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(Fernando Ramos)

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answer me | never fall | dirt love | look ma (no hands)
someone tell him | not there | babel (deleted verse from alive again)
diminished | ballet | of mice | pit
shiny parts | suffering turin | king maggot
likewise | ambrosia | alive again


dirt love (the lyrics)



answer me (november 2000)

answer me
does it really cost that much to
answer me
must you really walk away
each time i ask of you

answer this you said
did you really think i could just
answer after
all the shit you drove me to
and all the times you said that we were through

so answer me i said
i’ve handed you a million truths
yet you refuse me this
you offer only reprimands
did pity kill the kiss behind your lips

it just takes a moment
a word or two that cannot be fixed
you say i’ll justify it
i say that truth will never twist
yeah just an honest moment
answer me

and did you stop to think about me much along the way?
and did you stop to think that no one else could take your place?

huh?

you left it lying in your phantom bed
you slipped it in and then you hid the rest
and if my fucking’s like a marionette
well make it better baby give it head
all the Strings within your coward grip
a tug a tug it till the yank gets wet

and behind these walls i’ve formed
     (lies a River and a Mountain)
there’s a man with a shovel and a Stone
     (only pride is on the Mountain)
i wonder if he’ll figure out
     (only fools go to the Mountain)
from where that Stone came tumbling down
     (only exit is the River)
it’s a curiousity
     (it’s a curiousity)

and when inside your darkness did you start to hate?
and when did all our struggles start to turn into waste?

huh?

i can still remember
that day we were outside
in that Parking Lot
the way you said goodbye
well i’m still here
alone
alone

can’t you see these scars are bleeding
     (bordering on pathetic)
can’t you see these wounds ain’t healing
     (it’s the price i can pay it)
can’t you see this man is kneeling
     (please just answer my question)
waiting for some kind revealing
     (if it’s bad don’t you sweat it)
and inside my darkness you arrive
     (i just need you to say it)

i dream you
     (say it)
i see you
i know you
     (say it)
you touch me
and disappear

answer me
     (answer me)
does it really cost that much to
answer me
     (answer me)
must you leave me only silence
as the last memory



never fall (december 2000)

i remember back then
before the leaves turned red
how every day passed by
and we never looked ahead

and i remember when we were young
and we sat in that old school yard
all i wanted was to tell you
just how beautiful you are
you are

but now we are all grown and stubborn
stupid some of us would say
and you the last cloud in the sky
that will forever remain gray

yeah well but i’ve got that little reminder
you gave me just the other day
it’s buried deep inside of my pocket
so i’ll never go astray no no

let me tell you about this boy that i once loved
and let me tell you how he
how he tore me up and
and he sowed me up and
and he left me on a warm autumn day

yeah well and i know that i will never fall again because of it
cuz i know that i’ll always look behind me again

let me tell you all my stories
let me listen to all of yours

a child embraced by wayward hands
the sin upon her gracious glance
all she wanted was the love
of anyone at all
at all

but now you’ve been stricken and beaten
wrecked by the careless blows
and now you’ve learned to expect the rain
wherever you may go

and i know that you will someday fall again because of it
even though you’ve been looking back again and again
and again and again
and again and again
and again and again
and again

and i know that i’ll never fall again because of it
     (again)
cuz i know that i’ll always look behind me again
     (oh…)



dirt love (may 2006)

you are the watchful
silent and waiting
patiently hopeful and you

you are the savior
known as the sinner
never the Martyr of love

they speak of illusions
you keep on Painting
with clumsy fingers oh when

will it be your turn in this game

oh and

i am the no one
i am the nameless
body in trenches so they

can come and accuse me
label me wasted
mock me and curse me oh yes

they strike up the fire
flesh is now burning
i keep on dreaming oh when

will it be my turn in this game cuz

we are the Roses
the sons and the daughters
the maidens of honor
that’s if we get lucky
but we’ll still be Dirt at their feet
oh we’ll still be Dirt at their feet

