Hieronymus Firebrain – Hieronymus Firebrain
UPC 5413356920628
All lyrics by Jonathan Segel ©1990 Bumps of Goose, BMI1) Don't Drive Too Slowly (ISRC US-JBY-08-00001)
Don’t drive too slowly, you'll find that it's only
A trip made for one
Nor give up early, you'll find you're mistaken
When you gain perspective, you'll see what I mean
Must you look upwind to follow that smell?
That’s been haunting you constantly, as if it exists?
Don’t get convinced or convince yourself anyway
You might be wrong
Not moving quickly, I swerve in the way
If I find it, then I can always find homeMoving too slowly, I’m finding it's only an added distraction
It keeps me behind
I vacillate widely because, undecided, I catch myself playing
Both sides of the gameI am waiting now to take the next step
Just to finally move forward would feel so good
Don’t look behind you, you'll find that you might not
Like what you see2) Dog As A Devil (instrumental) (ISRC US-JBY-08-00002)
3) Where the Garden Went (ISRC US-JBY-08-00003)... And I’d laugh to be seen riding shotgun to her driving
Ever I’d measure whose speed death wish surviving
All of the magpies we'd dealt decent cards toWould all be off kilter if ever they ought to
All of the ladybugs roaming the garden
Finding their varied rosebuds and stars then
Their fractured aesthetics would lend a kind ear to
Their varied complaints ground in my varied gear tooth
Everywhere people express their opinions
On other's thoughts on themselves as their minions
Their partners their painters, their winners their lives
Their lust for opinion makes them corporate wives
One thousand ladybugs appear at the door
None of them perfect so they all ask for moreOf the thousand ideas allotted one life
Which even when given they put under the knife

Somewhere I read all the loops of disorderTo hold all the difference within her kimono
The talking, the laughter, the cries of emotion
Would all seem so home-hit in this sensitive ocean
One very fine butterfly in chrysalis form
Perjures the garden on behalf of the norm
Only one flies from the fish in the sea
To calculate efforts proving where they should beI’ll take a drive with you in my ear
We’ll overtake science and wish it all clear
We’ll navigate rivers of noise, taste and sight
Saving a portion to wave them goodnight
We’ll live so consistently, like fire and weather
Where ten thousand ladybugs gather together
Forming a unit whose aims hit or miss
And we'll fly on through like the game that it is
All of the ladybugs here in my garden
Stepping so lightly, avoiding the glass shards
On which they would cut themselves up, so effacing
All of the spiders in this holy place
There’s moly that grows here in my garden(Begging the queen of the butterflies' pardon)
One million ladybugs all manner and bent
Search through the plants to find where the garden went4) Friction (ISRC US-JBY-08-00004)
All tenants must report to have their lives reviewed
The anthill is being moved to be better used
Don’t impede, with words to say, you're not what they need
What they need: nourishment for a rotten seed
What they say and what they do may be different things
Still and all conspiracy's a leap in faith to bringWait all day to find out whatever time may bring
Peace of mind? I’m finding out these are all different things
Friction heats our lives; we try to close the gap in
What we're told is what and what has actually happened
Nonsense buying three times what we've twice been burned on
Friction’s to the point it's likely they'll be turned on
Miss justice to the point where it's hit or miss
I can't see if she's true why'd she do this to me?

