Bubble Made Imagination is a quirky indie rock band from Columbus, OH.
Bubble Made Imagination is a quirky indie rock band from Columbus, OH.
Don’t really have much to say, cuz I don’t really care Cuz you’re gonna do what you do Don’t really have to speak, cuz you won’t even hear And you’re gonna do what you do No matter what I have to, No matter what I have to say Gonna head back to the cave Where the first ones met For the sake of convenience Even if I’m only talking to myself I’m no different, ain’t likely to Listen even when the person talking Is who knows me the best Gonna head back to the cage, say goodbye We’ll try again someday Under different circumstances after we’ve broken All the rules and glued them back together again Infinite universes, one’s gotta be right This one ain’t worth the time or the fight But we’re all stuck here Better start tonight To try or give in, to give in to flight
So much hype about the hype machine Will even touch you when you sleep Just build a screen to project A most perfected, easily Understandable crafted version of authenticity No longer wait at the back The lines are gone They’ve been replaced They’ve been replaced A kiosk was built It’s a mile a wide It knows your face No longer constrained By the vagaries of a physical world Of neighbors and children that go to a school You pass on the way to your job There’s no work anymore, anyway It’s morning it snows outside Wish I could write like [Biggie Smalls] Wish I was deluded Like white power does Enough to believe The machine was Written for me Maybe that’s the case But my hunch is unless I Crawl to the other side Of the wires, of the wires The algorithm’s got me on The left side of the equal sign -- Fast asleep like an atom bomb Trigger’s on her breath, echoes in the chamber We have a cause for celebration Fix this mess, she says Tears on her cheek, Pound the sidewalk like the kid was always right Like a dog in a pond, try not to drown, Keep your head above the water Like a fish on a boat, try not to breath, You don’t want to waste it Pause the tape and go back (go back)
Fell asleep, dreamed of sunspots Realized never seen with my eyes Tried to hide from the reflection Of the ghost I make with my lies Hold me close, I am the ghost Nobody moves to the desert I am the ghost of this town There’s no choice we’re breaking up, breaking up Stayed out late, danced with zombies Dragged my body across the sand Tried to hide from the ghost Who reaches out to touch my hand Pull away, I am the ghost I got stuck out in the desert I am the ghost, there is no town There’s no choice we’re breaking up, breaking up Like the TVs of my youth More static but the picture is better Entropic visions of desert man He’s following the program as best as he can I am the ghost, I miss the ocean Wanna go back home to a different day Like the TVs of my youth More static but the picture is better Entropic visions of desert man He’s following the program as best as he can I am the ghost, I miss the ocean Wanna go back home to a different day I am the ghost, I miss the ocean Wanna go back home to a different day
Passed the cops, plastic cups on our hips Our first night of freedom was spent grieving Don’t know what’s gonna happen Every block and corner was a dream Now a spark stamped out 40 days and 40 nights Living with the ghost of his innocence With nothing to do but sit in fear And wait for the night Don’t know what we’ll tell him Don’t know what we’ll say So many to blame But that’s a losing game 40 days and 40 nights Living with the ghost of his innocence With nothing to do but sit in fear And wait for the night The ghost fades from view 40 days and 40 nights 40 days and 40 nights 40 days and 40 nights Living with the ghost Living with the ghost The ghost is in my head I hear him at night but maybe we’re all Living with the ghost
The city man has made a deal With the builder man, what a steal We wanted in too We are the new kids here We came from the south, we have no fear We had high hopes for this dusty road Can’t yet call our house a home Thin walls, hear the sirens at night Watch, don’t speak to the passersby We’re waiting on something To happen outside It’s taking more time than we had in mind We had high hopes for this dusty road Can’t yet call our house a home But we’re getting by Oh we’re getting by Yeah, we’re getting by On Ohio The orange building used to be teal I liked it better when it was teal The stray cats stick around Until they leave we’ll hunker down Cuz we’re getting by Oh we’re getting by Yeah, we’re getting by On Ohio We’re getting by Oh we’re getting by Yeah, we’re getting by On Ohio
I’m reading a book about a book I’m writing letters to myself I’m talking to nobody I might need some help So I’m reading a book about a book, we’re all Going through a transition, it says We’re all crazy in the head Which book doesn’t matter When we get to the other side, we’ll all be dead I’m reading a book about a book I’m writing letters to myself I’m talking to nobody I might need some help Some people walk, some drive cars Some people ride with others Like on a bus or in a subway car Some people ride short distances Others have to go far Maybe this matters, most likely not These are just words Scribbled on paper by A man who will Shortly be gone I’m reading a book about a book I’m writing letters to myself I’m talking to nobody I might need some help This man doesn’t matter much In the grand scheme of things Most don’t, I’m afraid Wonder what the book about the book has to say Feeling depressed in the wake of success It was easier to have it hard To have to try for a day It was easier to have it hard To have to try for a day I’m reading a book about a book It’s this book about a book I’m reading a book about a book It’s this book about a book about another book I’m reading a book about a book It’s this book about a book I’m reading a book about a book It’s this book about a book about another book About life
