the streets come to an end

and i’m walkin out on family
and i’m walkin out on friends
and i’m walkin passed the corner where
the streets come to an end

here i go
here i go
here i go

04. Long Time to Go

do i know you?
sometimes i wonder if i know myself
i can show you
that understanding is a kind of wealth

but it’s a long long time to go
before you know yourself as whole

i don’t know you
but i still wonder just what’s on your mind
it’s enough though
to understand how much is there to find

but it’s a long long time to go
before you know yourself as whole

if the hour is getting late
you know you’ve sealed our fate
but if the hour is getting near
what’s left to fear
what’s left to fear
what’s left to fear
the future’s here

05. Routine

well it’s the same routine
a submarine sinks into my brain
to look for ideas
digging around unfamiliar ground

well up and down
through good and bad memories
something happy maybe unsavory
give me a break my reputations at stake

well write it down or maybe remember
good enough we’ll be here forever
here in my brain
where all the music is playing

every day on sunday or tuesday
try to write and try to get empty
well i made a mistake
i gotta write a new break

well it’s the same routine
a submarine sinks into my brain
to look for ideas
here in my brain
where all the music is playing

up and down through
good and bad theory
something happy maybe just scary…

06. Confused?

oh no
everyone in america that i know
is confused
they don’t know what to do
they say
no one’s sure what happened yet anyway
so just stay at home
and just watch the news

do you think they survived
or could it be true
do you think they’ll describe it
to me and you
at the final moment
do you think they knew?

07. You Don't Love Him

well i hope he takes good care of you
and i hope he treats you right
hope you’re eating out for every meal
cut your meat without a knife
too hot too cold you’ll never know
he can stop the sun he can make it snow
he’s got everything you’ve ever wanted

but you don’t love him
no you don’t love love love him

well he’s got the house the cars the dough
friends with everyone you want to know
he runs the bank and the club with so much grace
he owns sex and god and the human race
but you didn’t have to sell your soul
just change your hair and your words and your clothes
and convince yourself that now you’re happy

but late at night as you survey
the perfect world that came your way
i wont be jealous cause i’m the only one who knows…

that you don’t love him
no you don’t love love love him

but late at night when you’re depressed
you may remember me and all the rest
and your perfect world that moves so slow
i’ll catch you as you slip out your window

08. Weather Machine

the sky is turning dark today
looks like it’s gonna rain today
the stars are falling it’s blue and black
and i will be right back in a minute

dog he senses fear in dark
he might just wag but he might just bark
something weird is going on
something weird is going on

so you’d better make up
to the weather machine
you’d better make up
to the weather machine

something’s going down

09. Jars

never born
and never formed completely
in a jar or petri dish we wait
got no life got no strife or worries
dead but never buried on display

no idea of life at all
no idea about ideas
no one talks and no one hears
in jars

might have been
very nearly made it
couldn’t incubate it
wrong design

got your life
hope you never waste it
if you like i’ll take it
off your hands

no idea of life at all
no ideas about ideas
no one talks and no one hears
in jars

no idea of life at all
no idea about ideas
no one seems afraid to
peer in jars

10. Catapillar Man

i was born the catapillar man
and you don’t think that i can
make it on my own

a big surprise
when they looked into my eyes
and the doctors soon surmised
that there were pieces gone

with no arms or legs
so i’ll use my head
and you can bet
that you won’t forget me soon

through the years
i got a lot of stares
and you ask me if i care
you know the answers no

can’t you see
this is how i want to be
and if you try to pity me
save it for yourself

with no arms or legs
so i’ll use my head
i want you to try my style

and you can bet
that i won’t regret
cause i don’t want to be like you

11. Strongman

hey man i can crush your sedan
if you ever think of me as
anything less than you

i can cause i’m bigger you than
and i’ll scoop you up and turn you
into something less than new

strongman never cries
squash you down to size
strongman take no lip
sink your little ship

i’m mean like an angry machine
just a diesel tornado
carpet bombing thru the middle of town

this way and society say
when a little less than human
use injections to keep him down

and in a moment of clarity
i see that the sun it shines on me
and in a moment of clarity
i see what society did to me

abused and as a juvenile used
to imprint upon the psyche
maladjusted behavior acts

echoes of societies woes
big words i don’t know
as i fall through the systems cracks

12. Over You

have you ever felt life
was guided by a plan
and then suddenly
something wasn’t right
now you’re lost in the dark
you haven’t got a clue
what you’re supposed to do

i want to get over you
don’t want to get over you
i want to get over you
don’t want to get over you

once i thought that i knew
the way my life would go
now i find that i’ve driven
off the track
i forgot that it’s all about
a give and take
what a big mistake