Story Behind The Song

You know those infomercials that show people applauding some wired freak putting chemicals on cars and set them afire to show how some product protects the shine, or other cats who spray super concentrated orange cleaners on all sorts of grimy surfaces, or Monsanto's insistence that w/o chemicals, life itself would be impossible? Also, what do you feel about the reductionist of love that holds that our feelings of love amount to no more than chemical reactions in our brains? That's where I started lyrically with "Chemical," then it morphed into an anthem against all things chemical.

Song Description

Wild guitars and vocal convey the desperation of the addicted.

Lyrics

CHEMICAL

Clap for the Chemical;
Miracle chemical;
Rap for the chemical;
Radical chemical.

Pheromones dictaphone meetings,
Chaperone our meetings.
This theory of love's demeaning.
Might as well be a mannequin in jeans.

Snap for the Chemical;
Radical mineral;
Rap for the vegetable;
Chemical criminal.

The crave enslaves, decays until you're kneeling;
A life of dirty dealing;
Downward spiral reeling.
Might as well be the devil dressed in jeans.

Rap for the mineral;
Radical spectacle.

Pit stop pop and you go;
Lift off now and you flow:
Reach out to fill the hole in your soul.
Round and round gonna go;
Where it's gonna stop-- you don't know.
Reach out to fill the hole in your soul.

Snap for the chemical;
Radical mineral;
Rap for the chemical;
Radical chemical.

Twisted lies try to hide dealings.
This addiction's so appealing;
It undermine's human feelings;
Might as well be a zombie or machine.

Clap for the chemical;
Radical chemical.

Craving the chemical,
Steal for the chemical,
Cheat for the chemical,
Lie for the chemical,
Beg for the chemical,
Live for the chemical,
Die for the chemical,
Kill for the chemical,
Exist for the chemical,
Sell your soul to the chemical...