Hang on to your IQ & Flesh Mechanic

Last Saturday I talked to you about two songs with similar lyrics and as I promised, today we continue with another couple of songs. Now dear Soulmates, we go back in time to the beginning of our beloved band to talk about the demos of 𝑯𝒂𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑰𝑸 (1994) and 𝑭𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒉 𝑴𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒄 (1995).

Let's start talking about the 𝑯𝒂𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑰𝑸 demo. In contrast to the beautiful acid lullaby - as 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 once referred to it - which appears as the track No. 5 on his debut album 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 (1996), the 𝑯𝒂𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑰𝑸 demo sounds quite different. It has a rocky and intense melody interspersed with some acoustic guitar touches. The lyrics are no less intense and desperate. Since his first songs 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏's lyrics have had an amazing level. Nevertheless, only the line: "𝑯𝒂𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑰𝑸, 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑰𝑫" is what remains of this demo in the version that was included in their first album. The demo was not released officially but we can find it available online. Enjoy listening this wonderful piece of 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐's history!

💫 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐧 𝐓𝐨 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐈𝐐 (𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨) 💫

https://youtu.be/JT7MM5qwDB4

🎶 𝐋𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐬 🎶

Tonight

Touch me when our passion's through

That's right

They're all dead I'd hate to miss you

Feeling so much older

Now my body's colder

Tonight

You crush me like I was a boulder

It takes two to piss in faces

Keeps alive but leaves no traces

Trigger shoots like violent chases

In this depth is my oasis

Hang on to your IQ

Hang on to your ID

Hang on to your IQ

And please hang on to me

Tonight

Don't speak my name

Tonight

Let's break the rules of this boring game

Some key morning

And I'll get used to slashing back and choking

Tonight

When you said you loved me you were joking

It takes two to piss in faces

Keeps alive but leaves no traces

Trigger shoots like violent chases

In this depth is my oasis

Hang on to your IQ

Hang on to your ID

Hang on to your IQ

And please hang on to me

Careful not to give your favors

To the lonely housewife neighbors

I had one who one sent me her heart

In a tupperware container

Don't you dare touch my stash

And give me cigarette ash

Nothing tastes as sweet as incest

In this empire of the senses

Singing songs not meant to be sung

Beating like my bleeding heart

Careless slipping of the tongue on

Just another private part

Rabid search for stoned affection

Fights the lust that breeds infection

Meet me at the intersection

Don't forget your fuel injection

•♫•♬• * •♫•♬• * •.¸ ♡ ¸.• * •♫•♬• * •♫•♬•

🔹A year later, in 1995, the band recorded the 𝑭𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒉 𝑴𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒄 demo with 𝑹𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒕 𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒛𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒈 on drums. The song has a very particular structure and arrangements. It can be noticed that from the beginning the band had its own style and that unique sound that characterizes them and we love so much. As for the lyrics, they were left with the last verse of the 𝑯𝒂𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑰𝑸 demo, although with a few lines less and some different words. The 𝑭𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒉 𝑴𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒄 demo was officially released on the 𝑻𝒆𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝑨𝒏𝒈𝒔𝒕 single in 1996 and later on the 10𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝑬𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 of 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐's self-titled debut album in 2006. I know many fans of the band loves this song -I'm also one of them-, so let's listen this awesome jewel!

💫 𝐅𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐌𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜 (𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨) 💫

https://youtu.be/xIxhrUlNMGE

🎶 𝐋𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐬 🎶

He tries to embrace her

she wants him to race her

he needs a laser to get it through her skull

means and lies and hatreds

tears that fall in sequence

cold caress

imprints

conversation growing dull

Says he's a poet

lousy protozoan

and he kisses ass for free

I took a vow of silence

when he tries to talk to me

I just turn on the tv

He tries to impress her, mentally undress her

it takes more to possess her

but in his pocket lies a hole

he's got a thousand talents

charisma by the bagful

aristocratic parents

a rebel with a heart of gold

Says he's a poet

this time he's gonna blow it

'cause he's dancing with his ego

I took a vow of silence

when he reads his work to me

I swallow words like a placebo

He's strutting with your flesh mechanic

gets him in a panic

he's wasting time

'cause everybody is a star in his eyes

Careful not to give your favours

to your lonesome f*cked-up neighbours

I had one who sent me her heart

in a tupperware container

all the movies in my head

they flicker with my bleeding heart

a careless slipping of the tongue

on just another private part

Blatant search for

stoned affection

fights the rust that

breeds infection

meet me at the

intersection

don't forget your

fuel injection

He's strutting with your flesh mechanic

gets him in a panic

he's wasting time

'cause everybody is a star

in his eyes

You think this love is bona fide

you're being taken for a ride

wrap your lip around your head

and slowly blow yourself away.

•♫•♬• * •♫•♬• * •.¸ ♡ ¸.• * •♫•♬• * •♫•♬•

🔹𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 "𝑰 𝒔𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐"?

See you the next week with another couple of songs from this series. 😉 Meanwhile, have a happy weekend with us here on the page. Stay safe & positive. Much love!! 💕 💜💕

✨⭐ 𝑩𝒐𝒏𝒖𝒔 ⭐✨

https://youtu.be/ynOz17T13Ns

Photo Credits:
Pic 1: Band - shooting of a magazine, photographer unknown / Background - images from Pinterest / edit made by Rita

Pic 2: Mary Scanlon

Post by Rita