so…
you bring me your Dirt love baby
i’ll rub it all over me
just bring me your Dirt love baby
i’ll rub it all over me
just bring me your Dirt love baby
i’ll rub it all over me
just bring me your Dirt love baby
i’ll rub it all over me

the sinner is gaining control of the sea
and the Eagle is watching tonight just to see
if i am the one who will fold to the Wind
come River come Water come wash over me

we view ourselves dirty so dirty i’ll stay
and besides it’s in Dirt where i play at my best
in Stones they have polished these Roots cannot bend
come River come Water come wash over me

just bring me your Dirt love baby
i’ll rub it all over me
just bring me your Dirt love baby
i’ll rub it all over me
just bring me your Dirt love baby
i’ll rub it all over me
just bring me your Dirt love baby
i’ll rub it all over me

just bring me your
just bring me your
just bring me your
Dirt love baby



look ma (no hands) (february 2005)

look ma no hands no tears no face
fingers dimples all gone i ate
my eyes i’m Blind again
no lips no smile no teeth no sex

no me no more
no me no more

look pa no rage my sport is dead
i’m Benched i’m calm i’m tamed now play
some catch just throw the ball
no bats no caps no glove perhaps some love

no me no more
     (no me no more)
no me no more

look sis no child no man no house
just fences and friends who say that they love
but i don’t want this love
just yours and mine no Strings fuck Strings

they say no Strings
they lie there’s Strings
lovers with Strings
yeah they all have Strings
they tie their knots
and stake their claim
no hands no face
they’re tied to Strings

even
     (oh so lovely)
your god
     (with his Strings)
look god
     (they all seem to have their Strings)
oh god

just tempt your fates to ward themselves of me
and cut these Strings that Tug at me endlessly

we walk inside the thunder clouds
we hear that grumble leaking out
with sweaty fingers clawing up
to tear the Strings from out their throat

     (pinocchio)

we speak in layman’s in these parts
we offer kisses to the dark
i snap the cocks off selfish men
but where’d my voice go?
where’d my voice go?
i ate it
i ate it
i ate it



someone tell him (november 2001)

someone tell him that i love him
someone tell him not to cry
someone please assure him
i’m his little boy tonight

someone tell him he has made me
into the man i am today
someone please inform him
i’m glad he made me stay

someone tell him he has given
all a man could ever want
someone please reveal him
this pride for all we’ve overcome

someone please tell him
someone please tell him
someone please tell him for me
cuz i can’t do it right

someone tell him that i need him
someone tell him not to die
someone please convince him
he’s still Dancing in my life

someone please tell him
someone please tell him
someone please tell him for me
cuz i can’t do it right

why does this nostalgia have to rip me up
and why does this Ghost of me make me feel so sad

there is no reason
     (there is no reason)
i swear i swear that
there is no reason
     (there is no reason)

there is no reason
     (there is no reason)
i swear i swear that
there is no reason
     (there is no reason)

someone tell him not to leave me
     (someone tell me that he loves me)
oh even when i’m difficult
     (even when he makes me cry)
someone please remind him
     (someone please assure me)
that without him there’s no pulse
     (cuz he can’t do it right)

someone please tell him
someone please tell him
someone please tell him for me
cuz i can’t do it right

someone please tell him
someone please tell him
someone please tell him for me
cuz i can’t do it right
no i can’t do it right
no i can’t do it right



not there (december 2000)

every time he turns around
there is someone else
trying to ’suade him where to go
don’t they know it’s not fair
pulling children by the hair
through the bond of Innocence
raising laughter like they raise their gods
holding candy in their palms

and it’s not there
what they wanted you to see no
it was never there
and it’s not there
where they told you it would be no
it was never there

now that Distance stands between us
it’s unlikely to tell (woh-ooh woh-ooh woh)
whether games were made for pleasing
or a method of control (woh-ooh woh-ooh woh)
still i search for a way to go
to find these gifts i once adored
but all i get is this fucking resistance
and not a cracked or an opened door

