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Strangling My Muse

from Impotent Nerd Rage by Mikey Mason

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So I'm stuck at my computer with a blank screen staring back,
And my reflection on the surface, man, I swear I heard him laugh.
'Cause there's nothing coming out between the keyboard and my brain,
And I've got a deadline looming. I'm about to go insane.

And it seems that I've done everything to shake an idea loose,
So I sit here tonight, strangling my muse.

I've watched all my favorite movies, Princess Bride, Serenity,
But my brain won't walk or crawl, and Captain Mal won't carry me.
I've tried prying my brain open with both sugar and caffeine,
And I've been up for forty hours straight, and I can't seem to sleep.

And I watched Next Generation, asked, “What would Wil Wheaton do?”
Still I sit here alone, strangling my muse...

Strangling my muse for wasting all those years writing crappy love songs
For girls who never heard them and didn't even care...
Strangling my muse for every great idea I had while I was driving,
And couldn't write it down, no pen or paper anywhere...

Now I'm wired and unsettled and I just can't seem to think,
And with desperation kicking in, I'll probably turn to drink.
So I'm off to grab my guitar and two sixers of Three Floyds.
I don't think my muse can hold out after seven Pride and Joys.

'Cause I'm up against a deadline—I've got nothing left to lose.
So I sit here tonight, drowning my muse.
I sit here, all alone, strangling my muse.
I'm stuck here, all alone, beating my muse.
I sit here, all alone, strangling my muse.

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from Impotent Nerd Rage, released August 18, 2011

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Mikey Mason Indianapolis, Indiana

A nationally touring performer with hits like She Don’t Like Firefly, Best Game Ever, and Opposite of Cool, Mikey Mason is a ball of contagious enthusiasm who makes songs about role-playing games, video games, sci-fi, fantasy, cats, and the general experience of being a geek. He’s been heard on nerdist.com, SyFy, TheFuMP.com, and Dr. Demento, and is a truly must-see event each time he performs. ... more

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