@skwooby

lyrics :
The morning it happened
I was in my bed
The sun shone on my face
My skin was red

My mouth was dry
Just like a napkin
My bed was wet
From the night before

I poured myself a cold glass of water
It tasted like a pair of jeans
So I went to the kitchen to refill my cup
Opened up the fridge
I couldn't find anything

But a lonesome slice of fresh white bread
It felt like a sign
Felt like that bread was mine
I put the bread in the toaster
I pushed the button and watched the walls of the toaster

Begin to glow like the fires in the fields
Of Verdun in World War One
Felt like I was standing there in South West France
1914 with my hands on my gun
Bodies lying on the ground
My neighbor's house, it had burned down
And all that remained
Was a toaster

I opened my eyes and the red sun now shone black with smoke
No switch was functional, no appliance was worked in my favor
I was worried my neighbors had awoken through a war they had no part in
I rushed into the tree to sink a cone of wax
As so I could peer into the metal box
I'd practically installed on the ceiling
Just inches from my peripheral view
I used a wooden chair to stand upon
I was shocked when I noticed
I'd shrunk to the size of a penny

And they glow like the fires in the fields
Of Verdun in World War One
Felt like I was standing there in South West France
It's 1914, with my hands on my gun
The bodies lying on the ground
My neighbor's house, it had burned down
And all that remained
Was a toaster

All that remained
Was a toaster
All that remained
All that remained
All that remained
All that remained
All that remained
Was a toaster

@PrinceJasboThe3rd

This is one of their masterpieces imho, dripping in emotion

@jacobfrench3205

First time I heard this song was the the first time I took acid. I was taking a bubble bath at the time drinking welches sparkling grape juice from the bottle. What an experience 😂.

@nordiccafe6435

These lyrics. They took me places I didn't expect to go. 
Mind. Blown. Freaking amazing.

@CelibateHermitess

I played this on my local community radio station 11/11.  It felt appropriate.  Great lyrics. I love the UHF feedback sections.

@ruckusmania

this song is one of my all time favorites

@BurlapShaboigan

This song has unreal power.

@ergbudster3333

It grows on ya. Unless you're a Chinese cab driver in Beijing, In which case you're goin "Huh? Tā dĂ odǐ zĂ i shuƍ shĂ©nme?"

@jamespadilla5703

It's like if Depeche Modes new wave sound and Johnny Cash's vocals had a baby

@michiganmikeupnorth

...to sink a cone of wax?...great lyrics... leaves me listening over and over.

@stefanjr

Damn glad I bought the deluxe edition CD with Beijing Taxi.
The pulsating bass and lyric combo is superb!

@Vallcon

PTSD manifests itself in many ways.

@incinerati

Existentialist masterpiece!

@addicted2NicolasCage

Played this, and four others, on my local community radio station yesterday. ❀

@kristinekimmel6441

The aching song of war in your toaster face.

@Crosshatch1212

Probably the most underrated song they have done personally my fav song ,lyrical masterpiece ,for someone aged 56 .thats 56 yr of listening to music picked up my frst wooden guitar aged 5 .I can put this in the category of the the ,soul mining masterpieces. And please try listening to Billy no mates .Sleaford mods .matt Johnson will blow you're mind his catalogue is huge and artists he has worked with is insane .peace

@hoerminator5401

sound like new wave & a touch of Experimental & melancholia! Goosebumpin'...!!! and his great voice..!

@Handleswag12321

First song I listen too on a new I pad .the sound is amazing

@barclayv8282

This was like The Pogues for me. After 20 years. The poetic imagery really is rare, thesedays. Thanks, VB. From intials BV.

@biffyheaton7190

fantastic song