Come on, Chemicals

Of Montreal
"Hemidalsgate like a Promethean Curse"
from Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?

Another recent favorite, and my vote for best video since, well--for a very, very long time. I love a band that can write a great pop song with a sense of humor that stretches the genre, yet with lyrics that actually resonate, especially for a writer with concerns about melancholy and the natural chemical processes that affect it. "Chemicals, don't strangle my pen..."

I'm in a crisis
I need help
Come on mood shift, shift back to good again
Come on mood shift, shift back to good again
Come on, be a friend

Nina Twin is trying to help, and I
Really hope that she succeeds
Though I picked the thorny path myself
I'm afraid, afraid of where it leads

Chemicals, don't strangle my pen
Chemicals, don't make me sick again
I'm always so dubious of your intent
Like I can't afford to replace what you've spent

Nina Twin is trying to help, and I
Really hope she gets me straight
Because my own inner cosmology
Has become too dense to navigate

I'm in a crisis
I need help
Come on mood shift, shift back to good again
Come on mood shift, shift back to good again
Come on, be a friend

Chemicals, don't flatten my mind
Chemicals, don't mess me up this time
Know you bait me way more than you should
And it's just like you to hurt me when I'm feeling good

Come on chemicals