I might be standing on the ocean Staring down at a creature on my feet Sunlight glistens I wonder, I wonder, I wonder how I can see the start of the ocean Can’t see it stop or repeat A cloud shifts I wonder, I wonder, I wonder why I wonder how I got here, wonder how I’m doing I wonder why, I wonder why, I wonder why I’m doing this I wonder how I got here, wonder how I’m doing I wonder why, I wonder why, I wonder why I’m doing this I lost myself in the ocean You found me on the street Stoplight changes I wonder, I wonder, I wonder how I wonder how I got here, wonder how I’m doing I wonder why, I wonder why, I wonder why I’m doing this I wonder how I got here, wonder how I’m doing I wonder why, I wonder why, I wonder why I’m doing this Oh right, I’m not, it’s being done to me Oh right, I’m not, it’s being done to me by my mind I might be dreaming of the ocean Hiding underneath your sheet Your leg touches I wonder, I wonder, I wonder why I wonder how I got here, wonder how I’m doing I wonder why, I wonder why, I wonder why I’m doing this I wonder how I got here, wonder how I’m doing I wonder why, I wonder why, I wonder why I’m doing this Oh right, I’m not, it’s being done to me Oh right, I’m not, it’s being done to me by my mind I might be back in the room leafing papers I might be out on the town looking up I might be holding a present, I might be I might be holding your heart in my hand While you grip my mind My bloody valentine My lovesick lust of mine I’ll give yours back to you If you give mine back to me Give mine back to me I wonder how I got here, wonder how I’m doing I wonder why, I wonder why, I wonder why I’m doing this I wonder how I got here, wonder how I’m doing I wonder why, I wonder why, I wonder why I’m doing this Oh right, I’m not, it’s being done to me Oh right, I’m not, it’s being done to me by my mind
I keep the beat, but my timing ain’t perfect I slow down when you wanna go fast I keep the beat, but don’t always listen Forget lines when you say something strange I keep the beat, but repeat staid patterns Play 2 and 4 when you want 5 and 9 I keep the beat, but missed the intro I started late when you have perfect time I keep the beat, I try to keep up I can’t keep up, I’m falling behind I keep the beat, but can’t even hear you Your mouth moves, but there are no words I keep the beat, but fell off backwards You stand tall while I lay on the floor I keep the beat, I try to keep up I can’t keep up, I’m falling behind I keep the beat, but you know that line, You wrote that line You said it a 1000 times, You said it like a roaring lion You said keep in step, step up, straighten up Listen closely You keep the beat, but don’t stop to breath You fill the room with your wicked sound You keep the beat, but don’t repeat it Play 5 and 9 after 2 and 4 You keep the beat, but hate the outro Wanna go back to where we started from You keep the beat, but it doesn’t matter If I’m behind, we are solo I keep the beat, I try to keep up I can’t keep up, I’m falling behind
It’s a competition on a silent TV Between the hype machine and the animal needs When the latter’s met, the soap plays In the monkey brain and on the screen It’s time to leave And return to earth by tearing it down The millionth attempt to figure it out By reading the sun and asking why The easiest path is always drowned out By the loudest voice When you figure it out (just figure it out) You’ll be out of breath (just figure it out) Just wish you could die (just figure it out) Without regret If the hammer hit the wrong nail And the screen crumbled while the music played Would the past still ring louder than truth Or would you tune it out and See more clearly than you do Make love to the future Fuck the past Turn the ringing down Turn it off Gotta think about him now Gotta think about him now Gotta think about us Just figure it out. Just figure it out When you figure it out (just figure it out) You’ll be out of breath (just figure it out) Just wish you could die (just figure it out) Without regret Just figure it out That’s all I’m asking of you Just figure it out Before time slips away Just figure it out That’s all I’m asking of you Just figure it out That’s all I’m asking of you Just figure it out Before time slips away Just figure it out That’s all I’m asking of you
“You will travel far, my little [one]. But we will never leave you, even in the face of our death. The richness of our lives shall be yours. All that I have, all that I've learned, everything I feel, all this, and more, I bequeath you, my son. You will carry me inside you, all the days of your life. You will make my strength your own, and see my life through your eyes, as your life will be seen through mine. The son becomes the father, and the father the son. This is all I can send you...”