don’t let them choose for you
when you can choose your own
don’t let them choose for you
when you can choose your own

run faster
     run faster boy
break through them
     break through them all

run faster
     run faster boy
break through them
     break through them all

run faster
     run faster boy
break through them
     break through them all

run
     run
          run
               run

cuz it’s not theirs
you can take it if you want to
it was never theirs
no it’s not theirs
reinvent it if you want to
it was never theirs

and it’s not there
what they wanted you to see no
it was never there
and it’s not there
where they told you it would be
it was never there

it was never there
it was never there
it was never there
it was never there



babel (deleted verse from alive again) (november 2000)

i built
a little tower
extracted
every essence of me
i decorated
The Land with it
but you came
and made it all crumble down

down

now i am
so many faces
so many colors
i’ll have to Paint me again
i’ll have to Paint me



diminished (september 2001)

a piece may fall
break apart
     at the instance of the crash

for what i thought was one
what i thought was one
     is many

and i’m searching through the dust
for a single particle
i can hold unto forever

and you make me feel this way
yeah you make me feel this way
and you make me feel this way
yeah you make me feel this way

a Spell is cast
the whip is lashed
     and a vow gets broken

so you grab a brush
and you Paint your face
     but you’ve yet to find the Mirror

oh the need
just hold it in
     and search until forever

cuz you make me feel this way
yeah you make me feel this way
oh you make me feel this way
yeah you make me feel this way

what’s the use in being brave
when you lose all that you gave
you know nothing lies in wait for you
and you beckon endlessness
as it tickles on your chest
do you feel it slowly wake for you

it reminds me of a past
that forsakened me away
i remember that we witnessed it
as it held its hand with Time
and they ran off to the River

but they never left me feeling
smaller than i ever did on that day
no they never left me feeling
smaller than i ever did on that day
on that day
on that day
you diminished me

i wanna know what it feels like
to make somebody feel this way well
i wanna know what it must be like
to make somebody feel this way well

does it feel good
have you got a hard-on
does it feel good
did you get a stiff one babe

does it feel good
     (rub it rub it)
have you got a hard-on
     (rub it rub it)
does it feel good
     (rub it rub it)
did you get a stiff one babe
     (rub it rub it)

well i – i hope you did
i hope you did

cuz you diminish me
you diminish me



ballet (december 2007)

take me away i caught your eye
not really me but the book i had
you said put it away it’s not safe here
nothing but questions one should never ask

it takes me away from all of this

a couple of days then you spent the night
we faced each other by the candlelight
i cut into you and you cut into me
the circle was cast and we drank from life

i wanted so bad to say i love you
but all i could say was this feels strange

it was a slow yet sudden shift
all the fear that entered me
when you said this all leads to something
it always does

and then quite by luck
i felt the power we conjured begin to stir up
what we held all along
this was one battle Passage could never have touched
no not yet – we weren’t grown up
no not yet – we weren’t grown up
no not yet – we weren’t grown up
lada didda dida didida dada
lada didda dida didida dada

who said we could
who said we could

but you just had to kiss me

i could taste my blood on your lips
i could feel the magic pouring in
as i learned the madness they call sin
i could feel my body wanting in

and oh i could have killed you then
oh it was like rapturing
and oh i could have killed you then
i was so Innocent

but who said i was
maybe i never was

and then it was done
the candles dimmed out
our passions were thrown to the dark
still i sensed someone there
a Stranger in our midst
who’d been waiting for this

and you said
gimme your hand
i won’t let him take you
just gimme your hand
i know how to keep you safe for now
just give me your hand and
trust me trust me trust me
trust me trust me trust me

i closed my eyes
and did as you asked
you pulled me to you
and led me into Dance
it was like a ballet
to one man’s dream

oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
it takes me away
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
it takes me away
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
you take me away
from all of this

take me away i caught his eye
not really me but the secrets i hide
you said i’ll be okay i’m quite safe here
nothing to fear while this Dance goes on



of mice (june 2001)

