You don't know where you'll be when the zombie apocalypse occurs. There's every reason to believe that some of us will already be in zombie stupors at our day jobs, crossing over without noticing - except for the changes in appetite. Jonathon Coulton draws on that mindset with Re: Your Brains. It's an original rock tune played from the perspective of a zombified office guy (Bob) trying to convince his coworker (Tom), who has barricaded himself in a shopping mall, to open the door allow the zombies to feast upon his brain. Worst case of the Mondays ever.
Jonathon Coulton is a major talent in geek music, having developed a huge web following and touring as the opening act for They Might Be Giants. Re: Your Brains is likely his best known tune. It's easily one of his most played tunes at live shows. The song is attached to numerous YouTube videos with millions of views and it's been covered by other bands and covered in other languages. Basically, Re: Your Brains is a song that any geek worth their salt will recognize and it deserves to be played in game stores – it's a no brainer.
Re: Your Brains was released on Jonathan Coulton's 2006 album, Thing a Week Two.
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Re: Your Brains lyrics
Heya Tom, it's Bob from the office down the hall
It's good to see you buddy, how've you been?
Things have been okay for me except that I'm a zombie now
I really wish you'd let us in
I think I speak for all of us when I say I understand
Why you folks might hesitate to submit to our demand
But here's an FYI: you're all gonna die screaming
All we want to do is eat your brains
We're not unreasonable, I mean, no one's gonna eat your eyes
All we want to do is eat your brains
We're at an impasse here, maybe we should compromise
If you open up the doors
We'll all come inside and eat your brains
I don't want to nitpick, Tom, but is this really your plan?
Spend your whole life locked inside a mall?
Maybe that's okay for now but someday you'll be out of food and guns
And you'll have to make the call
I'm not surprised to see you haven't thought it through enough
You never had the head for all that bigger picture stuff
But Tom, that's what I do, and I plan on eating you slowly
All we want to do is eat your brains
We're not unreasonable, I mean, no one's gonna eat your eyes
All we want to do is eat your brains
We're at an impasse here, maybe we should compromise
If you open up the doors
We'll all come inside and eat your brains
I'd like to help you Tom, in any way I can
I sure appreciate the way you're working with me
I'm not a monster Tom, well, technically I am
I guess I am
I've got another meeting Tom, maybe we could wrap it up
I know we'll get to common ground somehow
Meanwhile I'll report back to my colleagues who were chewing on the doors
I guess we'll table this for now
I'm glad to see you take constructive criticism well
Thank you for your time I know we're all busy as hell
And we'll put this thing to bed
When I bash your head open
All we want to do is eat your brains
We're not unreasonable, I mean, no one's gonna eat your eyes
All we want to do is eat your brains
We're at an impasse here, maybe we should compromise
If you open up the doors
We'll all come inside and eat your brains
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