A Song for Our Time
I’ve been following Maynard James Keenan’s project, Puscifer, since 2007 when they released their first album, V is for Vagina. Back in 2010, Sergio and I saw them live at The Vic in Chicago. We drank copious amounts of wine and had one hell of a time. I recommend searching YouTube for previous incarnations of the band as their style weaves from hip-hop and country to heavy metal and industrial, with hints of everything from Devo and Nine Inch Nails to gospel and Tom Waits. One of my personal favorites. This track, ‘Bedlamite,’ is the last song on their latest album, Existential Reckoning. A positive message during a grim period in human history. Cheers.
Old man Wibble
Lush diviner
Duke of babble
Mad soothsayer
Drunken oracle drinks
The Liquid Jesus
Straight from the bottle
Spiritus Sancti
Like God full throttle
Bedlamite seer
Fortune teller croons
“Write your own fable
Believe it’ll all work out”
“It’s gonna be alright
It’s gonna be alright
Everything will be alright”
“Raise, “ he says, “raise a glass
Raise a glass to our, our heterogeneity
Our remarkable resilience through calamity”
“Raise, “ he says, “raise a glass
Raise a glass to our, our heterogeneity
Our remarkable resilience through calamity”
Old man Wibble
Duke of babble
Drank straight from the bottle
Danced on the table
Fortune teller croons
“The world may tipple
The world may wobble
Raise your bottle
Of God full throttle
Liquid Jesus
Spiritus Sancti
Write your own fable
Believe it’ll all work out”
“It’s gonna be alright
Everything will be alright”
“It’s gonna be alright
Everything will be alright”
“It’s gonna be alright
Everything will be alright”
“It’s gonna be alright
Everything will be alright”
“Raise a glass
Raise a glass to our, our heterogeneity
Beautiful delirium
Our remarkable resilience through calamity”
“Raise a glass
Raise a glass to our, our heterogeneity
Our remarkable resilience through calamity”
“It’s gonna be alright
It’s gonna be alright
It’s gonna be alright
Everything will be alright”
Vincent Emanuele is a writer, antiwar veteran, and podcaster. He is the co-founder of PARC | Politics Art Roots Culture Media and the PARC Community-Cultural Center located in Michigan City, Indiana. Vincent is a member of Veterans For Peace and OURMC | Organized & United Residents of Michigan City. He is also a member of Collective 20. He can be reached at vincent.emanuele333@gmail.com