pacing through this ancient Labyrinth
smell the smoke that keeps us seeping in
     don’t you wonder – don’t you wonder
why this Maze reveals itself to him
hey yeah – hey hey hey hey yeah

found myself some of kind of dire need
to send me telegrams from sheath to skin
     a holding handfuls – a holding mindfuls
a holding buckets of apologies
hey yeah – hey hey hey hey yeah

sought himself a brand new sin
stealing words that don’t belong to him
     don’t you enter – don’t you bend her
to manipulate those words for me
hey yeah – hey hey hey hey yeah
     hey hey hey hey yeah
          hey yeah

stay quiet in that clearing
each move a sound he’s hearing
pretend to just feel nothing
each heartache in its hiding
hey hey hey hey yeah – oh-ah

each move you make he sees it
which way to turn to seize it
he’s got you at the Corner
while charting every border
hey hey hey hey yeah – oh-ah

uh-huh we’re like mice in his trap
uh-huh we’re like mice in his trap

let’s go scurry away
let’s go scurry away

that kitten runs too fast for us
we make a turn but we’re still lost
inside this Maze there is no luck
this is his home these are his walls
     the chase is on

but is that cheese?

i’m gonna get mine
yeah you just wait and see
a little morsel is all i really need

oh no no – don’t try it
not this time – cuz this time
it’s all mine

i got me covered so don’t
don’t even bother cuz it
it doesn’t matter no more
it doesn’t matter no more

i got me covered so don’t
don’t even bother cuz it
it doesn’t matter no more
it doesn’t matter no more

i see the exit and it
it doesn’t matter no more
i see the exit and it
it doesn’t matter no more

no more no more no more no more no more
no more no more no more

na-na-na-na-no more
we’re like mice in a trap
it doesn’t matter no more
     (it doesn’t matter no more)
i see the exit and it
it doesn’t matter no more

     that kitten runs
          the chase is on

feel this patience slowly growing thin
as this pulse that rises soon to singe
     well no more sorry’s – and no more worries
finally caught you at your little scheme

hey yeah
     (i finally caught you at your)
hey hey hey hey yeah

i finally caught you at your little scheme

hey yeah



pit (september 2001)

cast away your science
manipulate your shadow
you’re losing recognition
it’s getting hard to follow

how carefully they’re chosen
they twirl around with logic but
these words that you have spoken
are basic mathematics

so you base it on mnemonics
and you base it on the language
yeah you base it on your scholarly grasp of humanity

and you weep in only sentences
no tears just a steady voice
and forbidden lies the concept of emotional impairment

from the pit of your belonging
we are moving onward
to the pit of your beginning
we must find the chamber where

you have wandered hidden in
your formulas and patterns or
you will wander aimlessly
forever in your silence



shiny parts (march 2001)

stand right here – face the door
look in through the tinted glass
there’s a part of me that you won’t see
from the outside peeking in

and now that our time has passed
i beg to understand the reasons why
Reflections dim like honesty
but soon return to say

wake! hold the night for me
wake! take me back
to The Land
where i could shapeshift any sight

sit right here – i will sit with you
i brought us lunch and tiny vacant Frames
we’ll capture this in one of them
in case we soon forget

it’s then you will show your face to me
     (oh i will)
and i will know what I have missed
     (oh you will)
and we’ll expose our darkest parts but
     (they will be)
they will be shiny
     (they will be they will be)

still i pretend that it’s a lie
and with a fist i punch the door
i watch the crack split you in two
one shapes billy
the other you
still i remain the shiny one
but we both know that shiny parts
shiny parts us

so wake! bring the torch for me
wake! take me back
to The Land
where i could mimic every smile

till then the crack must learn to seal
the Frames will hang in company
but as i turn to leave
i give it one last Glimpse
that glistening glass
and i begin to weep



suffering turin (june 2001)

the last ember of your face
has dimmed away amidst the ash
and all that’s left is the curl
of our last cruel descent

