| St Michael My Pet Rat Written in early 2005 and debuted live by Mark in Austin in March of that year. It was officially released on "Candy Ass" in October 2005. |
| You got to help my pet rat doc - he's always glum
Though i give him lab cigarettes, sawdust, even a wheel to run I tell him: you should be happy there's no reason to stare I play him Mariah Carey - so there's butterflies and rainbows in the air His name is St Michael and he's a bit of a class clown He laughs with people who always laugh him down He would hang himself except he already chewed threw his rope He would rise on heavens wings except he's miserable as the pope I know the party's over But whoops would look at that my glass is still half full I show it to St Michael but his eyes they drift like frost While he watches all the goodness in his heart burn away like exhaust remember when i mentioned my half full glass It comes in handy when you always want more It magically fills as the boasts get empty From the tired swimmer who can no longer see the shore Yeah i know the party's over I'm a little relieved but what will i do know I'll be nicer to St Michael, that rat really makes me laugh When he says - in the end there are no saints there are no liars There are just sparks falling down wires They have no heart but they always sing They are the heroin in everything A beauty easy to explain away But how do you make it stay: You got to fight for it, you got to fight for it |