Geoff Berner
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Geoff Berner
From ANDRAS JONES: As we draw to the close of this Pop Oracle session with GEOFF BERNER and he prepares to embark on a European tour that has been taking place during the release of these pods we land on one final and perfect reflection. The story of the Brementown musicians set to song inspires memories of eating mushrooms with circus freaks in Bremerhaven in the early 90’s while setting the stage for Geoff’s travels. I’d like to end this with some words from Geoff. Let’s see if he has any for us.
We Are On Our Way to Bremen
We are on our way to Bremen–
That’s where we’re going to be musicians.
People say we’re too used up to be allowed to live,
But we’ve still got a caravan of fucks to give.
And so we’re on our way—
We’ll speak of Death another day,
Let’s have a sacred feast
With what we’ve stolen from the thieves.
The Donkey does our fearless leading,
Realism is something he’s not needing.
People talk like they understand the world but they may find,
When he kicks them in the head, it’s liable to change their mind.
And so we’re on our way—
We’ll speak of Death another day,
Let’s have a sacred feast
With what we’ve stolen from the thieves.
The Rooster says he can predict the future,
But actually, he’s just a rooster.
If he could read his own entrails, he would see
The comfort-giving chicken soup that is his destiny.
And so we’re on our way—
We’ll speak of Death another day,
Let’s have a sacred feast
With what we’ve stolen from the thieves.
The Dog is full of moral confusion,
But the Cat lives under no illusion.
The Dog did his killing out of loyalty and for pay,
But the Cat knows why he would have done it anyway.
And we’re on our way,
We’ll get there any day
Now,
Let’s have a sacred feast,
With what we’ve stolen from the thieves.
We are on our way to Bremen
That’s where we shall become musicians.
They’re going to make a statue of us in the square,
To commemorate the fact that we were never there.