“it’s getting cold in here” you said
we were naked and both were scared
and your skin trailed around me
when the laughter had ceased

“and is it sin?” you kindly asked
perhaps it was and indeed we were
enwrapped like Ghosts in sodom
enwrapped like outcasts of The Land
and you looked in my eyes
as if therein lied the answers
your breath a silent prayer
while mine a silent curse

“are we real?” you always ask
“we are beautiful” i always say
determined truth was in my heart
and fear inside of yours

“won’t you be practical?” you say to me
“won’t you be functional?” i say to you
and perhaps i fought to believe
we were in fact what we conceived
but now my eyes are opened wide
so wide that i can see you there
lying still in the dark
you amend your flesh with blood
ohhh

“i must leave” you say to me
and slowly unwrap yourself of me
and so you leave an Innocent
well what greater sin than that?

will no one help me
will no one save me
i suffered the sins
i suffered the child in me
i treated the case as holiest
i pondered the pain in selflessness
i sifted through words to find your truth
i gave up my soul and lost my youth

will no one help me
will no one save me
i suffered the sins
i suffered the child in me
i gave it the spark to make it burn
i gave it the love for it to yearn
i twisted myself to grueling shapes
i lifted the shroud to find your face
and still you damn me
still you damn me
a man
     a man
          a man
               a man



king maggot (march 2005)

i am a worm today
squirming i’m on my way
searching your skin for that pore
inviting me in

and i will nest deeper inside of you
where i’ll lay hundreds of eggs

and watch them all hatch in you
watch as my children come to

they’ll ooze
amends
for the earth

then i’ll find my way out
leave you for softer ground
so others can come and
partake of you too

to be consumed by those you’ve preyed upon
to be made saint by their mouths

this is the gift i bring
this is the cloak we wear
all this for you
so kneel

and behold

king maggot



likewise (march 2002)

got no sense to think you’re into my league
got me tucked beneath that sporty fatigue

no use for this tongue i’m caving it in
i’m slamming it shut tight between these teeth
so you cannot see

but
hey you — hey you
you’re driving me crazy
hey you — hey you
you’re so fucking sexy
hey you — hey you
forgive me for staring

well it’s late afternoon now
not much on tv and i’m grown bored
of these same shows — cartoons yeah
just get here real soon

cuz this crazy withdrawal from nothing i’ve ever had
turns sighs into growls and hands into shakes
oh how i need to behave
you would be quite amazed

but
hey you (hey you) — hey you (hey you)
you’re driving me crazy
hey you (hey you) — hey you (hey you)
you’re so fucking sexy
hey you (hey you) — hey you
you’re causing a stirring

hey you in the checkered shirt
don't you know don't you know
whatcha doing to me and i said
hey you with the golden curls
don't you know don't you know
whatcha doing to me and i said

hey you with the pentacle
don't you know don't you know
whatcha doing to me and i said
hey you in the staff t-shirt
don't you know don't you know
whatcha doing to me and i said

hey you in the wife beater
don't you know don't you know
whatcha doing to me and i said
hey you in them baggy jeans
don't you know don't you know
whatcha doing to me and i said

hey you with the cowboy hat
don't you know don't you know
whatcha doing to me and i said

     (i thought you knew the deal here
     i guess you don’t no you don’t
     silly me you’d be gone)


hey you with the saddest eyes
don’t you know don’t you know
whatcha doing to me and i said

     (i thought you knew the deal here
     i guess you don’t no you don’t
     silly me you’d be gone)


i thought that you knew – but you don’t so
i thought that you did – but you don’t so
i’ll be on my way – nah i won’t go
     i just need to behave

doo doodoo – doo – doodoo doo
shoo-baba shoo-baba shoo-baba shoo-baba
parum parumpa parum parumpa

you better come in cuz it’s rainy outside
i’ll pour you some drink or tea if you’d like
i’ll be right upstairs and yeah i’ll pour me as well
but i’ll just wake up now to find you’re not there
you’re only a glare you’re always a glare

