Reality is like a National Park,
That everyone's trying to carve into one's own backyard,
And the Popes of every playground are hawking tiny rocks:
Splinters of the mega-fortress of 20th Century Fox . . .
Fifty million Rambos are gnawing at the seam,
Gulping Armageddon caviar, having strange dreams,
Of faces, faces, everywhere, like crosses-
And crosses, crosses, everywhere like faces-
Rock, rock, rock against reality!
I saw an ancient tampon, but it wasn't
It was a dead snake's head, it was red
And I saw the cosmetic cosmo of a sperm-drenched condom
Consumed by roaches as the worshipers watched-
Rock, rock, rock against reality!
I'm so thirsty, I'm dreaming of [current poster icon]
A gigantic erection engulfing their posters-
And I plunged into the void, and I fell asleep when I came,
And I woke up, smashed, at the bottom of the Grand Canyon!
Rock, rock, rock against reality!
First you were a skyscraper, reaching for the stars-
Then you became a hood ornament on the front of many cars.
Hey! Get your maidenhead out of my mausoleum!
You're breaking your hymen all over my altar!
Rock, rock, rock against reality!
(C) Damon Norko 1983, 2020
credits
from Rock Against Reality,
released June 21, 2020
Damon Norko . . . vocals
Jim Mcpherson . . . guitar
Mike Bell . . . bass, guitar
Darryl Dardenne . . . drums
The Submensas . . . b. vocals
lyrics by Damon Norko (c) 2020
based on an original composition by Mike Bell (p) 1983, 2020
arrangement by The Submensas
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