Pachinko, Pt. 1

Lyrics for Pachinko, Pt. 1

"Do you know? Do you know what it's for? A pantomime for the dead You've been living a lie What a show! I've been here for a while Take a spin! Little steed, do you need a reprieve? God decrees that your soul must ride on the wheel Do you know? Do you know what you'll be? Let's find out!" Save me! I can feel my soul below me And it looks like down is up The phonograph And it took a while to say That all the lives before me was like one foot in the grave When I packed my bags and drove to San Francisco In the pouring rain "God is gone, do you know what I mean? The lights arе on but there's no one running thе show I know your face, yes, I've seen it before Was there a plan?" Down low, I can feel my soul unfolding And it looks like down is up My epitaph And it took a while to say That all the lives beyond me was like one foot in the grave When I packed my bags and drove to San Francisco Yeah, I packed my bags and drove to San Francisco In the pouring rain And I want to be a sailor on the sea I want to be a babushka, baby I want to be a pretty, pretty girl I want to be! Save me from the neon shades below me From a city in the sea The Golden Calf And it took a while to say That all the lives beyond me was like one foot in the grave When I packed my bags and drove to San Francisco Yeah, I packed my bags and drove to San Francisco In the pouring rain The Devil turned me into a penny dispenser in Tokyo The Devil turned me into a penny dispenser in Tokyo (I packed my bags and drove to San Francisco I packed my bags and drove to San Francisco) The Devil turned me into a penny dispenser in Tokyo The Devil turned me into a penny dispenser in Tokyo (I packed my bags and drove to San Francisco I packed my bags and drove to San Francisco) Wake in the darkness, looking around me Taking a while to see me there, Mr. Louis Are you a friend among the crowd? Says that he knows me, walking around me Are you a friend or are you foe? Mr. Louis, would you bind yourself to me? Wade in the darkness, blowing around you Taking a while to see who's there Uncle Louis, are you my feet upon the ground? Flavors that know you, swirling around you These are the places I would go Mr. Louis, stick my head above the clouds Oh! I want to be a pretty boy Fires that believe in me I want to be a pretty boy Oh! I want to be a pretty boy Fires that believe in me I want to be a pretty boy And when you're feeling like the world is going overboard Slow me down and come around And when you're feeling like the world is going overboard Slow me down and come around Sing in the darkness, flowing around you Taking a while to see me there All the people shove my head above the clouds Songs that will know you, songs that will love you I am the balm of Gilead Let me know you, there's no reason to be sad I never wanted to be A simple boat on the sea I always knew that there was fire floating around And if this is what I must be The biggest fish in the sea I need a little power raining down on me Me, I'm a techno boy Technology is breaking the ice Me, I'm a techno boy Technology is simple and nice I'll have them shouting my name! Billboards proclaiming my fame! Say electricity is fire floating around! I'll show them what they will need to build a thing They can feed me through a portal and bring fire to the crown Me, I'm a techno boy Technology is breaking the ice Me, I'm a techno boy Technology is simple and nice Wouldn't you think about what constitutes a god? Is it believers on their knees or something more? What if humanity could make itself divine Something that lives and breathes like them, but never has to die My name is Pachinko, I sing the flamenco My songs are something you never can forget I'm gonna be married to the stars My name was Pachinko, I sang the flamenco My songs were something you never can forget I'm gonna get smashed among the stars and bring you freedom And I cannot wait For the ocean to swallow us all inside a watery grave Are you going to save me? The light is gone If it ever was here, well, I might as well be walking the sun Are you going to save me out in the rain? Wouldn't you think about what constitutes a god? Is it believers on their knees or something more? What if humanity could make itself divine Something that lives and breathes like them, but never has to die My name is Pachinko, I sing the flamenco My songs are something you never can forget I'm gonna be married to the stars My name was Pachinko, I sang the flamenco My songs were something you never can forget I'm gonna get smashed among the stars And I cannot wait For the ocean to swallow us all inside a watery grave Are you going to save me? The light is gone If it ever was here, well, you might as well be walking the sun Are you going to save me out in the rain? Floating around, floating in time Floating around in a tank along the shoreline Floating around, floating through time Floating around, I don't want to be the Pachinko