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lyrics
Seizure Squid
Courtney Arnold and Brad Erickson 2012
I did it with the narwhal and I kinda liked his tusk
Tried it with the walrus and I sorta liked his musk
I’ve never gone for mermen, they done sold me to the witch
It’s interspecies nookie that really scratch my itch
When I saw him in that wetsuit, of slick black neoprene
I thought he was the sexiest damn seal I’d ever seen
But maybe I misjudged the look of passion on his face
Cause this wasn’t what I had in mind when I came back to his place
Yeah our bodies didn’t fit well, but he screwed me just the same
When they fired up that sonar, it blew my mermaid brain
If he’d only loved and left me, I’d have raised his mutant kid
Instead I’m living in this tank, with just my seizure squid
Oh yeah, my seizure squid, I’d be so lonely without you
The way you squirt that ink to warn me, and now I’m always blue
Oh yeah, my seizure squid, you sense that ultrasonic pulse
To them it’s echo navigation, they pull the switch and I convulse
They say that I’m the lucky one
Floating in this tank
All my friends turned up like flotsam
A foul and frothy stank
My family all beached and gone
As soon as that machine turned on
And the scientists just watch
So in between experiments I’ve become the main attraction
Those tourists really do line up for freaky mermaid action
It’s true I like it kinky, which don’t mean I’m for sale
But a girl can only go so long before she needs some tail
Oh yeah, my seizure squid, I’ve never known a love so true
Though when you blow your load the lights go out
And I begin to thrash about, my body twists but I can’t shout
Oh yeah, my seizure squid, a seeing-eye dogfish couldn’t help
A talking parrotfish could never save me, tangled in the kelp
Oh yeah, my seizure squid, I’d be so lonely without you
The way you squirt that ink to warn me, and now I'm always blue
Here it comes again
credits
from Beautiful Grotesque,
released September 14, 2012
Brad Erickson: vocals, guitar; Courtney Arnold: vocals; Olivia Rathbone: vocals, gorgogliatore; Jason Berkman: drums; Sarah Topaz: bass.
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