"If I'm the talker, here's the thing Just who the hell is listening? And if I am not tongue but ears Then whose voice is it that I hear? I swallow, choke, and clear my throat Here comes another anecdote A narrative of restlessness Of what's been done and what is next Does it love me, does it not? Will this seduction never stop? Hear the clacking parrot's beak That speaks and speaks and speaks and speaks Speaks and speaks and speaks and speaks Speaks and speaks and speaks and speaks Speaks and speaks and speaks and speaks Speaks and speaks and speaks and speaks" - Nomeansno, Can't Stop Talking

"Well, is it true what they say about it? You oughta do what I do and doubt it He won and now he's gonna do something about it Ain't it sad? And if you don't wanna feel like a putz Collect the clues and connect the dots You'll see the pattern that is bursting your bubble And it's bad   See the idiot walk See the idiot talk See the idiot chalk up his name on the blackboard They say, "this is all i need to get by" The truth is, baby, it's a lie It's a... It's a lie   (This is what it boils down to) If you review the winning combination Body at work and a mind on vacation Who had the brain where it started to sink in?   It was you" - Walk Idiot Walk, The Hives

"A group of us, just strangers, got together and we formed a committee to discuss the problem, We talked about things like assured mutual destruction and emotional responsibility, I couldn't remember my name, so I called myself Bob, It's weird being a Bob,  but i'll get used to it, I guess I'll fucking have to" - The Day Everything Became Nothing, Nomeansno

"And I keep on losing count, I'm the dumbest girl alive And I'm picking up the pacе, I'm so happy, I could die Put emojis on my grave, I'm thе dumbest girl alive And I feel so dangerous, but you say I'm doin' fine now Guess that's how it goes, I'm the dumbest girl alive" - Dumbest Girl Alive, 100 Gecs

“The goal of the torturer is to make the one, the body, emphatically and crushingly present by destroying it, and to make the other, the voice, absent by destroying it.” - Elaine Scarry, The Body in Pain: The Making and Unmaking of the World