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Mushroom Lyrics
I saw mushroom head,
Well, I saw mushroom head,
Well, I saw mushroom head,
I was born and I was dead,
I was born and I was dead,
Well, I saw mushroom head,
Well, I saw mushroom head,
Well, I saw mushroom head,
I was born and I was dead,
I was born and I was dead.

I知 gonna give my despair,
I知 gonna give my despair,
I知 gonna give my despair,
Aha, aha, aha, aha, aha, aha, aha, aha,
Aha, aha, aha.

Well, I saw skies are red,
Well, I saw skies are red,
Well, I saw skies are red,
I was born and I was,
I was born and I was dead,
I was born and I was dead,
I was born and I was dead,
I was born and I was dead,
I was born and I was dead,
I was born and I was dead.
Well, I saw mushroom head,
Well, I saw mushroom head,
Well, I saw mushroom head,
Well, I saw mushroom head,
I was born and I was dead,
I was born and I was dead.
I知 gonna give my despair,
I知 gonna give my despair,
I知 gonna give my despair,
I知 gonna give my despair.

Well, I saw mushroom head,
Well, I saw mushroom head,
Well, I saw mushroom head,
I was born and I was dead,
I was born and I was dead,
I was born and I was dead,
Dead,
Dead, dead, dead, dead, dead, dead,
Dead, dead, dead, dead, dead, dead,
Dead, dead, dead, dead, dead, dead,
Dead, dead, dead, dead,
Dead, dead, dead, dead,
Dead, dead, dead, dead,
Dead, dead, dead, dead.

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tomauto
11-12-2005

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hmmm...
i know this influenced the Flaming Lips track "Take Meta Mars"

other than that I think It's about a mushroom head?

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corpseboy
01-14-2006

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I think this is about being on the recieving end of a nuclear attack. the mushroom head is a big mushroom-cloud explosion. the narrator (perhaps the words of an infant) was born and dead in an instant. or something, i dont know :P

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Cynothoglys
10-29-2006

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Actually, I think the line is "I'm keep my distance". not "I'm gonna give my despair". I think this is just a by-ear transcript, so...

I dunno. Maybe he saw a guy who ate too many psilocybin mushrooms? Maybe HE ate too many psilocybin mushrooms? Maybe it's about a mushroom cloud? All three? Pretty muffled, weird. paranoid song. Truly awesome, though.

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inpraiseoffolly
01-19-2007

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Nah, it's about being on the wrong end of a nuclear attack, as seen in the nuclear bomb dropped at the beginning of Oh Yeah, before it morphs into a thunderstorm...

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lazyoldsun
02-16-2007

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well i wouldn't doubt this concerns both a nuclear bomb aaaaand a magic mushroom hahah

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futatorius
07-08-2007

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Bought this when it first came out. Always thought it was "I'm gonna end my despair."

I'm thinking it's both the little shroom and the big cloud, yeah. Damo had room in his head for both.

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ruairi
09-20-2007

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I DO NOT GET BY ON DESPAIR!

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thb
05-23-2008

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http://thishereboogie.com/mushroom-can-1971/

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thb
05-23-2008

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http://thishereboogie.com/mushroom-can-1971/

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latenightlistner
07-02-2008

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I've listened to this song so many times but have never really looked into the lyrics. Given that "oh yeah" starts with atomic-bomb-like sound, I would imagine that the song is about a nuclear attack and/or maybe the aftermath: death, destruction, loss of culture. Damo Suzuki, the vocalist, was from Japan and was born into post-WWII Japan, shortly after the bombings. "I was born, and I was dead." Man this album is amazing, especially with this song leading into "oh yeah", with its backwards lyrics and cyclical beat.

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