This Graceless Planet

Lyrics for This Graceless Planet

Our very first tour was with some close friends of ours in the band We Versus the Shark. This tour consisted of us playing one show in Athens, one show in Connecticut and two shows in North Carolina. Our personnel consisted of me playing guitar and singing, John playing bass and singing, Laura playing keyboards and singing and Christine getting uncharacteristically wasted and shouting at quiet bands while doing shirts. We played along to the computer (not an mp3 player! what a mistake!) and actually had the computer do our banter in between songs (example: "how are you doing tonight asheville, hold for applause, one, two, three...") One particular show we found a desk, lamp, office chair and lava lamp backstage and set up a little home office onstage for the computer. Anyway, the only time we were ever good on this tour was when we played this song (and debatably our cover of "Love Fool") which was written by the Sharx and recorded shortly after Album Minus Band. The plan was to record a cover of "Slide" as well and they would do a very droney, spacey version of "Sweet Home Cananada" where they made all the major chords minor, and the minor chords diminished. We actually wanted to do a split 7" covering songs with EVERY band we ever toured with, so I guess it's good that this never happened 'cause that precedent would have started to get annoying for other bands. rebels, guns, ingenues--all diamondless coal paranoia and pop charts, but you know how we roll what's that, baby? yeah, I miss god too but he's doing just fine without you this graceless planet has accrued its debt (and now it's time to pay it up) this graceless planet has accrued its debt (and now it's time to pay it up) this graceless planet is a skull's head death (and now it's time to pay it up) it's been a long time, i shouldn't have left you disciples from the past have come for yr daughters a gentleman from the future has reclaimed california a frozen clock sudden stop puts culture shock at odds baby needs some new math, baby needs a couple more jobs and we have always lived in this village and we have always lived in this village this graceless planet has accrued its debt (and now it's time to pay it up) this graceless planet has accrued its debt (and now it's time to pay it up) this graceless planet is a skull's head death (and now it's time to pay it up) there's no place left for you to rest your head (and now it's time to pay)