The Spark That Bled

The Flaming Lips · The Soft Bulletin [1999]

I accidentally touched my head

and noticed that it had been bleeding

for how long i did not know.

What was this, I thought, that struck me?



What kind of weapons have they got?

the softest bullet ever shot...



I stood up and I said yeah!!

I stood up and i said yeah

I stood up and i said Hey, Yeah!



From this moment on

blaring like a trumpet

comin from above us

and somewhere below



the confidence of knowing



decsending to relieve us

of the struggle to believe its so



I stood up and i said yeah

I spoke up and i said Hey

I stood up and i said hey yeah



And it seemed to cause a chain reaction

It had momentum it was gaining traction

it was all the rage it was all the fashion

the outreached hands had resigned themselves to



holding on to something that they never had



and thats too bad

'cause in reality there was no reaction



i accidentally touched my head

and saw that it was bleeding

for how long i did not know.