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Is This A Joke To You?Nur Ein XIX
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Entry from Is This A Joke To You? in Nur Ein XIX.

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Is This A Joke To You?
The Ujn Corporation

*This was the late 90s / Sophomore year
Flyin’ solo in the quad at lunch, cause Sammy boy wasn’t there
She had her head in her hands / I wasn’t sure what to say
I can’t remember if I said “hi,” or asked, “are you okay?”

She looked up, but didn’t say anything
As she traced out the cuts on her arms
With a library copy of Tolkien's
Return of the King

I could use a laugh she said, come on
Tell us a joke
It could be anything

I said...
I don’t know of any jokes... Saruman
Pointed at her book and said... get it?

She didn’t laugh / but she almost smiled
Sam was back the next day; we never spoke again,
But I’d wave every once a in a while
Till they called me in

It was the 20th of May
There was a note addressed to me
They felt I needed to explain

It read…
Saruman, the ring was too heavy
It was just signed Jenni
With an eye over the I
And I laughed
Everyone looked aghast

Is this a joke to you?
A girl is dead
And you sit there laughing, laughing
Like some sociopathic clown...

Just get the hell out they said
And life, it went on
It sounds cold, but I didn’t think about her much
But god help me when somebody says

I could use a laugh... come on
Tell us a joke
It could be anything

My expression goes blank
And they’re left there asking
What did I say, what did I say?
That’s when I think of Jenni*

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grumpymike

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Slow start, but comes together nicely. The drumming is pretty slick at the changeups. Something about the vocals doesn't work completely for me and I can't verbalize it. I think it's that they're between stilted and emotional in an odd way that makes the lyrics difficult to connect with.

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