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Hate the Villanelle

from Glean by They Might Be Giants

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    They Might Be Giants’ Glean captures the first part of their epic 2015 Dial-A-Song year. From the folk-pop majesty of “Answer” to the manic violin-driven “Music Jail, Pt. 1 & 2” to the bluesy bass-grind of “Underwater Woman,” Glean is uncompromising in range and unrelenting in quality; this is a must-have set of tracks.

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    1. Erase
    2. Good to Be Alive
    3. Underwater Woman
    4. Music Jail, Pt. 1 & 2
    5. Answer
    6. I Can Help the Next in Line
    7. Madam , I Challenge You to a Duel
    8. End of the Rope
    9. All the Lazy Boyfriends
    10. Unpronounceable
    11. Hate The Villanelle
    12. I'm A Coward
    13. Aaa
    14. Let Me Tell You About My Operation
    15. Glean

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lyrics

Don't hate the villain, hate the villanelle
With these picky rules and odd jigsaw rhymes
Curses, these verses are my prison cell
At school, I ran from the very first bell
The teacher's ruler, those maddening chimes
Don't hate the villain, hate the villanelle
Joking in class, oh, the words I misspell
Mumbles and stammers, but are those real crimes?
Curses, these verses are my prison cell
If someone could hear, for someone to tell
But friends have all fled to faraway climes
Don't hate the villain, hate the villanelle
I solve this puzzle, but tumble through Hell
These words are fractions when I needed primes
Curses, these verses are my prison cell
My hand disappears as I wave farewell
This gentle quicksand turns into hard times
Don't hate the villain, hate the villanelle
Curses, these verses are my prison cell

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from Glean, released May 1, 2020

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