Tuesday, March 30, 2010

2 Songs About Rabbits

Found two songs which contain the keywords "rabbit" and "headlight"

The first is by Thom Yorke and Josh Davis for a side project called U.N.K.L.E and its first album "Psyence Fiction" in 1998. The title is taken from a quote from the 1990 movie "Jacob´s Ladder."

Radiohead also happens to be one of Marilyn Manson´s new influences. The second is the song from "Eat Me, Drink Me" called "Are You The Rabbit?"

Compare both songs and try to figure out how much they are truly related...



RABBIT IN YOUR HEADLIGHTS

Thom Yorke :
I'm a rabbit in your headlights
Scared of the spotlight
You don't come to visit
I'm stuck in this bed

Thin rubber gloves
She laughs when she's crying
She cries when she's laughing

Fat bloody fingers are sucking your soul away...
(Away....away....away....)

I'm a rabbit in your headlights
Christian suburbanite
Washed down the toilet
Money to burn

Fat bloody fingers are sucking your soul away...

Sample from movie Jacob's Ladder :
If you're frightened of dyin' and you're holding on...
You'll see devils tearing your life away.
But...if you've made your peace,
Then the devils are really angels
Freeing you from the earth.....from the earth....from the earth

White worms on the underground
Caught between stations
Butterfingers
I'm losing my patience

I'm a rabbit in your headlights
Christian suburbanite
You got money to burn....

Fat bloody fingers are sucking your soul away.....
Away, away, away,
Away, away, away.




ARE YOU THE RABBIT?

I'm a kick stand in your mouth
and I'm the tongue slamming on the brakes
pull the choke in
pull the choke in
as hard as it will take.
All your pictures are getting dirty
I don't want anyone else's
hand on my gears
And I'll choke on
all the diamonds
like a vulture on your face

So ask yourself before you get in
I know the insurance won't cover this
Are you the rabbit
or the headlight
and is there
room in your life for one more breakdown?

You can't escape
Can't escape
all your demons
All you demons
"Watch out, watch out
for your lovers"

Faster, faster
faster-faster-faster
faster-faster-faster
I'm late, I'm late
And the hands on my clock
are starting to shake
We're on the line between
the devil's tits
and we've been driving on E.
I'm going to be wanted for this crime
"Well, at least you’re wanted"
She'll say

So ask yourself before you get in
I know the insurance won't cover this
Are you the rabbit
or the headlight
and is there
room in your life for one more breakdown?

You are an unmarked car
I can't remember where I parked you
but I love you
can't afford you
I'll take a cab to the funeral.
Faster, faster, faster-faster-faster
Faster-faster-faster
I'm late, I'm late
And the hands on my clock
are starting to shake.

You can't escape
Can't escape
all your demons
All you demons
"Watch out, watch out
for your lovers"

So ask yourself before you get in
I know the insurance won't cover this
Are you the rabbit
or the headlight
and is there
room in your life for one more breakdown?