DK & The Hoop Snakes, 2022

Sunlight

I’ve been away for fifteen months
Feels like it’s been fifteen years
As my head moved forward felt my heart falling behind
But in my hour of darkness I’ve not been as I was blind
Let the sunlight in your eyes
Let the sunlight in you rise
I got on the bus to neverland
There’s a reason why they call it neverland
Frozen in the winter of the everlasting no
At last I hear the voices of the springtime waters’ flow
Let the &c.
In olden days a madman would be shut inside a box
Treatment for a head case would be darkness bars and locks
Nowadays the night police mad passions up in heat
Blow away the naked guy found wandering in the street
Praying for your body as they drop you in the hole
What they call asylum is a tomb built for the soul
Let the &c

Most Perfect Jewel

My oh my what have I done
Carelessly cast away
The only woman I ever loved
If she falters let her fall
‘Cause even the most perfect jewel is flawed
Day and night you work and toil
To make accomplishments
Something you can be proud of
Deady pride that twists your heart
When even your most perfect jewel is flawed
It’s a disappointed feeling
When you get just what you want
No pleasure is both permanent and pure
You want it make it stand still
To turn to stone
It’s a disappointed &c.
On the night I cross the bar
To meet my Maker
Will I have the courage to stand tall
And say take me in Almighty God
‘Cause even Your most perfect jewel is flawed
Even the Lord’s most perfect jewel is sadly flawed

The Valve

I had a valve installed
In the back of my neck
Guilt worry and indecision
Making me a nervous wreck
I got all kind of symptoms
I got invisible pain
The Doctor said I need an implant
Keep me from going insane
Oh the valve oh the valve
Oh the valve it doesn’t shut no more
It’s all crapping out it’s not keeping down
Stuff coming up through the basement floor
My head is my house
I got a window eye
I got a hole in my rooftop
Open to a stormy sky
I got a chimney facing downward
I got a padlock in my mouth
I got danger on the outside
I ain’t never going out
Oh the valve &c.
I prayed for madness
And the madness came
I tried to halt that delivery
But it showed up just the same
I thought it’d help me write a letter
I thought it’d help me write a song
I’m not feeling any better
I’m feeling bad that I was wrong
Oh the valve &c.

Pretty Fire

Fade to black but see the image frozen on the screen
Takes me back to the dirty forest to the dirty playground
To the dirty primal furry scene
I want to turn back the line that I crossed
I want to be obliterated buggered beaten maimed
I want to watch at the keyhole I lost
I want to play the old familiar game
I’ve outgrown the stupid tricks I followed where they led
On my own I learned to scratch the pebbles
On the uneven pavement
I learned to scratch my skin until it bled
I want to drown in the creek in my backyard
I want to take a boat ride with my old vacation friends
I want to find where that dark river starts
I want find out where that river ends
Down my throat never kiss me any other way
Skin the goat let the blood go running
Let the blood go streaming
Burn the fat and throw the meat away
I want to sulk where the grape tangles grow
Light my cigarette upon the sacrificial pyre
I want to write words that nobody knows
Throw my paper on the pretty fire