[00:01.07]"Zero Or A Zillion" [00:01.07]by 蛇 [00:01.07](Yeah, mother fuckers [00:05.63]Keep the fucking doors set [00:06.99]What [00:10.65]Put your fucking hands down!) [00:19.74]by 蛇 [00:21.77]As I sit and listen to a kid you clearly influenced [00:23.95]I text and say I'm glad that you're my friend (yay!) [00:26.15]Then leave another perfect time show, feeling inspired and powerful [00:29.32]"The Ghost of Corporate Future" in my head (my fucking head!) [00:31.79]And as I count the ways that I've said "fuck you" to the man [00:34.37]I don't care who thinks that I've sold out or not [00:36.55]Since going barefoot I feel better [00:38.56]That Regina fucking Spektor is a name I'll never be ashamed to drop (Go Regina!) [00:42.38]I saw that little weirdo walk into the open mic, sit down shyly at the piano and then start (Wow!) [00:47.87]Singing songs we'll start to knowing, silly, sad and so mind blowing [00:50.71]They were undeniably straight from the heart (Right from the heart!) [00:52.88] [00:53.44]And the music [00:54.54]It doesn't change [00:55.82]No, songs remain the same [00:58.31]Whether there are zero people or there are a zillion people in the world who are listening [01:01.00]Yeah, the music [01:04.96]It doesn't change [01:06.67]No, songs remain the same [01:09.23]Whether there are zero people or there are a zillion people in the world who are listening [01:14.19] [01:14.82]I have a friend named Eva, seventeen [01:16.21]She's a soprano, she sings opera with a voice that makes me cry (cry!) [01:19.51]But she sings in competitions and the kids at school give her shit [01:22.60]I wish that she could sit back and close her eyes (eyes!) [01:24.91]And feel the vibration of her voice inside her chest without worrying about who thinks that--who thinks who's the best [01:35.98]While at time when there are people who think that it's not enough and there are people who think that I've went too far (too far!) [01:41.09]All I ever wanted was to not feel suicidal [01:43.67]And I traded in my meds for a guitar [01:46.42]There's so much depression nowadays in adolescents [01:49.19]And with all the social pressure that makes sense [01:51.67]But music shouldn't be the problem [01:53.42]Music should be the solution [01:54.79]And only a positive experience (experience!) [01:55.95] [01:57.57]Because the music [01:58.47]It doesn't change [02:00.05]No, the songs remain the same [02:02.55]Whether there are zero people or there are a zillion people in the world who are listening [02:07.84]No, the music [02:08.83]It doesn't change [02:10.51]No, the songs remain the same [02:13.21]Whether there are zero people or there are a zillion people in the world who are listening (tell 'em!) [02:18.27] [02:20.95]I have a friend named Johnny D [02:23.74]His band is Tin Tree Factory [02:26.35]Everything he does is gold to me [02:29.19]And it's on archive.org for free [02:29.71]Yes! [02:34.55]W-W-W-DOT-A-R-C-H-I-V-E-DOT-O-R-G [02:36.77]I like sittin' on the floor watchin' Johnny play [02:38.26]On his knees, on a carpet [02:39.92]Not on a stage [02:42.22]In front of a fire, in a living room [02:45.12]Cozy and warm full of potluck food [02:47.73]But if one day suddenly Johnny got huge [02:50.89]I'd be glad that you knew Johnny too (Johnny!) [02:53.01]His songs are smart, important, brave [02:55.84]Wanting that to myself would be totally lame (lame!) [02:58.15]I don't claim to be Regina's only true fan [03:01.11]Just because I knew her way back when [03:03.86]And if you think Cat Stevens couldn't be my god [03:06.50]'Cause I heard him first in Harold and Maude [03:08.02]I bought all his albums [03:09.22]I listened, I cried [03:11.77]Teaser and the Firecat changed my life [03:14.33]I painted a firecat on my jean jacket [03:16.95]Drew "Peace Train"s on my homework packet [03:19.68]I'm still listening to "The Wind (of my Soul)" [03:22.67]And I'm a hard headed woman, so I've been told [03:23.93]Yeah, music's just sound [03:25.11]We're just ears [03:27.68]Why are you affected by what who hears [03:30.42]If Michael Jackson's hits make him less sacred [03:33.02]Then you taking your clothes off makes me less naked [03:35.59]When what each preach, I'll make it or break it [03:37.03]Do you wanna abstain? (Uh, no.) [03:38.58]Repeat after me [03:44.47] [03:46.80]You can like what you like [03:49.25]You can like what you like [03:51.92]And let them like what they like [03:54.56]And let them like what they like [03:57.60]You can like what you like [04:00.15]You can like what you like [04:02.67]And let them like what they like [04:05.23]And let them like what they like [04:06.08] [04:08.19]Boom-boom-boom-shaka-shaka-shaka-boom [04:11.44]Boom-boom-boom-shaka-shaka-boom-boom [04:13.33](And they, and they... [04:25.50]Like, like... [04:26.73]Like it!) [04:28.39] [04:29.47]I love you, Mikey!