Put On These Glasses

[Intro | cheap ominous synth | footsteps | dry drum machine] Found something strange Found something clear Put on these glasses NOT THIS YEAR [Verse 1 | clipped robotic male vocal] Put ’em on No Put ’em on No Just take a look I said no Black and white Wrong and right Something underneath Something out of sight Put ’em on No Put ’em on Why? Because I said so BAD REPLY [Chorus | pounding mutant bass | gang robot vocals] PUT ON THESE GLASSES NOT THIS YEAR PUT ON THESE GLASSES GET OUTTA HERE One little look One little peek Now we’ve been fighting For half a damn week PUT ON THESE GLASSES NO PUT ON THESE GLASSES NO PUT ON THESE— NOT THIS YEAR! [Instrumental Break | rubbery bass solo | angular guitar stabs | increasingly ridiculous drum fills] [Verse 2 | faster | breathless] Punch to the stomach Knee to the wall Garbage cans flying Nobody learns at all Get back up Fall back down Throw another punch Roll around All this trouble All this fear Over two lenses Sitting right here [Breakdown | music suddenly stops] Put on the glasses. No. Please? No. Just once? No. Next month? No. Next year? …maybe. [DRUM EXPLOSION] [Final Chorus | frantic double-time | two robot voices one octave apart] PUT ON THESE GLASSES NOT THIS YEAR TRUTH IS WAITING RIGHT OVER HERE PUT ON THESE GLASSES NOT TODAY I’D RATHER GET PUNCHED THAN LOOK THAT WAY PUT ’EM ON NO PUT ’EM ON NO PUT ’EM ON NO PUT ’EM ON— [Outro | cheerful toy keyboard over exhausted breathing] So when are you gonna put ’em on? …Tuesday. [sharp gong] Wrong answer.