Quality Control / No. 422
Everyone’s favorite, often typo-riddled, serpent, No. 422! For his slithering playlist, I went with a lot of indie rock and anti-folk, trying to best encapsulate his strange and often esoteric knowledge of all that is, has been, and might yet be. His songs deal a lot with the themes of futility and idealism. Maybe one day, he’ll see the three become one again.
-D.H.
Three guns and one goes off
One's empty, one's not quick enough
One burn, one red, one grin
Search the graves while the camera spins
Chunks of you will sink down to seals
Blubber rich in mourning
They'll nosh you up, yes, they'll nosh the love away
But it's fair to say, you will still haunt me
All the men of faith and men of science had their questions
Could it ever be on earth as it is in heaven?
Oh to see it with my own eyes
Oh to see it with my own eyes
I had a dream today
About a hustler who lost
He paid his dues
Then he paid the cost
Wish I knew back then
All I know right now
Things would be much different
Than time has allowed
There's a knock at your door
You don't even recognize the stranger
It's you from before
Tryin' to warn you all about the dangers
There's a hole in your head
At least that's what everybody's guessing
It's why you're always misread
It's why you sleep but you never feel rested
You never get your rest in
Save up all the days
A routine malaise
Just like yesterday
I told you I would stay
Would you always?
Maybe sometimes?
Make it easy?
Take your time
The face of evil is on the news tonight
We see the darkness over light
But have we ever really lived in better times?
Hey, strange, they say we're coming to the end of the line
But is there still a chance to change your mind?
Or have all the colors turned to black and white?
We keep going, don't stop running
They keep selling, we don't want it
So close to it, almost found a way
Two steps closer, they keep coming
We keep yelling, we don't want it
Almost better, this thing's about to break
Kaboom
Blowout
Everything must go
Everything must go
Make way
For the Kingdom come
Blowout
Everything must go
Everything must go
Make way
For the revolution
As I finally meet my end
I won't be scared, I won't defend
The things I've done
I don't need him like you do
I don't fear him like you do
As the world revolves the sun
I hope the light that I become can
Sleep for once
He says he protecting us but he's a liar
I know deep down that it's down to the wire
My heart will stop if I put out the fire
As long as i'm burning
I'll keep on yearning
To save the world
Not sure how, but I'm learning
