Song of the Minerals
Shellac * Track #5 On At Action Park
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Song of the Minerals by Shellac
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ShellacProduced by
Todd Trainer & Bob Weston & Steve AlbiniWrited by
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Each verse of this song, the fifth on Shellac’s full-length debut, At Action Park, describes a different self-destructive behavior. The refrain, “It’s alright if it makes you feel better,” repeated with an escalating sense of desperation and urgency, calls into question a major tenet of the modern s...
Song of the Minerals Lyrics
Eat yourself out of house and home
Go home, there's nothing there because
You ate yourself out of house and home
Throw up, you do it again
Make a meal of nothing at all
Why?
It makes you feel better
The only thing in your life you own
It's alright
If it makes you feel better
Cut yourself up and down your arms - both arms
If it makes you feel better
They're your arms
It's none of my business, it's
It's none of my business
If it makes you feel better
Fucking you is a total stranger
You picked him up but he's a total stranger
Why?
It makes you feel better
It's none of my business
If it makes you feel better
It's alright
If it makes you feel better
It's alright
If it makes you feel better
It's alright
If it makes you feel better
It's alright
If it makes you feel better
Nickeline: under blowpipe gives off foul fumes
Halite: rock salt tastes salty
Cinnabar: volatilizes under blowpipe, on charcoal
Dolomite: effervesces slowly if powdered
Hornblende: flakes have wedge shape
Willemite: turns green in cobalt nitrate
Feldspar: the one to choose when cleaning spaces
Galena: perfect cubic cleavage
Song of the Minerals Q&A
Who wrote Song of the Minerals's ?
Song of the Minerals was written by Todd Trainer & Bob Weston & Steve Albini.
Who produced Song of the Minerals's ?
Song of the Minerals was produced by Todd Trainer & Bob Weston & Steve Albini.
When did Shellac release Song of the Minerals?
Shellac released Song of the Minerals on Mon Oct 24 1994.
What did Shellac say about "Song of the Minerals"?
In a forum on the site for Albini’s Electrical Audio studio, he and Bob Weston admitted they couldn’t recall the perplexing final verse of this song.
Weston:
Not sure where the lyric sheet for Minerals went. It was in my bass case for like 10 years, but I can’t find it now. Definitely said feldspa...