Who survives? When the blow comes will it be disguised?
All our lives are in the hands of some other guys
I can't trust someone else to make the rules for me
Burn to dust, begin again to rewrite democracy
They rewrite to say our freedom will remain the same
Meanwhile back behind the scenes they play a different game
Friction heats our lives; we try to close the gap in
What we're told is what and what has actually happened
I just can't believe we let things get so bad andEverywhere we turn the man denies it happened
Effective lies can only serve them to delay
Keep the faith, but you may be your own enemy
Make new plans: without a map sometimes the road dead-ends
Why not stay? Unless the cat leaves home the mice won't play
Years ago someone started up the war machine
We feed it now 'cause no one knows how to turn it off again
Subtle ploys bring about an end no-one enjoys
And their means are becoming more and more obscene
We complain, they find a scapegoat to relieve the pain
We aren't free; they try to make us our own enemy
Ring the bell, they bring you food and then they say it's badWhen it's good. We're all crazy dogs; I think we've been had
Friction heats our lives; we try to close the gap in
What we're told is what and what has actually happened
Nonsense buying three times what we've twice been burned on
Friction's to the point it's likely they'll be turned on
5) Down From the Clouds (ISRC US-JBY-08-00005)
Come down from the clouds, fall out of sleep keeping your dreams
Should they all disperse, don't remain terse though temptation screams
If it all be for naught, give it no thought, no heaven nor hell
Nobody likes anything anyway, so you might as well do what you do
And do it well
Come out of your shell and see the world be it heaven or hell
Shunning your pale desire, that fuels the fire so it's just as well
Everything you might need is just beyond reach of your outstretched hand
Everything’s miserable, you'd best get used to it
Live or die, do it for your sakeAnd do it well6) Gunga Done Did and the Fountain of Shut Up (Instrumental)(ISRC US-JBY-08-00006)
7) 400 Years (ISRC US-JBY-08-00007)
I hear I heard the wave upon the ocean
See I saw the clouds above the sea
I feel I felt the mist upon the air
I hold I held the sand within my hand
I heard I hear the wave upon the ocean
Saw I see the clouds above the sea
I felt I feel the mist upon the air
I held I hold the sand within my hand
Try toTry too8) Gunga Done Did and the Temple of Drums and Shit (instrumental)(ISRC US-JBY-08-00008)
9) Waning Crescent Love Spit (ISRC US-JBY-08-00009)
I saw your eyes look beyond meI saw the friction, I felt the heat
The waning crescent moon burns late through the night
Now I only see correctly by that light
I know your dreams are farther
Than you could throw me everSo I come back
Believing you flown, into every flower grownThough I am no cat howling on a midnight fence
I watch from afar to see your fertile dance
Though I never got used to the taste of blood
My respect for life: flowers in the mud
There I go again saying this might be the end of me
So I come backFollowing suit, a half chewed root
The grass grows so green by the river's side
The flotsam's seldom seen that decaying fertilized
I stand by the shore, spit into the waves
A little piece of me to the salt water slaved
I can't believe that I would ever recognize
Icons I see, what they really are and otherwise
But this I know
What we don't show, to each other do not say
Gets in the way, confuses who we thought we wereAnd effectively destroys us by decay
I’m fit for worms, leaving no trace
Catch the next train out, leaving this placeI still don't know if the station edificeServes as the dancing mask of our own nemesis
And is that icon one of leaving or of getting to the next
Station in the line, will we get there on time
Only to go our separate ways?
Knowing us we'll get there early, waiting for that train
I guess that's better than having missed it
And watching the tracks rust in the rain
Start moving forth one step at a time
Keep moving forth and leave it behindStart moving forth one step at a time
Keep moving forth and leave it behind
Ignore that you're blind, feel the walls as you go
Keep moving forth, you may have something to show
Start moving forth one step at a time
Keep moving forth and leave it behind
Ignore that you're blind, feel the walls as you go
Keep moving forth, you may have something to show
You might slow down or even stand still
Don't wait in the mud or head back downhill
I know it's hard, but you can only die
I know it's hard but all it takes is a try
Start moving forth one step at a time
Keep moving forth and leave it behind
Ignore that you're blind, feel the walls as you go
Keep moving forth, you may have something to show
You might slow down or even stand still
Don’t wait in the mud or head back downhill
Take a deep breath, lie down on the ground
Getting up, leave without making a soundLead your own way, you are your own bet
Trust in yourself, you'll get out of this yet10) How the Movie Ends (ISRC US-JBY-08-00010)
You say you're staying; I said I’m here
You say things are changing--make it clear
Don't say they disappear
Follow heart's own path to the next bend
You say you want to know how this movie ends
I hope it mends up its plot
But I guess we'll never know