I saw you cry on the other side My instinct was to laugh and hide You saw me and thought it was a game We both wanted to know the name Whether we’d go home together or ever speak again Whether we were the same or we’d die alone Or die in fame You were my friend My old friend, stranger
The sky never ends. The fadeout plays in the back of your mind Till the clock runs out of time She reads your face. Can write a page for every thought you never knew, you had inside of you Talk all night. But words are never As clear as you think. She smiles and you sink It’s like the best words are hidden You have no clue You say what you can, until the talk is true. Talk is true. Talk is true. She said goodnight. You’re alone in your bed You wanna go back, but you rest your head Then the bedpost rocks. The bed moves You’re in a queue. You hear a Boy Named Sue It’s noisy and hazy, you wanna touch Like strings of light. There’s nothing to clutch An ocean of pain. Sits in your belly like a ball of glue, until the talk is true. Talk is true. Talk is true. It’s a long road from brain to the mouth The word that starts is not what always comes out I tell lies because I can I tell lies and you listen Fix your gaze into my eyes. Go on, give it a try The only truth is that we’re here It’s kind of cute that you have this fear Just gotta get something out. Just need some bullshit to shout Just want some way to connect Oh well, she’s gone We’re all gloom and doom, opinionated Reality, slowly dissipated The llama eats, the lion At least in a dream, if you wanted it to A mountain looms until the media Tells you what to do. Tells you what to do The bullshit’s the same, hits you in the face Till your red and blue, until the talk is true. Talk is true. Talk is true.
Yeah, I called last night, I’m still alive Like it when you say I lied Played a joke on your friend this morn She said wished I’d never been born I’m not creepy, just running out of time I only get one life; can I blow your mind Good times, good times, good times Don’t have a motive, I get ticked off By him and her and this dude on the block He praises Jesus, says find a god My god is living; he wants to stop Some friends got ghosts at home, most are cool A few even think they’ve heard of you I keep plastic sheep, I keep three Hope you meet them when you come see me Lucky I’m not packing; you’re kind of rude I wouldn’t hurt a fly, I’m a real nice dude Good times, good times, good times Opinions are like pigeons, keep four When I’m ready, I’ll tell you some more Not hurting too much, it’s barely a sting Used my last wish to stick in me I’m not lonely, you like being free Call me on the other side, please, please Good times, good times, good times
My baby’s a bull My baby’s a bull riding Son of a Bull shitting, badmouthing My baby’s a runt Puts chocolate in his coffee Sugar in his tea He says to me, says to me He says to me, says to me Shhh, I shut him down I shut him down My baby’s a giant Giant fist of a tree Son of a Smart allecky, toe tapping My baby’s a wizard He sleeps upside down Smokes juice through his ear He says to me, says to me He says to me, says to me Shhh, I shut him down I shut him down My baby’s a snake His eyes see through me Son of a Wisecracking, knuckle dragging My baby’s a bruiser But says thanks and please Leans close to talk He says to me, says to me He says to me, says to me Shhh, I shut him down I shut him down There was once a day when he was a little babe I held him close, now I’m in his way His mind is big, his body small His heart is strong. He can never fall. At least not enough to block his path I taught him more than reading and math His mind is big, his body small His heart is strong. He can never fall. His mind is big, his body small His heart is strong. He can never fall.
You go away, you go away And I stay, I stay There is no reason to lie You have the time To just give your life away It’s no big deal You go away, you go away And I stay, I stay I only ask why you never cry You could all the time Funny how the story’s the same It’s never even real You are always around Standing on my ground Please go away You are always around! You go away, you go away And I stay, I stay There is no point to try to change the game You win every time Even if we played by the same rules You’d find ways to cheat You are always around Standing on my ground Please go away You are always around! You are always around! You are always around!