hey you (hey you) – hey you (hey you)
you get your ass here
(you’re so fucking sexy yeah you know it)
hey you (hey you) – hey you (hey you)
you get your ass right here
(you’re driving me crazy crazy)
hey you (hey you) – hey you (hey you)
you get your ass right here right now
right now right here
(yeah you’re causing a stirring)
hey you (hey you) – hey you (hey you)
you’re so fucking sexy
you’re so fucking sexy sexy sexy

for just one close up conversation
unaware of these suggestions
going on in my head
you can ask for anything
do you need a ride?
i’ll pick you up and we can ride ride ride
then you can take the wheel
make the tires peel
and i’ll admire every way your hands on me would feel

if this were likewise – if this was likewise
if it was likewise to likewise to likewise to like
this could be likewise – this could be likewise
could this be likewise to likewise to likewise to like



ambrosia (february 2001)

these walls are closing in
and i’m out of cigarettes
the screen illuminates
my fading presence

and now i’m scared
suddenly unsure
if you will return

seems i keep forgetting
what loyalties remain
in times of subtle hatred
i fear to speak my name

cuz you left me raped
trapped within your rage
but still i bear the blame

waning
     (waning)
waning
     (i’m waning)
i’m waning
     (like your crescent heart)
like your crescent heart
     (beg to then depart)
beg to then depart
     (when a part)
when a part
     (of us)
of us
     (grows)
grows disheartened
     (disheartened)

and i’m lying to myself
while i’m lying on this Road
patiently awaiting
for my fingers to unfold

it’s then your memory
will flutter out of me
and i will seek my Cup
and fill it up again

but don’t you understand
that that day might never come
cuz you told me that you loved me
and then fucked another man

well now i am unleashed
and you’re a Cup of tea
next to
     nectar
          from the
               gods
                    oh



alive again (november 2000)

i want to know
where does it show
where is my scenic route
why did it go

was it because of all the times
i told you that i love you
or was it because i crossed the line
and you were too scared to love me

i want to run
much further than before
when i was busy scraping assholes off the floor

and how do i become the prize of all
who tell me that they want this
well now that i have missed the sights i’ll go
and do a bit of paving

i want to take
that fallen Stone
press it against my ear
listen for pulse

and if i am fortunate enough
to find a beat concealed there
i’ll layer it with the dust
that rises as i’m Dancing

so what if i miss you
so what if i still love you
i’ll hold the past
if you let go it’s alright
soon i’ll look back
eventually i’ll find
that all is done
and you yes you’re still gone

sunlight breaks in through the dark
lights it brighter than any of your sparks
your sparks

and now that i’m alive again
     (i’m alive again)
i see the days in a better way
     (much better way)
and now that i have learned to let go
     (i’ve learned to let go)

i take my pride free to pave my Road
     (i’ll pave my Road)
and now that i’m alive again
     (i’m alive again)
i heal what youth you couldn’t take
     (so much more to take)
and now that i have learned to let go
     (i’ve learned letting go)
i’m Dancing a Dance you’ll never never ever know
     (i’m Dancing i’m Dancing a Dance you’ll never know)

cuz i for one will pave a Road
that leads me back to Innocence
and every curb will be a Field
that comes to life by River’s edge
where Water breaks against the rocks
i’ll plant the Seed that i have left
in remembrance of the one that i once dropped
in that Parking Lot
whose poor Roots in thirst
for life could only find your Oil
but this Seed will crack
and from birth this Root
will awaken the heart of a stillborn child
and it will smash those rocks of guilt
it’ll smash where Water failed
it will leave it all dust as it digs up its trail

but it will live
it will it will live
it’ll live
it will it will live

and now that i’m that i’m alive again
     (now that i’m alive)
i see the days and they’re much better
     much better
          much better
     (much better much better much better)
               way

and now that i that i have learned to let go
     (i’ve learned to let go)
i take my pride
     (i take my pride i take my pride)
i pave my own Road


all songs © 2008 fernando ramos