Feb 2022 punk pop-punk weird-finds-in-pawn-shops
Helen: Cubizm messaged and suggested collaborating, then sent me these lyrics. I aimed for a NY-punk Ramonesy vibe.
CubiZm: I gave Helenseviltwin some lyrics and she lathered them with rock goddess guitar. I don't know how she pulled this melody out of the lyrics, but she found it.
I keep it in my guitar case on nights when I might see you
It’s fully secure, insured and obscured in the heel of my left shoe
Military issued, with your DNA sample inside
Safety enhancements ready to keep me from going blind
You are lethal to my eyes
Lethal to my eyes
Lethal to my eyes
I look for you all of the time
There is a bar that I won’t name that you frequent every Friday
At 5:10 pm, you park in the rear, three spaces from the highway
I would park right next to you, there are spots on either side
But if I saw you, I would just die
You are lethal to my eyes
Lethal to my eyes
Lethal to my eyes
I look for you all the time
I go green
When you are on screen
I go green
When you are on screen
There is never a good time to be me
When you are on screen, in my dream
You know I am avoiding you and that is why you hide
Even a glance, in a smoky room, is like a staple in the eye
My government issued escape and evasion kit is strapped to my thigh
I’m ten feet from the bar, in case you should walk by
You are lethal to my eyes
Lethal to my eyes
Lethal to my eyes
I look for you all the time
@robheron1 Feb 2022
Nice and punky. Clean rhythm. The vocal with the backups makes it. Thx!
@roblincoln Feb 2022
Love it! Perfect collaboration! Great lyrics and great killer hook.
@jayjay Feb 2022
Oh this is so much fun. Lyrics, music and vocals on point. Love it.
@the3queens Feb 2022
Oh, I look forward to hear Cubizm play this live! @helenseviltwin has captured the essence of Cubizm, not sure she knows it. Perfect collaboration!
@miga Feb 2022
lyrics and music - so fun! I don't have an escape and evasion kit, but it sounds very convenient.
@bradbrubaker Feb 2022
Rawk. Great solo. I hope you don't mind compliments by way of comparison, but it reminded me of early Against Me.
Lyrically, am I getting it: I think the government kit thing a suicide pill?Like being around this person makes the speaker want to die they are so taken by them?
@valeriecox Feb 2022
Oh that chorus is catchy! Pop punk goodness. I love this. Lyrics are weird. And fun and bouncy. Great job on the cool guitar solo too.
@cubizm Feb 2022
Thank you, thank you, thank you, Helen. This is fire.
@sapient Feb 2022
I'd not have had these words as working in a punked-up song. But they don't half work well with how you you've brought them to life, H.
It really pulls their internal rhythm out of them. Top work :D
@pooka Feb 2022
This has a fun singalong chorus!
@debs Feb 2022
Oh wow - such unusual and delightful lyrics, and fun, head-boppy goodness! ! I love what you're doing rhythmically on "lethal to my eyes" - so catchy! Such a great collab!
@kahlo2013 Feb 2022
Quirky fun details in the darkly delicious evasion by stalking kind of lyrics. The energy of the music is contagious and fun. Hooky and head bopping. Fun collab!
@scottlake Feb 2022
I absolutely love the oddly specific lyrics like the three spaces from the highway.
Oh now that solo is the PERFECT tone!
@max Feb 2022
It's a NY-punk Ramonesy vibe combined with an Edinburgh Rezillos vibe. And you know I love this :-)
Good old days of punk revisited! Thanks. Great collab.