If what we do has any consequence or
Not what you said, it's just how I felt
If I’d see you right now, I’m sure I’d melt
Heartfelt
Consequences bare, is the devil about?
The angels in my home have all gone out
They won't come when I shout
But it's not that bad
As it may seem
It's not like it's some bad dream
Where the hero dies for dramatic tension
Though it's not that critical
I’d just like to mention that
If we'd not met, I’d have never known
If we'd not met, I’d have never been shown
If we'd not met, I’d have never felt
Of the winds that blow through our hearts and minds
The storms that rain, they kick up the dust
That the winds leave behind
You tell me your fears and I’ll tell you mine
The ones we hold onto will infiltrate lines
Of our speech and our minds
You seem fascinated by sense and sin
I dwell on the old scene while a new one begins
Nobody wins
But it's not like that would keep us from playing
It's more like we use this plot to relay the story
I’m telling you I’ve had the world in my hands
And I love you, lover please understandIt's beyond my command
Don't think twice, you'll end up thinking again
You still want to know how this movie ends
But let's not pretend that we know
Because if I lost you
It's not like I’d believe that I’d wrecked my life young
It's more like I’d believe that I’d been relieved
Of any responsibility for ever having done anythingBecause
If we'd not met, I’d have never known
If we'd not met, I’d have never been shown
If we'd not met, I’d have never felt
Of the winds that blow through our hearts and minds
The storms that rain, they kick up the dust
That the winds leave behind“See how the lightning makes cracks in your air, tearing the sky and then closing the tear,
but you're not surprised...”11) Love's Not Lost (ISRC US-JBY-08-00011)
Life is so long, but we live it so quickly
Time's cruel passage so unkind
We study the past to make the present
Love's not lost, it's just left behind
We callously act as if it didn't matter
Those we misuse, they lie scattered
Our lives become a complicated gameAnd we act like it's all the same
Love's not lost, don't tell me
Love's not lost, I just can't see itAny
More time wasted and it's quickly too late
To tell you I was thinking of you
Though thought and deed are miles apart
It may not mean much, but I still love you
I know it's said all's by time healed
It just takes time to see the blood congealed
This time I’m not going to cry
I wish you good luck and goodbye
Love's not lost, don't tell me
Love's not lost, I just can't see it
Anymore, don't tell me
Love's not lost, I just can't see
It anymore
12) Laura NW (ISRC US-JBY-08-00012)
Laura NW
The overreaching hierarchical arch
And I don't care
If to you
I am the shadow of the wind in a dream
The sun you wear, your diadem
That is elucidation, unusual elusion
Do you believe in elapsed time?
Laura NW
The overreaching hierarchical arch
And its keyAnd I don't care
If to you
I am the shadow of a breeze
In your light, its spectrum fills the gap,
, that space between allaption
That space between phase, bigger than life
In no time are all you hear the rests in the music
The sun you wear, your diadem
That is elucidation, unusual elusion
Do you believe in elapsed time?
Laura NW
The overreaching hierarchical arch
And its all encompassing tonicism
And I don't care
I am a dream13) Keen to the Stress Queen (ISRC US-JBY-08-00013)
I’m keen to the stress queen, she
Builds me up and leaves me half clean
Quite the scene with the stress queen
Makes her way so very pristine
Take us, she make us, we run 'round to fake us, weTowering over her, glowering under her
Never know when she will tear us asunder, her
Wish our command so we think we withstand her
Get all you going for before the closing door
Life's speed is fast, today is not your last
Keeping uneven keel, ignoring what you feelGet all you going for, she is your narrator
We keen to the stress queen
In hopes she sees our dying careen
Quite the scene with the stress queen
Nervous sweat stinks but it's unseen
Make me so nervous to be in her presence, she
Holding the winning hand, plays in the shiny band
Never know when she will knock us down where we standFight is inviting, I think she's inciting toMake us uncomfortable falling into the void
But that you feel this way, you'd think I’m paranoid
Follow her sweaty grace, speed fuels the race
To every closing door, promises even score
I keen to the stress queen
It's her teeth I’m resting between
Quite the scene with the stress queen

Every new day's like it's never been
I’ve been with the stress queen
She paved my heart to something obscene
Quite the scene with the stress queen
We're all so normal when we're glacine
Dipping my pigtail into the inkwell, she
Towering over us, showering down to us
While our eyes upturned tunneling under us
Make me so nervous to be in her presence, she
Causing me heart attack teaching me what I lack
Then she run out on me like she never coming backFinding the closing part burns my stupid heart
Note in the path she led, "worry" was all it said
I’m keen to the stress queen
Where she is is where I’ve been
Quite the scene with the stress queen
Makes her way so very pristine14) Sky of Mind (ISRC US-JBY-08-00014)
When the sky of mind gets too big
I can turn myself inside out
Oh world of mine and you stare
At the same moon far away
My the world of mine gets too big
I burn cleanly into light
From this sky of yours and I stare
At the same moon by and by
You see my sign
You hear the sirens' screaming
You saved my mind
Time is (too) long
Let me, let me, let me know
The reason that one's life would be
What it is at all
AnywayWhen the time goes on and by your eye
You measure living, time living,
Stars go by and you see them go by
My the sky today is so big
I ride clearly on the wind
Through this sky of mine and you stareAt the same moon overhead
You see my sign your sign says
You hear the birds singing
Life to green
Time goes on
Spin, spark
Let me, let me, let me know
The reason life would be
What it is at all
Anyway15) Find (ISRC US-JBY-08-00015)
Find
Singing song
Ringing bellMoves in slowly turning dance
All uphill
She mayFind
Her own luck
Her own mind
Moves in swiftly turning sign
Burns through hell
Walks through
TimeTime
Telling me
We only see
Each other through revolving doors
Complicate
Talking
YouShow you feelShow me wellTell me through the moving glass
Days and nights
See yourSign
Sign
Talent shown
Brilliant form
Wishing for your just desserts

Interferes,
You thinkTime
Write your script
Write it well
Leave it open ended-Moving forth
Growing,YouYou
Singing song
Ringing bellMove in slowly turning dance
Through your life
You may findYour own spellYour own mind
Move in always turning
Wave
Burn through hell
HeavenSent