I originally wanted to write a tribute to David Lynch by telling a story about my childhood* but it didn't feel right as a straight story (pun intended) song. Instead, I watched an interview with him, jotted down some lines he came out with, mixed in some references to other Lynch related stuff and voila!

I wanted to come back to this and expand on it but didn't get a chance to, so here it is in all its unfinished glory.

*So, the story...when I was around 5 or 6, I stayed at my grandparents' house and watched a weird black and white short film on TV about a boy with abusive parents who planted a seed and grew his own grandmother. I've always vividly remembered many of the scenes. It was very creepy and I was absolutely fascinated by it (and thankfully not deeply emotionally scarred by it!). It was almost certainly the first time I would've seen a film that was made with artistic aspirations. As to why I was allowed to watch something so disturbing, who knows?! I guess it was a simpler time...the 1980s. Years later, I was reading a film magazine and it mentioned an short film called The Grandmother, directed by none other than David Lynch, which absolutely blew my mind (and probably yours, as there was ABSOLUTELY NO WAY you would've seen that twist coming).

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