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Uncle Traum by Serengeti
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The last track off Serengeti’s 2012 album C.A.R tells the story of a man who finds out his wife was killed in a drug deal involving his Uncle Traum. The narrator’s in the hospital, unable to visit his family to get any reassurance or explanation, giving the song an unmoored, hallucinatory, helpless...
Uncle Traum Lyrics
[Intro]
Louise, R.N
Today goes walking
Estimated release date: one week from today
[Verse 1]
The antibiotics made me hallucinate
Cops arresting patients
Arabian spiders inside my arms
And Uncle Traum
And then my wife got shot
She was seeing him for a year
I had no idea
'Til brother's post
[Verse 2]
I'm in the hospital
I told pretty Louise, the R.N
When she checked in about 4 am
I hadn’t slept the whole night
I called the wife’s folks to find out when the funeral was
But no one ever answered the phone
[Verse 3]
In brother's post she was shot in a drug deal
Traum was a meth addict
I saw him smoking crack through a block window
In the basement
He was in his bed
He played speed metal too
She was in his press photos
Damn it
I had no idea
[Verse 4]
I'm in the hospital
She was dancing for him, with the lovers
She could really dance, really dance
Really move, really move
I'm wide awake waiting for the morning news
It’s sure to be the lead story, man
"Drug deaths in Des Plaines
Shooter's not apprehended
No suspects"
It's 7 AM, the news ain't coming on
It's Sunday
I had no idea
Some movie
Called and called and called
I'm scared
Then they took out my breathing tube