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This song is Beck’s approximation of the perspective of an insane man. The title “Elevator Music” refers to bland, meaningless music such as one might hear in an elevator. However, the insane narrator hallucinates many other meanings when he hears elevator music.
[Intro]
1, 2, you know what to do
Alright
[Verse 1]
I'm uptight super, gathered out of the frame
I shake a leg on the ground like an epileptic battery man
I'm making my move, letting loose like a belt
Little worse for wear but I'm wearing it well
Tell me what's wrong with a little grind n' bump?
When the stereos erupt with a kick drum punch?
Let's do it once, probably do it again and again
Like you did it before but you're more erratic than then
And you had a rough night and the night's just begun
Let a little bit of this pass with this gun
Don't let it hold you back but you're already set
No dead flowers gonna grow 'til the dirt gets wet
[Chorus 1]
Put the elevator music on
Pull me back where I belong
The ambulance sings along
The fly on the wall doesn't know what's wrong
If I could forget myself
Find another lie to tell
If I had a soul to sell
I'd buy some time to talk to my brain cell
[Verse 2]
Gutbucket and a bottle of paint
It's like the schoolhouse lights will never turn on again
'Til the bottom wears off of these high-heeled boots
The bodies all move, some backbone roots
Everybody working hard 'til the yard is all clean
The dishes wash good in the washing machine
Now you brush your teeth and you comb back your hair
You drive your vehicle like you just didn't care
You're walking to work with the boys and the girls
And you're doing it there, it's the end of the world
Now everybody's sweating, forgetting what's on their mind
With your hand like a mirror, you can see what's inside
When you're down and out, conquer it, there's nothing that's real
It's like a platinum card too amputated to feel
[Chorus 2]
I got a silicon bible song
And a paranoid jumbotron
The Lord took the weekend off
The fly on the wall doesn't know what's wrong
If I could forget myself
I'd find another lie to tell
The bottom of an oil well
Cell phone's ringing, I could talk to my brain cell
[Outro]
All the dudes with the banjos
Chicks with the wicks
Animals with bananas
Got my hand like a mirror
You can see what's inside
Elevator Music was written by Beck.
Elevator Music was produced by Nigel Godrich.
Beck released Elevator Music on Tue Oct 03 2006.