CONTRADICTION
(music by Darren Embry; words by Darren Embry with Nate Butler)
Say whatcha mean, mean whatcha say…
Well, I think you know more than you think
You throw it all, but choose to save the kitchen sink!
You know it all, but choose to show
What’s on the wall, and there you go!
Well, are you ‘this’? Or are you ‘that’?
It’s not for me to choose the color of your hat
Though I’m not sure just what you mean
You won’t repeat where we have been
A contradiction you can’t predict
A contradiction, no need to fix what’s in the…
A contradiction you can’t predict
A contradiction, no need to fix what’s in the mix!
‘Gonna stay in’ – I’ll be out all night
Gonna say when, ‘I think I might call it a night’
Just how I’m feelin’ – I might be right, I might be wrong
I might be singin’ the same old song!
A contradiction you can’t predict (you dig?)
A contradiction, no need to fix what’s in the…
A contradiction you can’t predict
A contradiction, no need to fix what’s in the...
Say whatcha mean, mean whatcha say
Say whatcha mean, mean whatcha say!
The world is full of you – and people like me, too
Don’t think you’ve got the view, or are one of the ‘chosen few’
Nobody is too sure what they want anymore
Then I know what I want, and what I want is your
A contradiction you can’t predict (you dig dig?)
A contradiction, no need to fix what’s in the…
A contradiction you can’t predict
A contradiction, no need to fix what’s in the mix!
Say whatcha mean, mean whatcha say…
credits
from Strip Twister: The Lost 1990 EP (Remastered),
released October 17, 2022
Mark Ribera: lead & backing vocals, saxophones
Darren Embry: bass guitar, backing vocals
Perry Hodge: lead guitar, backing vocals (lead vocal on chorus of “Stability”)
Nate Butler: rhythm guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, principal songwriter
Brian Hamada: drums
Originally Recorded at Ken Carlton Recording, Madera CA, on November 18, 1990.
Produced by Todd Suntrapak. Engineered by Ken Carlton.
Newly Re-Mastered by Peter Wolf at WolfSound Audio Engineering, March 2022.
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