[Verse 1] Try not to think so much about The truly staggering amount of oil that it takes to make a record All the shipping, the vinyl, the cellophane lining, the high gloss The tape and the gear [Verse 2] Try not to become too consumed With whats a criminal volume of oil that it takes to paint a portrait The acrylic, the varnish, aluminum tubes filled with latex The solvents and dye [Chorus] Lets just call this what it is The gentler side of mankinds death wish When its my time to go Gonna leave behind things that wont decompose [Verse 3] Try not to dwell so much upon How it wont be so very long from now that they laugh at us for selling A bunch of 15yearolds made from dinosaur bones singing oh yeah Again and again Right up to the end [Chorus] Lets just call this what it is The gentler side of mankinds death wish When its my time to go Gonna leave behind things that wont decompose [Outro] Ill just call this what it is My vanity gone wild with my crisis One day this all will repeat I sure hope they make something useful out of me
gentler, decompose, oil, mankind, 15yearolds