It’s too bad, it’s too bad There’s another in my house But he doesn’t remember The way we used to play I kicked your shin when you said I loved you I was just scared, you were a giant In my mind That was back when we were seven Now we haven’t talked in eleven Years, such a waste It’s too bad, it’s too bad There’s another in my house But he doesn’t remember The way we used to play You didn’t know I watched you always Even when we weren’t together I made some tapes I started working when you went to heaven The third one lived but he had eleven Fingers on his hands It’s too bad, it’s too bad There’s another in my house But he doesn’t remember The way we used to play We started as friends till I said, “I love you” His memory was not what I remembered It was in jest Turns out I was your enemy And now he’s making up an army From backup drives It’s too bad, it’s too bad There’s another in my house But he doesn’t remember The way we used to play It’s too bad, it’s too bad There’s another in my house But he doesn’t remember The way we used to play
You said my name only once that day Your instinct was to come and play You brushed my hair, I touched your face We both shivered in that place I said goodbye at the bus, I had much more to say But you were dead to me after you went away You were my friend My old friend, stranger
We take comfort in names like God and the big bang We can worship the truth, to some they’re the same Wish I could die tonight just to know what it’s like Write to paper the story, explain space and time Death’s not imaginary It’s a singularity Until it happens to you It’s just a word A million moments can be lived, an infinite number of smiles to give Wasted time being busy, days on nights stuck in pretend Plastic lips, brushed on tats, what we see is where it’s at Screens on screens on screens on screens, it’s hard to hug cuz we’re so fat Death’s not imaginary It’s a singularity Until it happens to you It’s just a word Judgement is not a virtue, these words are not at you Just because I’m self-absorbed, doesn’t mean I don’t love you too I guess not knowing is okay, whether god or the big bang There’s no such thing as the truth, only joy and pain [and the mundane] Death’s not imaginary It’s a singularity Until it happens to you It’s just a word Death’s not imaginary It’s a singularity Until it happens to you It’s just a word
She’s a lot like me She’s a lot like me Me and Bubble Girl blasted off on KFC Landed on the moon, planted seeds, flew back home She’s a lot like me Cuz I have a gun/And I shoot it at the sun She’s a lot like me Our love affair lasted a year Our moon son grew into a bear The parachute went off Afterward, we ate some flies He said he was not small town He said he was not small town He said he was not small town Wasn’t small town She’s a lot like me Cuz I have a gun and I shoot it at the sun And our son lives on the moon Please, son, come home soon Cuz we miss you every day Since the day you went away And if you have a gun, shoot it at the sun She’s a lot like me It’s just me and Bubble (in this small town) I go to her apartment (in this small town) We get postcards (in this small town) He says someday he’ll visit (in this small town) We’ll eat some flies (in this small town) But now it’s me and Bubble (in this small town) Oh it’s just me and Bubble (in this small town)
There must be a devil inside of me He knows where I live He knows what I am He’s a long-lost friend There must be a heaven someday It’s an algorithm or two It’s a place without food It’s a place without you I don’t really wanna be, I don’t really wanna be, I don’t really wanna be A digital copy without my devil There must be a perfect replica Of the best copy of me When the devil inside of me Could least be seen I don’t really wanna be, I don’t really wanna be, I don’t really wanna be A digital copy without my devil There must be a methodology To live long enough To find a place in the brain Immortal soul’s not sane I don’t really wanna be, I don’t really wanna be, I don’t really wanna be A digital copy without my devil I don’t really wanna be, I don’t really wanna be, I don’t really wanna be Immortalized, perfected, piece of shit However, there’s an upside to this Wouldn’t have to say goodbye Wouldn’t have to leave them Everyone ever loved Everyone ever loved Everyone ever loved Everyone ever
There’s no time like today to sell away their future Will the monkeys be okay when they learn there is no mother? Our pets are our slaves, our kids are our pets Our TV’s our god, our feed’s our morality Our bankers are blue, our pols are red Our heart, soul and mind are black But we can still love There’s no time in the bank You treat death like a cheap slut Will the ground love your face when fat lips become our flowers? Our pets are our slaves, our kids are our pets Our TV’s our god, our feed’s our morality Our bankers are blue, our pols are red Our heart, soul and mind are black But we can still love There’s no time in a brain The puppets have a button Will the child be safe? When have we cared? There’s always another Our pets are our slaves, our kids are our pets Our TV’s our god, our feed’s our morality Our bankers are blue, our pols are red Our heart, soul and mind are black But we can still love
