Citronella Lyrics

[Hook]
And when the radio stars climbed up out of the floors
To murder the medium that shot 'em thirty years before
They said
Kill television
Kill television
Kill television
Difficult isn't it

And when the cutters of the pie throw their summers in the sky
No love lost baby, the future is so bright

Kill television
Kill television
Kill television
Difficult isn't it


[Verse 2]
Nothing says charm like an armored car
Taking the clone-farm 'tards to the arms bazaar

We were the homemade marker makers born to pour the marsh ink into right guard parts
And march through the gauntlet of car alarms
No harps, no delusions of losing with something prettier
Than ash around the metacarpal still clutching the teddy bears
But we can run with scissors through the city fair
Or situate the nuzzle with the subtle art of splitting hairs

Double park the shuttle, some will arc the funneled cutty sark
Where budding narcs target the gushing heart in the muddy Clarks
These are the vices of the p-noid bastards
Who will chew whatever tablets blur the axioms fastest
But crews lose lunches by the hundreds
Lose electricity, lose gas, phone, plumbing

Humming keep your mouth closed
Keep your cows cloned, go
I am the pulse of this fucking town homes know
My what a convenient embargo
At least I'll always know which side of the gun I'm supposed to buy the farm from

The too-far-gone kicks, still in the box
Fix, still in the pill in his sock
Chilling, gill in the slop
and a million watch Gideon scribes
But once the arc honor pussy and bribes, the animals will divide
And that's a win for the garish who keep charity in the parish
While profiting off the lack of a marriage amongst the classes

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Genius Annotation

Citronella could refer to several different forms of plant or an essential oil derived from lemongrass.

Though Citronella plants do not flower, it is likely that the title refers to the line: “citronella for Algernon”, which is a reference to the book Flowers for Algernon – a science fiction story about a mentally disabled man who gains superintelligence but then loses it and reverts to his disabled state.

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Release Date
August 28, 2007
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