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Inspired by the film "PACIFIC RIM" (which you should see) and Joseph Scrimshaw's album "FLAW FEST" (which you should hear), this song is a celebration of Foolish Optimism.

lyrics

ANTEVERSE

Mutavore! Kaiju - Category Tres! Bringing you the End Times!



VERSE 1

I'm gonna raze that city

I'm gonna raze it to the ground

When I say "raze", you know I mean the "raze" where you don't lift it up

Instead you... you knock it down—look, never mind



I'm gonna be a hurricane (with six eyes)

I'm gonna be a big apocalyptic jerk

I'm gonna do the exact same moves the other kaijus do

but this time it's gonna work



It's all in my reach

as I crawl through the breach

You think a wall on the beach can keep me out?

The end is nigh

And I'm the ending guy



CHORUS

I know you beat the one before me

You may have won that time

and the time before that

and the time before that

and the time before that

and the time before that

and the time before that (and the time before that)

and the time before that (and the time before that)

and the time before that (and the time before that)

and the time before that (and the time before that)

BUT NOT THIS TIME!



You're like a broken computer keyboard:

There's no Escape!



VERSE 2

I'm not like all the other ones

They were different

And I'm not

We may have had the same power, same will, same

guts, same claws, same strength, same height, same weight, no weapons, same brain, even same DNA

And the same game plan



The difference is how we are different. Cos I don't have:



My head ripped off

a rocket in my butt

my brains aren't floating in a lobster tank

I still have teeth

My legs aren't gone

I'm not tied down to an aircraft carrier

I can still breathe

I'm not on fire

my ribs aren't a strip mall in Hong Kong



You thought they were the ones to worry about?

HA! You were WRONG.



Let's proceed to begin

I'm gonna lead with my chin

Just watch me follow in the footsteps of the fallen for the win

The tides are sure to shift, if you catch my drift..



CHORUS

I know you beat the one before me (pretty much immediately)

You may have won that time

and the time before that

and the time before that

and the time before that

and the time before that

and the time before that (and the time before that)

and the time before that (and the time before that)

and the time before that (and the time before that)

and the time before that (and the time before that)

BUT NOT THIS TIME!



Alright, it's go time! Let's see what you got, tin man! I'm gonna crack you open like a peanut shell, eat those two little nuts, and throw the rest right into the—



[whoopin]



ANTEVERSE 2

Stepping up: Otachi! Kaiju - Category Four! This world is MINE!



VERSE 1

I'm gonna raze that city

I'm gonna raze it to the grou—



[whoopin]

credits

released December 29, 2013

Written, produced, and performed by Mike Phirman

Special thanks to Joseph & Sarah Scrimshaw

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