Re: Your Brains

This track by Jonathan Coulton is about a zombie co-worker promising to eat his friend’s brains. It is licenced (like all his tracks) under the creative commons licence which means you may add it to a movie, upload to youtube, distribute to friends, etc so long as his name is credited and that no profit is made. There was a large controversy between JoCo fans over whether a colon appears in the title of the song or not. This was caused by the absence of a colon both in the JoCo store and on the Thing a Week 2 CD case. However, upon consulting with JoCo it has been established that the title is supposed to contain a colon.

[Verse 1] Heya Tom, it's Bob from the office down the hall Good to see you buddy, how've you been? Thing have been OK 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! [Chorus] 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! [Verse 2] I don't want to nitpick, Tom, but is this really your plan? To spend your whole life locked inside a mall? Maybe that's OK for now, but someday you'll be out of food and guns And then 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! [Chorus] 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! [Bridge] 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... [Verse 3] 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 weII 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! [Chorus] 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!