13th Floor Elevators - Thru The Rhythm

Thru the rhythm of darkened times
Painted black by knowledge crimes
And repetitions pointless mime
Instilling values the sick define
That keeps the fabric that keeps you blind
And ties your hands and cloaks your mind
But on my stilts, I'm above the slime

Come on up if you can make the climb, but who am I?
Who am I? Who am I?

I've smelled the stench from the fumes that rise
From the books that rehash the same old lies
I felt the panic that they disguise
In the forms of laws of every size
I've heard the teachers whine and make me drop out like flies
But you know they teach you nonsense, cause they can't blind your eyes
I've seen the fools gold that they pawn off as their prize

To the average standard the norm supplies, but where am I?
Where am I? Where am I?

You've gobbled all the blessings they caused you to digest
They may be hard to swallow, but they keep your tongue depressed
Your scattered whims were born depressed
So when something slams your chest
You flutter about, you're sleek distressed
And when you stop to ease your breast
A scattered rim leaves you obsessed

While solid thoughts are soon suppressed, but where are you?
Oh, where are you? Hey! Where are you?
Where are you?
Where are you?

Category:

Music

Tags:

• 13th
• floor
• elevators

[Taenarin]

you people are all retarded. Welcome to youtube.

[Deepthroat1990]

@Taenarin

go on someone elses nerves, kiddie

[Noxcer]

Why the fuck is Jonas Brother's mentioned in my 13th Floor Elevators?

[InternalPeace93]

Man this band is jammin!

Wishh I could have seen them live. Would have been an honor!

I need a time machine.... ..

[EDOcomplex]

the greatness of the elevators was the best keep secret of the 60s. they were the hardest rocking most dangerous least pretentious psychedelic outfit in their heyday. while roky gets most attention, props must also go to excellent lead guitarist stacy sutherland and incredible lyricist and jug blower tommy hall

[littlemikey1954]

@crotchboots Te 13th Floor Elevators were introduced as the world's first psychedelic band on the intro of THE 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS LIVE: (I got the album in October 1971, taped it onto an 8-track tape and played that tape to death. Now I got it on CD. Yay!

[GypsySerai]

WOW! and thanks for posting lyrics as well.

[NecroNudistt]

who the fuck is jonas what?

[saltjunkie77]

@thevoidconsumes No, lsd blows...use shrooms.

[AUKS2]

@mindmartian aw they dont like the all seeing eye

[mindmartian]

the four people that disliked are retarted.

serious

[falore94]

They are from my city- Austin, Texas :)

[wharfRat720]

@InternalPeace93 Don't we all :)