The Song With Five Names - Will Wood and the Tapeworms
Tuning: Gm, E A D G B E
[Verse 1]
Why, I can’t s
ee, that I am
the “me”
That I was bor
n into
And what’s the
source of you
?
In your head,
in your head,
in your head
And yet you be
lieve it’s tru
e
Well you do. L
ike you knew a
nything ever
Never trust in
yourself or a
nyone else
We’ve always a
ll been wrong
And we built t
hese walls str
ong
Even I might d
efine, won’t d
eny
That I’m tryin
g while my eye
s do defy and
belie quiet li
ars as I
Say what I say
any way I may
be saying it
but
I've been wron
g before!
[Chorus]
You can break
a shovel when
you break new
ground
You dig dirt u
p when you dig
deep down
You should kno
w better than
that by now
It’s not profo
und to know th
at you could,
you could
You can break
a shovel when
you break new
ground
You dig dirt u
p when you dig
deep down
You should kno
w better than
that by now
It’s not profo
und to know th
at you can nev
er know
That you can n
ever know!
That you can n
ever know!
That you can n
ever know!
[Verse 2]
So don’t you f
orget that all
you project
Is just to pro
tect you from
The void withi
n the form
Yes or no isn’
t null. Yes it
is. No. I don
’t know
Yes or no? Isn’t it a silly question? Ask it anyway
‘Cause what we
are is what w
e are not.
אֶהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר
אֶהְיֶה*
What myths mus
t make us man?
What is “is?”
What is not? W
hat is “what?”
What’s up, par
ty people? Wha
t?
What I wonder?
Why I’m not “
whatever.” Wha
t the fuck? ‘C
ause
[Chorus]
You can break
a shovel when
you break new
ground
You dig dirt u
p when you dig
deep down
You should kno
w better than
that by now
It’s not profo
und to know th
at you could,
you could
You can break
a shovel when
you break new
ground
You dig dirt u
p when you dig
deep down
You should kno
w better than
that by now
It’s not profo
und to know th
at you can nev
er know
That you can n
ever know!
That you can n
ever know!
That you can n
ever know!
[Verse 3]
I noticed that
the sunshine
is a gaslight
I’m hoping tha
t this one mig
ht be my past
life
My Lord, I kno
w enough to ge
t my facts rig
ht
And that’s goo
d enough for m
e
And everything
and everyone
will die soon
And we’ll have
nothing left
for us to lie
to
No matter what
we seek you’l
l never find t
ruth
And that’s goo
d enough for m
e
So give me tha
t Old Time Rel
igion
Gimme that Old
Time Religion
Give me that O
ld Time Religi
on
It’s good enou
gh for me
So give me tha
t Old Time Rel
igion
Gimme that Old
Time Religion
Give me that O
ld Time Religi
on
It’s good enou
gh but not eno
ugh to be, goo
d enough for m
e
[Chorus]
You can break
a shovel when
you break new
ground
You dig dirt u
p when you dig
deep down
You should kno
w better than
that by now
It’s not profo
und to know th
at you could,
you could
You can break
a shovel when
you break new
ground
You dig dirt u
p when you dig
deep down
You should kno
w better than
that by now
It’s not profo
und to know th
at you can nev
er know
*pronounced "ehyeh ’ăšer ’ehyeh"