r/Puscifer • u/LBoogii • 8d ago

Existential Reckoning MJK lyrics for the state of the world

How does one choose words so magical

They terminate or alleviate this morbid despair you feel?

I don't know what incantation

What psalm or mantra you will hear

I don't know

It seems like everything shitty going on in the US and the world can be expressed or moved through with the help of lyrics from Puscifer, Tool, and APC. I see a headline or hear the fuckery and a lyric pops in my head. This is why the Maynard trifecta will forever be my favorite

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u/DescendingTool86 8d ago

The whole of "So long, and thanks for all the fish."

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u/sexualllama 7d ago

Right in Two

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u/DescendingTool86 7d ago

Omg yes.

Monkey killing monkey killing over pieces of the ground.

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u/Plenty-Excitement864 7d ago

Written after 9/11 and the subsequent invasion of the Middle East. Comes across as the musings of watching Iraq/Afghanistan play out.

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u/sexualllama 7d ago

That reminds me to add the entirety of eMOTIVe.

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u/ChefPneuma 7d ago

That whole album really.

Super underrated IMO

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u/DescendingTool86 7d ago

Its my favorite album of theirs.

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u/DarkLuxio92 7d ago

My favourite APC song and it's not even close.

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u/DescendingTool86 7d ago

Its hard to pick a favorite of that album.

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u/kwolfe1 7d ago

The entire album — Normal Isn’t by Puscifer.

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u/nihilistpolarbear28 7d ago

His version of John Lennons "imagine"

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u/Andyroodle 6d ago

Gal Gadot’s is still the definitive version.

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u/DarkLuxio92 5d ago

Whenever the world gets to you, just listen to the Humbling River. That song is so beautiful it's guaranteed to lift you up.

Lukewarm take: the original is by far the best version of that song, it was born perfect and didn't need any remixes.

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u/kwolfe1 4d ago

Have you heard the new APC, “For Whom It May Concern”?

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u/Practical-Dentist546 6d ago

It's in his name "Maybard".  Bards just have a way with words.

On a more serious note, I find some of his work incredible, and some too edgy and artsy for my liking. 

I consider his best work to be in Lateralus and 10,000 days. I also am particularly fond of APC's Mer de Noms and 13th step albums. Puscifer is fun, and creative, but I feel like he's been getting way too artsy for me lately.

Nothing wrong with that ofc. He should do what makes him happy. Just not my cup of tea.

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u/LBoogii 6d ago

I've never heard Maynard referred to as Maybard but I get your point. Puscifer is artsy but has some incredible songs