Originally Posted by Sedai
Eraserhead (Lynch, 1977)
"I walk around the house - drunk
I'm wearing women's slippers
Man, I must be a sight to behold
But I'm not quite sure, I lost my mirror
and the pizza I ordered offers no reflection
I walk around the house
I think about the people who have fouled me
and therefore should die
But then I think of all the interesting crafts
you can make with toilet paper rolls
Once a year I get drunk in a darkened house - for a week
I get drunk and watch...
Eraserhead
as I think we all do sometimes
It's my vacation
Once a year I have a little black & white drunkathon:
no phones, not a single luxury
My horoscope has been suspended
Loud, industrial noises
The first three days I just watch
Well, I drink and watch...
Eraserhead
The third and fourth day I usually find myself pacing
circling the TV, looking at the glow from behind
I'll pause for a pizza
I won't eat it, I just order it to prove I'm still in control
Eraserhead
By the end of the week, I interact with this
majestic little film
Not so much words as gesticulations
I kiss the screen
I rub my buttered belly on the screen
as I think we all do sometimes
I roam around the house
the darkened, drunkened house
Sometimes, and this has got to be about an hour before dawn
I put a rose up my bum
You know, the business-end sticking out
And I sort of improvise a playful dance in my surroundings
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la-
Eraserhead
If you were there in my house
you could follow a trail of those rose petals
and they would lead to me
Curled up in a fetal position, quivering, crying
my teeth chattering
Industrial
Eraserhead-type noises
coming from inside me
And as you picked me up and wrapped me in a blanket
my vacation would be complete
This behavior might disturb me
if
Eraserhead weren't such a fine little film
Dontchya' think?"
- "Eraserhead" by Bruce McCulloch,
Shame-Based Man