Flagpole Sitta
Harvey Danger * Track #2 On Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone?
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Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger
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Harvey DangerWrited by
Sean Nelson & Jeff J. Lin & Aaron Huffman & Evan SultAbout
AV Club describes “Flagpole Sitta” as “exploring the tension between being both a cultural observer and a participant—when you’re self-aware enough to notice how the underground is being co-opted, but yet simultaneously caught up in (and horrified by) this commodification.”
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Flagpole Sitta Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I had visions, I was in them
I was looking into the mirror
To see a little bit clearer
The rottenness and evil in me
Fingertips have memories
Mine can't forget the curves of your body
And when I feel a bit naughty
I run it up the flagpole and see
Who salutes, but no one ever does
[Chorus]
I'm not sick but I'm not well
And I'm so hot 'cause I'm in hell
[Verse 2]
Been around the world and found
That only stupid people are breeding
The cretins cloning and feeding
And I don't even own a TV
Put me in the hospital for nerves
And then they had to commit me
You told them all I was crazy
They cut off my legs
Now I'm an amputee, goddamn you
[Chorus]
I'm not sick but I'm not well
And I'm so hot 'cause I'm in hell
I'm not sick but I'm not well
And it's a sin to live so well
[Bridge]
I wanna publish 'zines
And rage against machines
I wanna pierce my tongue
It doesn't hurt, it feels fine
The trivial sublime
I'd like to turn off time
And kill my mind
You kill my mind
Mind
[Verse 3]
Paranoia, paranoia
Everybody's comin' to get me
Just say you never met me
I'm runnin' underground with the moles
Diggin' holes
Hear the voices in my head
I swear to God it sounds like they're snoring
But if you're bored then you're boring
The agony and the irony
They're killing me, whoa
[Chorus]
I'm not sick but I'm not well
And I'm so hot 'cause I'm in hell
I'm not sick but I'm not well
And it's a sin to live this well
[Outro]
One, two, three, four!
Flagpole Sitta Q&A
Who wrote Flagpole Sitta's ?
Flagpole Sitta was written by Sean Nelson & Jeff J. Lin & Aaron Huffman & Evan Sult.
Who produced Flagpole Sitta's ?
Flagpole Sitta was produced by Harvey Danger & John Goodmanson.
When did Harvey Danger release Flagpole Sitta?
Harvey Danger released Flagpole Sitta on Tue Jul 29 1997.
What did Harvey Danger say about "Flagpole Sitta"?
In an interview for AVClub, lead singer Sult says:
[‘Flagpole Sitta’] manages to snag some sort of zeitgeist experience. I think it’s a really true version of what it felt like to be alive, at least in Seattle [when] we actually wrote it. The ironic remove and the innate suspicion of both the mains...