Hungry Eyes / I Want the End of the World

Little bit of angry background folk punk. Quick and dirty. Double feature, today. Mostly recorded while lying down and being sad. Lyrics in fold.

From the redlines to the green mines, I think I've had enough of your kind. For all the merit that you'd find, needles hang with hungry eyes. The camels are swinging high.

I want the end of the world. No, I don't want no one to get hurt. But, I want the last to be first like it says in the bible.
Failing this, it would suffice for either the dead or the oceans to rise, the stars all to fall, the bombs all to drop, or whatever.
Oh i want the end of the world. It's true. Yeah, don't you?

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posted by es_de_bah (2 comments total)

Two songs in two minutes! I love a multi-part song and I love the "camel/eye of the needle" allusion in the first part threading through (ha!) to the "like it says in the bible" in the second. Also the double-tracked vocals, especially when you do them in octaves. And the weird slightly jarring guitar thing after the first "It's true." There's a lot to like in these 2 minutes!
posted by valrus at 7:22 PM on February 24

I love this. Too tired to write something smart about why, but it's just excellent. The feel of the second part works perfectly.
posted by umbú at 9:39 PM on March 6