OMG....The BEST Pissed-Off, Sarcastic, Anti-War &^%$ing Song In Ages....

[Khephra]

A PERFECT CIRCLE'S

*Pet*



Don't fret, precious, I'm here.
step away from the window
go back to sleep

lay your head down child
I won't let the boogeyman come

counting bodies like sheep
to the rhythm of the war drum

pay no mind to the rabble
pay no mind to the rabble

head down, go to sleep
to the rhythm of the war drums

hey, don't mind what the other voices say
they don't care about you, well I do, well I do
safe from pain and truth and choice and other poison devils,
see, they don't give a fuck about you, like i do.

just stay with me, safe and ignorant,
go back to sleep
go back to sleep

lay your head down child
I won't let the boogeyman come
count the bodies like sheep
to the rhythm of the war drums

pay no mind to the rabble
pay no mind to the rabble

head down, go to sleep to the rhythm of the war drums

I'll be the one to protect you from
your enemies and all your demons

I'll be the one to protect you from
a will to survive and a voice of reason

I'll be the one to protect you from
your enemies and your choices
they're one in the same
I must isolate you
Isolate and save you from yourself

swayin to the rhythm of the new world order and
count the bodies like sheep to the rhythm of the war drum

the boogeymen are coming
the boogeymen are coming

keep your head down, go to sleep, to the rhythm of a war drum

stay with me
safe and ignorant
just stay with me
hold you and protect you from the other one
the evil ones
don't love you son
go back to
sleep

go back to sleep

go back to sleep

go back to sleep

go back to sleep

[opiate69]

1. Maynard Keenan is truly a poet

Unlike many other rock lyricists who get accused of being poets.

[jonnyblitz]

5. one of the best i believe. Sorry I missed "A Perfect Circle" this summer

when they played at Berklee Performance Center in Boston. The Tool concert I was fortunate enough to see in 2002 was one of the best concerts I had ever seen and I have seen quite a few in my day.

[Khephra]

11. I agree...

Tool was fucking great this last time around. It made me feel like I was watching Pink Floyd in their prime, if you know what I mean.

[luckyluke]

2. Most violent anti-war song ever

At least, that I know of. Particularly see the last stanza ("And I hope that you die...")

Masters of War (Bob Dylan)

Come you masters of war
You that build all the guns
You that build the death planes
You that build the big bombs
You that hide behind walls
You that hide behind desks
I just want you to know
I can see through your masks

You that never done nothin'
But build to destroy
You play with my world
Like it's your little toy
You put a gun in my hand
And you hide from my eyes
And you turn and run farther
When the fast bullets fly

Like Judas of old
You lie and deceive
A world war can be won
You want me to believe
But I see through your eyes
And I see through your brain
Like I see through the water
That runs down my drain

You fasten the triggers
For the others to fire
Then you set back and watch
When the death count gets higher
You hide in your mansion
As young people's blood
Flows out of their bodies
And is buried in the mud

You've thrown the worst fear
That can ever be hurled
Fear to bring children
Into the world
For threatening my baby
Unborn and unnamed
You ain't worth the blood
That runs in your veins

How much do I know
To talk out of turn
You might say that I'm young
You might say I'm unlearned
But there's one thing I know
Though I'm younger than you
Even Jesus would never
Forgive what you do

Let me ask you one question
Is your money that good
Will it buy you forgiveness
Do you think that it could
I think you will find
When your death takes its toll
All the money you made
Will never buy back your soul

And I hope that you die
And your death'll come soon
I will follow your casket
In the pale afternoon
And I'll watch while you're lowered
Down to your deathbed
And I'll stand o'er your grave
'Til I'm sure that you're dead

[alphafemale]

8. I heard a girl sing that at the Peacewalk in Charleston, SC last week. nt

[Khephra]

3. The song before this is called "Lullaby"

Why is it that I can imagine "Pet" being sung to Bush by Ma Bush?

I think I'm calling him "Precious" from now on.

[Khephra]

4. What is this reaction?

Hrphm....

[Khephra]

6. n

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[Khephra]

7. kick

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[prolesunited]

9. Well, I think it sums up the current situation perfectly

counting bodies like sheep
to the rhythm of the war drum <-- This line is particularly chilling.

And I imagine it is the Bush administration and their corporate cronies singing the lullaby for the masses and we are the "rabble" that they should not pay attention to.

Is this a current song? Where could I hear it set to music? How did you find it?

[Khephra]

10. It's off a new cd

that just came out this week.

Yeah...that line sums it all up...I'm singing it over and over here...

counting bodies like sheep
to the rhythm of the war drum

[Aristus]

12. "Hush child, go to sleep...

It's only the sound of a gun.
Hush child, do not weep,
It's only the sound of a gun......"

"The Sound Of A Gun" by Chris De Burgh. Awesome.

[VelmaD]

13. Was gonna buy this album anyway...

love A Perfect Circle...love Maynard...sigh. Gotta go out right after work and pick it up. Thanks for posting the lyrics.

DV

[Khephra]

14. You know how you listen to a new cd

in hope that a song will just hit you "so"?

I can't get this song off my mind! It's fucking great! It spells it all out for all who can see.

:bounce:

[Khephra]

15. Stay with me................

.

[prolesunited]

16. Thanks for posting the lyrics

What are the other songs like?

[Khephra]

18. I don't really know

once I hit this song on the first listening I've yet to stop. Replay city!

[leftist_rebel1569]

17. god, I love any band Maynard Keenan is in....

what a beautiful song...that man is TRULY awesome...