JESUS on HORSE TRANQUILIZERS

The motel room has a night light with a soft venusian glow
Outside I hear our ships land like snow
Tomorrow I’ll be a yellow dog out on the western plains
In my dreams I’ll chase after western trains
I would like to cry like they do on TV
Without interrupting this human’s sleep 
Lying in an awkward embrace beside me

It’s hard, it’s hard, it’s hard, it’s hard, it’s hard
Coming from another world like your Jesus
Jesus on horse tranquilizers

My home is far away from here, I rule there with pleasure
Mistaken down here now for a common creature
I gnaw on old wallpaper, dry wall, studs, and bricks
When all I’d rather do is my vanishing trick
See this mortal soul, his chest rises and falls
In the shallow breaths his gods measured out 
For his poor soul already

Oh there’ve been many goddesses and gods on your small planet
So many of them have simply been forgotten
Like posters of the wanted or those who’ve lost their way
Like this man who never dreamed his life would end today
I would like to cry like they do on TV
Without interrupting this human’s sleep 
Lying in an awkward embrace beside me

(c) Impermanent Music 2023 || David: guitar, piano, vocals, backing vocals || Jake Johnson: percussion

SPOILER–THIS SONG IS ABOUT: A lonely, shape-shifting space alien who’s going to murder a one-night stand and who feels mentally unstable.