The Stone Says Stop

West Berlin 1979 art-punk with motorik art-rock tension: angular serrated guitar, shimmering overdriven organ, heavy syncopated cowbell, discordant brass, relentless drums in steady eighth notes; the user's own recorded voice, stark and close-miked; analog tape hiss, dry gated percussion, phase-shifted beats, high-speed stereo panning, rhythmic tape delays, gritty feedback loops, dense raw lo-fi mix, claustrophobic basement atmosphere

[Verse 1] The thought of death doesn't scare me. I'm scared of how little it does. I used to ask why people did it. I don't ask that now. I've been a failure in my own head since I was a boy. Some days the whole world hurts to touch. Even the things I love. [Chorus] The stone says stop. What's the point? I've got children. I love them. I can't let go. I won't let go. [Verse 2] I've done good things for this world. I know that. One small thing goes wrong and it's all I am. People tell me I've helped them. I believe them. Then I spend the night telling myself I'm no good. [Verse 3] My friends are miles away. We talk about getting together. My parents have their own lives. So do my siblings. They're getting on. I don't know where to put this. It stays in me. [Chorus] The stone says stop. What's the point? I've got children. I love them. I can't let go. I won't let go. [Verse 4] I can see the good. I haven't missed it. My children laughing so hard they can't finish the joke. I laugh. I mean it. Count the things I'm grateful for. I can. Sit still. Breathe slow. I do. There's a boulder in my body that doesn't care what I know. It says stop. Stop. [Instrumental Break] [Bridge] If the whole universe stopped the second I did, if nothing happened after, if my children never had to find out— I think I'd say yes. But it won't stop. They'll finish the joke. They'll grow. I want to be there. I want to— I'm staying. [Final Chorus] The stone says stop. What's the point? I love my children. That's my answer. The stone says stop. I won't let go. (won't let go) [Outro] I can't let go. I won't let go. The stone hasn't moved. I won't let go. (won't let go) I won't let go.

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