The Faint // Fulcrum & Lever [Lyrics]

Lyrics:
i heard a bone snap
when i was only about nine
the laws of gravitation
were in abeyance a while
but not long
before they taught me a lesson
in tough skin jeans like a Japanese hessian
i was 70 pounds, learning to fly
i knew i couldn't do it if i didn't try
we called it the "field" where we used to hang out
a field of alfalfa behind the back of our house
with a slice of an old oak tree
and a 12 ft. plank
put the board on top
we got flying machine
oh my god we could teeter on this
or make lever that could shoot me into orbital space
i'd seen the circus
and i saw how they do it
with bent knees
you got to jump like you would from a trampoline.

we got out the ladder
and the heaviest kid
he would climb up top
and count down like
a rocket ship
to fire me up
he'd get to t-minus zero
before he'd jump
and i was shot high in a vertical catapult
straight up and down
i remember the view from over top of the house
-gravity seems weak until you look down

i got in position
i had impeccable form
if the judges were present
they'd be holding up score cards
with 9's and 10's
unless i lose a couple points
for the landing i did
i heard a loud snap but it didn't hurt
i looked at the neighborhood
it looked like earth
but everybody's acting weird are they out of meds?
eating a peanut butter sandwich in a hospital bed
i started noticing
strange phenomenon
is this planet the same one that i been on?
everybody's bizarre and irrational
even nurses on the clock seem a bit off

strange phenomenon
everybody's deranged and i wonder what
happened the day that i fell from the sky
if nobody changed
then it must've been my mind.

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• The Faint
• Fulcrum and Lever

[PinkFroggyMusic]

Thanks for posting this, I love this song.

[peanutbuttuh]

uuuugggghhh.... song sends chills up my spine.... the ending is really sad though.... brain damage due to spine compression.

A similar song is "ballad of a paralyzed citizen". Refers to spine damage too... also very sad...

Regardless of the sadness..... the Faint will forever be my ALL TIME FAVORITE BAND!!!

[IControlDaSpiceTrade]

There are only two genres of music. Good music and Bad music. This is good music. Thanks for posting this I am just now finding out about this band and I've been around awhile.

[newage4energy]

Sounds like someone who has had an eventful life and very observant of his surroundings. Thanks for sharing the experience as yiou saw it.

[07brando]

the faint, 311..wtf ever they put in the corn in omaha is frikkin ossum sauce!

[enlightenedaquarius]

Daaaaamn, Faint! Youse guys are dubbin wit the times now, eh?! Nice, nice. Everything these guys put out is pure gold.

[K1ssaSaur]

best fucking song ever

[JillBaitz]

Thanks dudes from Omaha that know how to get down I've seen u two times and both have Bern incredible this song gives me chills and u make me proud everytime I blare u in my car!! Or while doing mass amounts of cocaine Jaaaaaaha

[Mr0Skin]

Thats for giving me a eargasm. You were good in my headphones.

[gooshgooshification]

@peanutbuttuh

i don't know where you're getting spine compression from in this song.. paralyzed citizen specifically says it but i find this song to be a lot more about a subtle shift of perspective due to some brain injury that slipped by unnoticed by everyone but the narrator.. and obviously in his new paranoid/altered state he's not going to tell anyone haha..

but yeah. i feel like its more about perspective and what is or isn't normal, not sad but certainly thought provoking.

[T0rchur]

why do some people think music belongs in "genres"? it's either good or it's shit; forget giving the in-between any labels

[chels2110msn]

bad the fuck ass.