new vid - "Damage" - Damages

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Damage
Fandom: Damages
Song/Artist: Damage by Sage Francis
Duration: 2:58 minutes

Summary: Show overview. When I'm through with you, there won't be anything left.
Spoilers: seasons 1 - 3.
Warning for strobing cutting.

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I'm doing damage
Destruction, terror, motherfucker say what?
(One) something's got to give
(Two) something's got to give
(Three) something's got to give
Rwar.

I am a nightmare walkin', psychopath stalkin'
Natalie Portman with a blank tape in my walkman
talkin' to myself over instrumental cassettes
the essential steps of having graphic, telepathic mental sex
Mindfuck me or get the hell off of my head case
Suck it up or spit it out. How's that medicated bed taste?
I replaced the sheets. I love ripping off pillow cases
Breaking teeth, shoving lip gloss in your little faces
Like that! "Do you like that?"
If you had hands attached to your arms would you fight back?
I hijacked your daughter's school bus
Dismantled ridiculous religions that supply Gods that you trust
Whose plush style of living and senseless spending
is eh-heh-heh-heh-ending
Sage Francis manages bandages on cancerous mannequins
standing in pajamas with bananas and candid cameras

Damage, you know what I'm saying
Damage, yeah, do it with me! (Every chance I do damage)
Come on y'all, you know the damage
Smile for me, paint your face and dance
Paint your face and dance!

This music's got abusive roots, fists hit my face on rough nights
You think bruises are cute but, trick, you ain't my blood type
Some strike the wrong nerve (the way they converse is weak.)
Others write with strong words (they can't build the nerve to speak.)
After they're chased with an axe half of their face'll collapse
You ain't copped it when Non-Prophets dropped bass on wax?
Well, I'm your typical hip-hop political figure
But I'm not left wing or right wing, I'm the middle finger
And Joe's a sick little jaded mind reader
Who shoots the shit with a nickel-plated 9 millimeter
When it's time to rock shut the fuck up
I never had writer's block and Joey's never been in a production slump
(Jump, Jump) It's totally worth it now
(Jump, Jump) Don't listen when they say it's not
(Jump, Jump) It always hurts coming down
This is my house, you don't like it? Get the fuck off of my rooftop

(One) There's nothing wrong with me
(Two) There's nothing wrong with me
(Three) There's nothing wrong with me
Rawr.

I do damage
Every chance I do damage


Sage Francis always cracks me up with his irreverent crazy genius. Randomly "covering" Drowning Pool in the middle of a song? Why the hell not? So I thought I'd try my own version of irreverent, what with the lyrics being largely nonsensical while simultaneously being too on the nose.

When I made this vid I thought the show had finished. Was surprised to learn otherwise, and a little concerned about where it'll go next. Season 3 was a good end, IMO. Not quite full circle, but it had thematic finality with its many sly parallels and call backs. So much so, in fact, that I didn't feel compelled to needle out any specific element in this vid. Just enjoying the ride. :)