Permagrin Lyrics

Below are the lyrics for the Permagrin album songs by Justin Veatch. The album will be released mid summer. Stay tuned for more updates. And don’t forget to join our mailing list. jeff@thejustinveatchfund.org— thanks so much for listening.

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And I can’t stay away
‘Cause you’re a radio wave
And you always seem to be transmitting to my brain.

Clean

Dah-duh dah-duh dah-duh.
Dah-duh dah-duh dah-duh-duh
Dah-duh dah-duh dah-duh
Dah-duh dah-duh dah-duh-duh
Dah-duh dah-duh dah-duh
Dah-duh dah-duh dah-duh-duh
Dah-duh dah-duh dah-duh
Dah-duh dah-duh dah-duh-duh
Dah-duh duh-duh duh duh-duh-duh-duh
I put emphasis on your name every time I talk about you
I’ve grown obsolete beside your new things
This is why I hate facts and facts hate me
So come out clean
You’ve got nothing to lose
Or to gain
Judging by the way we’ve been talking lately
Dah-duh duh dah-duh.
This is why I hate plans that never come out sunny side up
And this is why I hate you for being so goddamn pretty
So come out clean
You’ve got nothing to lose
Or to gain
Judging by the way we’ve been talking lately
So come out clean
Woh-oo-woh oh-oh
Dah-duh-dah duh-dah
You’ve got nothing to lose
But I do.

Can’t Afford the Color

Bea, it’s your birthday
Why do you have to be so ashamed
Of your last name, weren’t you asking
When we go back home again?
And we’ll go and you’ll know that we love you.
And we’ll go and you’ll know that we love you.
Hey mom and dad, come look at this photograph.
Even though it’s black and white
There was so much color in our eyes.
Even you could be happy too.
That’s what they tell us when we wait in line for soup.
And we’ll soar like we’ve never soared before
And we’ll sing songs of joy.
And we’ll go and you’ll know
That it’s been so long talkin’
More than years since I’ve seen these colors
And not been drowning in tears.
This side of the spectrum is so unfamiliar.
You need to slow down.  You need to give us a chance
To make things better.  We won’t let you down.
We won’t let you down.  We won’t let you down.
We won’t let you down.  We won’t let you down.
We won’t let you down.  We won’t let  you down.

Jersey City Homecoming

And I’m sure
The air’s not good for us
But when we travel on this highway we don’t even make a fuss
About the quality of what we breathe
We’re dazzled by the lights that float around us
They’re dancing.
All the boat-ridden anchors and strong oil tankers are launched into water again
And the songs that we write and the wars that we fight become useless against them.
Memories of past journeys are brought to life again.
The lights they all grow brighter as we drive on down the road
And it’s a good thing ‘cause it means that we are getting close to home
And I smile
And you laught
And every doubt I ever had is thrown into a swirling cloud.
All the boat-ridden anchors and strong oil tankers are launched into water again
And the songs that we write and the wars that we fight become useless against them.
And I get all topsy turvy when you look at me that way
And I know everything’s okay.

Broken Angel

I’m zooming by and I can’t grab what I deserve
I’m going too fast for that.
And I don’t get how other people who are on this earth
Keep their relationships in tact.
I caught a halo of a broken angel with my hands
And then I threw it to my lesser half
The half who knows he’s being bad but never stops to ask
If I’m gonna be okay it’s alright to say
That I’m in trouble and I’m headed in the worst way.
I have a bag full of excuses that I like to spit
Out of my mouth when shit gets rough and please don’t mention it
‘Cause when the truth is in my face I tend to throw a fit
Who’s in control?  I took a toll.  I need to get a grip.
I started thinking ‘bout the fire that was struck by flint
And how the moon and stars are always so constant
More so than people, feeling come and go.
It’s just so.
I need to be alone to battle with the afterglow.
If I’m gonna be okay
It’s alright to say
That I’m in trouble and I’m headed in the worst way.
If I’m  gonna be okay
It’s alright to say
That I’m in trouble and I’m headed in the worst way.

Whispering Spirits

A smile spreads across my face
As whirling spirits stain the air.
A sea of mobile bodies feeding of the energy
It seems as if we’re launching into outer space.
Werewolves walking near the water
Make it hard to fall asleep.
Howling hoards consumed by hunger aren’t safe to be around.
Better not make a peep.
Stitched in sutures, mend my torn up will to find
A place where flowers bloom unbound by space or time
Where peoples’ hands are joined and thought is a chance to grow
Free of the bleak and bland
Our spirits never low.
Scaly serpents slither softly
In the vast array of bloom.
People fear what they can’t hear and what they can’t see
When they peer into ideas bold and new.
Whitewashed windows patter faintly
On the house that’s next to mine.
An idea struck my mind and got me thinking overtime
Will someone please sort out the line?
Stitched in sutures, mend my torn up will to find
A place where flowers bloom unbound by space or time
Where peoples’ hands are joined and thought is a chance to grow
Free of the bleak and bland
Our spirits never low.