The only kinds of bears we like to call our friends are not real The only kinds of friends we like to call our bears are not real Your pretty hat, was a bear, in the woods He lived alone, in a tree, down the street from his family Some called him Tim, some called him D Daughter Faye loved brother Joe Neither knew him, neither cared Only mother knows The killing ways, were in the past Axes and chains were all the same The huggers died too, tripped on roots He started with the shoes Nine lives. No, not like a cat He’s not fat. Don’t like honey No can swim No canned tuna for my friend The only kinds of bears we like to call our friends are not real The only kinds of friends we like to call our bears are not real For heaven’s sake, he hibernates Sleeps all day, sleeps half a year Pretty simple way to stay alive Don’t be a dolt Anyway, he gave it up Before he got shot, prayed all night Found a god, found love in his brethren On that day, that fateful day, he was on his way, wanted to say He wanted to explain… That he didn’t know Didn’t know, man was people, people know god, God was love, love doesn’t kill Then they killed him/Now he’s on your head The only kinds of bears we like to call our friends are not real The only kinds of friends we like to call our bears are not real
Every day is karmic justice for the things that I have done I killed a man in seventy-three, left him in the sun His son came to my doorstep hand held out in front He said, “money’s all I need, leave the rest to the man above” “What if this is all there is?” He shrugged and pointed at the sun Ooh Every day is karmic justice for the things that I have done I killed a man in seventy-three, left him in the sun “Today my pockets are empty, there’s smokes and booze out back” “Nah man, think I’ll mozy along, you seem like a pretty cool guy” “I’ve made some big mistakes”/He shrugged and said “guilt is a waste” Ooh Every day is karmic justice for the things that I have done I killed a man in seventy-three, left him in the sun His son left my doorstep Walked toward the sky He turned, said “I’ve changed my mind” ”Which one are you thinking?” “Kill me or have a drink?” He shrugged and then I pulled my gun Ooh
When the stock market crashed, they made a pact Let the weak die young It happened so fast Mommies with strollers disappeared Test tube baby’s world premier These lines of morbidity now live in my brain after a night of drinking, sex and cocaine Never done drugs, mom; fiction’s the truth when trying to uncover what’s inside of you Natural causes of living Only to die in your mind If we could erase the lines of memory from tape, would the zombies feast or wake? This cowboy nation is a myth creation Star spangled banner sung Don’t know which light is on Peasantry is alive and well The villagers can’t find the smell Rain only makes it worse Don’t have to make it worse Stains on the bedsheet on my body at night Are dried ink and mascara and I don’t know why Natural causes of living Only to die in your mind There’s a worm inside my brain, finds the words I say Stories don’t go anywhere I’m stuck inside I need to lie Or I’ll die I entertain I’m your friend for days I’m not real, this is not real You are not listening I’m not real, this is not real You are not listening Natural causes of living Only to die in your mind
Don’t be scared Don’t be scared I’m the super sweet monster with the super sweet cereal, cereal wah ah oh oh Count chocula? No! Boo berry? No! Franken berry? No! Yummy Mummy, Yummy Mummy Don’t be scared Don’t be scared I’m the super sweet monster with the super sweet cereal, cereal wah ah oh oh Hauntingly delicious Vitamin charged Hauntingly delicious Scrumptious and yummy and scrumptious and yummy I want to eat your cereal I want to be your friend I want to play with monsters I want to be your friend
Got a band around his arm, circle on his chest Can’t squeeze one out It’s not his fault He traveled so far and lost his ma Held captive in here, sleeps on the couch Never knew what life to want We liked him so much but was it ever enough? Sickness stuck inside Death only needs about a half a day He can try and try and try and try Sickness stuck inside We met out west and tried our best to sleep on the ground, to touch the stars Interstate 70 Kansas, Missouri Interstate 80 Nebraska, Illinois Nebraska, Illinois Nebraska, Illinois Nebraska, Illinois Nebraska, Illinois Sickness stuck inside Death only needs about a half a day He can try and try and try and try Sickness stuck inside Fire in the canoe burned out too soon Floated down stream Miss my friend Last was seen in a desert scene A whistle blew, but he’d gone deaf Never knew what life to want We liked him so much but was it ever enough? Sickness stuck inside Death only needs about a half a day He can try and try and try and try Sickness stuck inside
I got a backup drive for my mind The colors were first, the numbers went one by one We’re gonna leave for good, but we don’t know where and we don’t how But it’s a sunny day and it feels alright, right now, today Walking forward, walking backward, walking together, walking alone Satan and Santa both wear read, but neither like my momma said Cosby and Ted and Alan and Fred, you wrote it all down, we heard what you said We’re on a spaceship and we’re gonna die We’re on a spaceship and we’re gonna die We’re on a spaceship The bugs will win in this tiny old town, but right now, I’ve got to pack up my mind We’ll leave our bodies behind and it’ll be ok and the sun still shines, right now, today We were floating in a warp drive and the spin reversed and the field went cold and the sun blanked our homes And the core erupted and even though the sun killed us all the idea of us shines on, right now, today Walking forward, walking backward, walking together, walking alone Satan and Santa both wear read, but neither like my momma said Cosby and Ted and Alan and Fred, you wrote it all down, we heard what you said We’re on a spaceship and we’re gonna die We’re on a spaceship and we’re gonna die We’re on a spaceship