“Confusion is Next” is the seventh song on Sonic Youth’s first full-length album, Confusion is Sex.
“Confusion” was the first song the band recorded for the Confusion is Sex sessions. It was inspired in equal parts by Lydia Lunch (who later worked with the band on the Bad Moon Rising album), hardco...
[Verse 1]
I maintain that chaos is the future
And beyond it is freedom
Confusion is next and next after that is the truth
[Chorus]
You got to cultivate what you need to need
Sonic tooth
Sonic tooth
Sonic tooth
[Verse 2]
Stick your fingers in your mouth
Squeeze your tongue and wrench it out
From its ugly fucking cancer
Its ugly fucking cancer root
[Chorus]
You got to cultivate what you need to need
Sonic tooth
Sonic tooth
Sonic tooth
[Verse 1]
Chaos is the future and beyond it is freedom
Confusion is next and next after that is the truth
[Chorus]
You got to cultivate what you need to need
Sonic tooth
Sonic tooth
Sonic tooth
Sonic tooth
[Verse 2]
Stick your fingers in your mouth
Squeeze your tongue and wrench it out
From its ugly fucking cancer
Its ugly fucking cancer root
[Chorus]
You got to cultivate what you need to need
Sonic tooth
Sonic tooth
Sonic tooth
Sonic tooth
[Outro]
Tell nothing but the truth
Confusion Is Next was written by Kim Gordon & Lee Ranaldo & Thurston Moore.
Confusion Is Next was produced by John Erskine & Wharton Tiers & Sonic Youth.