Incubus Songs - Pardon Me Lyrics

Incubus - Pardon Me

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Album: Make Yourself
Released: 2002

Pardon Me Lyrics

A decade ago
I never thought I would be
At twenty-three
On the verge of spontaneous combustion
Wo-is-me

But I guess that it comes with the territory
An ominous landscape of never ending calamity
I need you to hear
I need you to see that I have had all that I can take
And exploding seems like a definite possibility to me

So Pardon Me while I burst into flames
Pardon me while I burst into flames
I've had enough of the world and it's people's mindless games
So pardon me while I burn and rise above the flame
Pardon me, pardon me, I'll never be the same

Not two days ago
I was having a look in a book
And I saw a picture of a guy fried up above his knee
I said, 'I can relate?'
Cause lately I've been thinking of combustication
As a welcomed vacation
From the burdens of the planet earth

Like gravity, hypocrisy, and the perils of being in 3-D
And thinking so much differently

So pardon me while I burst into flames
I've had enough of the world and it's people's mindless games
So pardon me while I burn and rise above the flame
Pardon me, pardon me, I'll never be the same

Like gravity, hypocrisy, and the perils of being in 3-D
And thinking so much differently

Writer/s: PASILLAS II, JOSE / KATUNICH, ALEX / EINZIGER, MICHAEL / KILMORE, CHRISTOPHER / BOYD, BRANDON
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Pardon Me

Lead singer Brandon Boyd: "I was in a bookstore, browsing through an old Life magazine, when I saw a picture of what the article called spontaneous human combustion. There were an old guy's legs and shoes, perfectly intact - then, right around his knee area, was just a pile of charred ashes. I was going through some turmoil in my life, both good and bad, and the image struck a chord, so I wrote a song about it." (thanks, Tim - Pittsburgh, PA)

The singles from Make Yourself were released in the order of "Pardon Me," then "Stellar," then "Drive," but ironically on the charts, "Pardon Me" peaked at #3, "Stellar" peaked at #2, and "Drive" peaked at #1.

During an episode of Mad TV, Incubus played this as the show was wrapping up. Each member wore Mullets; Jose put pillows in his shirt to make him look fat, Brandon pulled off part of his pants, and Kilmore had a really long Goatee. (thanks, Tim - Pittsburgh, PA, for all above)